McGonagall Online

Gem of the Day Statistics

There are 1621 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

1074 People 1186 People 1050 People 1116 People 1065 People 1170 People 1004 People
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Number of Gems Requested per Week

411 People 111 People 78 People 34 People 120 People 7 People 860 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
70%
847 People356 People Female
30%
1203 respondents

Age Group of Recipients

40 People 122 People 174 People 228 People 215 People 207 People 137 People
Under 18 18-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 56-65 Over 65

1124 respondents

Location of Recipients

England 370 People
United States 293 People
Scotland 168 People
Australia 65 People
Europe 58 People
Canada 56 People
Wales 21 People
New Zealand 16 People
Other Places 16 People
Ireland 15 People
South Africa 15 People
Asia 12 People
Northern Ireland 9 People
Middle East 7 People
South America 6 People
Africa 4 People
India 4 People
Oceania 4 People
Central America 3 People
Other Colonies 3 People
Home Nations 2 People
Other UK 2 People

1149 respondents

Have they...

First heard of McGonagall due to this site?

Yes
9%
109 People1067 People No
91%
1176 respondents

Read a McGonagall poem in public?

Yes
28%
327 People808 People No
72%
1135 respondents

Been to Dundee?

Yes
41%
485 People677 People No
59%
1162 respondents

Worn a kilt?

Yes
38%
450 People706 People No
62%
1156 respondents

Eaten haggis?

Yes
66%
780 People401 People No
34%
1181 respondents