McGonagall Online

Gem of the Day Statistics

There are 1155 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

736 People 830 People 717 People 758 People 723 People 806 People 689 People
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Number of Gems Requested per Week

318 People 85 People 60 People 26 People 85 People 5 People 576 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%
618 People246 People Female
29%
864 respondents

Age Group of Recipients

29 People 98 People 135 People 180 People 169 People 138 People 69 People
Under 18 18-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 56-65 Over 65

819 respondents

Location of Recipients

England 257 People
United States 222 People
Scotland 126 People
Australia 51 People
Canada 44 People
Europe 41 People
Wales 14 People
South Africa 12 People
New Zealand 11 People
Other Places 11 People
Ireland 10 People
Asia 8 People
Middle East 6 People
South America 6 People
India 5 People
Northern Ireland 5 People
Africa 4 People
Central America 4 People
Oceania 3 People
Home Nations 2 People
Other Colonies 2 People
Other UK 2 People

846 respondents

Have they...

First heard of McGonagall due to this site?

Yes
10%
94 People776 People No
90%
870 respondents

Read a McGonagall poem in public?

Yes
28%
236 People604 People No
72%
840 respondents

Been to Dundee?

Yes
41%
350 People499 People No
59%
849 respondents

Worn a kilt?

Yes
39%
335 People508 People No
61%
843 respondents

Eaten haggis?

Yes
64%
559 People303 People No
36%
862 respondents