McGonagall Online

Gem of the Day Statistics

There are 1281 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

827 People 924 People 801 People 849 People 807 People 900 People 772 People
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Number of Gems Requested per Week

349 People 93 People 64 People 30 People 88 People 6 People 651 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%
690 People275 People Female
29%
965 respondents

Age Group of Recipients

31 People 107 People 151 People 190 People 188 People 159 People 83 People
Under 18 18-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 56-65 Over 65

910 respondents

Location of Recipients

England 296 People
United States 230 People
Scotland 147 People
Australia 57 People
Canada 49 People
Europe 39 People
South Africa 18 People
Wales 15 People
Ireland 14 People
Other Places 13 People
Asia 11 People
New Zealand 10 People
Middle East 8 People
Northern Ireland 6 People
South America 6 People
India 5 People
Africa 4 People
Central America 4 People
Oceania 3 People
Home Nations 2 People
Other Colonies 2 People
Other UK 2 People

941 respondents

Have they...

First heard of McGonagall due to this site?

Yes
9%
87 People868 People No
91%
955 respondents

Read a McGonagall poem in public?

Yes
28%
260 People664 People No
72%
924 respondents

Been to Dundee?

Yes
42%
393 People539 People No
58%
932 respondents

Worn a kilt?

Yes
41%
385 People551 People No
59%
936 respondents

Eaten haggis?

Yes
66%
635 People321 People No
34%
956 respondents