McGonagall Online

Gem of the Day Statistics

There are 923 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

563 People 664 People 569 People 601 People 566 People 632 People 541 People
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Number of Gems Requested per Week

257 People 68 People 54 People 23 People 76 People 6 People 439 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%
492 People207 People Female
30%
699 respondents

Age Group of Recipients

19 People 78 People 125 People 150 People 145 People 95 People 53 People
Under 18 18-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 56-65 Over 65

665 respondents

Location of Recipients

England 200 People
United States 187 People
Scotland 108 People
Australia 37 People
Europe 32 People
Canada 31 People
Ireland 11 People
Other Places 11 People
New Zealand 10 People
South Africa 10 People
Wales 9 People
Asia 7 People
Northern Ireland 6 People
South America 6 People
Central America 4 People
Middle East 4 People
Africa 3 People
India 3 People
Oceania 2 People
Other Colonies 2 People
Other UK 2 People

685 respondents

Have they...

First heard of McGonagall due to this site?

Yes
10%
72 People630 People No
90%
702 respondents

Read a McGonagall poem in public?

Yes
28%
197 People485 People No
72%
682 respondents

Been to Dundee?

Yes
41%
281 People402 People No
59%
683 respondents

Worn a kilt?

Yes
39%
271 People410 People No
61%
681 respondents

Eaten haggis?

Yes
64%
450 People243 People No
36%
693 respondents