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Gem of the Day Statistics

There are 1442 people who have signed up for the "Gem of the Day" by email service, since it first became available at the end of January 2003. Since you don't have to receive it every day, deliveries are spread across the week as shown below:

Number of Gems Sent per Day

934 People 1055 People 915 People 970 People 921 People 1024 People 871 People
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Number of Gems Requested per Week

384 People 99 People 70 People 33 People 110 People 6 People 740 People
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Demographic information is entered by recipients on a voluntary basis, so the graphs below represent a self-selected sample...

Gender of Recipients

Male
71%
778 People313 People Female
29%
1091 respondents

Age Group of Recipients

34 People 116 People 169 People 211 People 206 People 189 People 99 People
Under 18 18-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 56-65 Over 65

1025 respondents

Location of Recipients

England 336 People
United States 275 People
Scotland 152 People
Australia 61 People
Canada 53 People
Europe 51 People
South Africa 16 People
Ireland 15 People
Wales 15 People
New Zealand 13 People
Other Places 13 People
Asia 12 People
Middle East 7 People
Northern Ireland 7 People
South America 6 People
India 5 People
Africa 4 People
Central America 4 People
Oceania 4 People
Other UK 3 People
Home Nations 2 People
Other Colonies 2 People

1056 respondents

Have they...

First heard of McGonagall due to this site?

Yes
9%
97 People977 People No
91%
1074 respondents

Read a McGonagall poem in public?

Yes
28%
293 People751 People No
72%
1044 respondents

Been to Dundee?

Yes
40%
424 People627 People No
60%
1051 respondents

Worn a kilt?

Yes
39%
411 People641 People No
61%
1052 respondents

Eaten haggis?

Yes
65%
703 People370 People No
35%
1073 respondents