Which countries love Model UN the most? We did an analysis of this for 2011 based on data captured by Google Analytics and we thought it’d be interesting to share the results for 2012. Although we mentioned unique visitors in the highlights, the numbers used in the indices are visits since that takes into account repeat visits — it’s a more accurate indicator of activeness and size of a Model UN community. Here are some high-level highlights followed by Top 50 lists of countries & territories and global cities.
Of course, the disclaimer is that Best Delegate has different rates of penetration in each country so some countries may be overrepresented or underrepresented relative to their traffic numbers. Nevertheless, I think this is the best measurement for size and activeness of a Model UN community that’s available anywhere. One of our goals in 2013 is to launch region and language specific pages to better serve some of these communities. We have a lot of exciting times ahead!
Highlights
- Best Delegate had over 260,000 readers (unique visitors) in 2012. That’s more than double the 124,000 readers we had in 2011. Visitors contributed to over 1 million page views.
- Readers came from 190+ countries and territories as defined by Google Analytics. The United States had the largest readership with 54.8% of visits.
Top Countries and Territories Index (2012)
Countries and territories by visits in 2012
- United States
- Canada
- India
- United Kingdom
- Pakistan
- Indonesia
- Venezuela
- Germany
- Turkey
- France
- Singapore
- Netherlands
- Puerto Rico
- Malaysia
- Australia
- Mexico
- Italy
- China
- Colombia
- Belgium
- Greece
- Brazil
- South Korea
- United Arab Emirates
- Philippines
- Taiwan
- Peru
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Hong Kong
- Ghana
- Qatar
- Thailand
- Saudi Arabia
- Jordan
- Nigeria
- Lebanon
- Egypt
- Japan
- Russian Federation
- Poland
- Czech Republic
- South Africa
- Kenya
- Ireland
- Romania
- Bangladesh
- Israel
- Bahrain
- Morocco
Top Global Cities Index 2012
Cities by visits in 2012
- New York
- Washington DC
- New Delhi
- Chicago
- London
- Karachi
- Montreal
- Caracas
- Los Angeles
- Boston
- Singapore
- Philadelphia
- Plainsboro, NJ, USA
- Toronto
- Edison, NJ, USA
- Vancouver
- Jakarta
- Cerritos, CA, USA
- Istanbul
- Bangalore
- Lahore
- Kuala Lumpur
- New Haven, CT, USA
- Mumbai
- Ithaca, NY, USA
- Cambridge, MA, USA
- Manhattan Beach, CA, USA
- San Juan
- Dubai
- San Francisco
- Princeton Junction, NJ, USA
- Bogota
- Gainesville, FL, USA
- Hong Kong
- Miami
- Athens
- Paris
- Hyderabad
- Doha
- La Victoria, Peru
- Islamabad
- Mission Viejo, CA, USA
- Irvine, CA, USA
- Ft. Myers, FL, USA
- Accra
- Seoul
- Decatur, GA, USA
- Houston
- Amman
- Calgary
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We will continue building the website into the premier Model United Nations resource in the world. Check back for more articles and for the region and language specific pages. Thank you to all the fans for reading Best Delegate!
