Most Viewed Threads and More KarateForums.com Stats

[Patrick]

As part of the 500,000 posts celebration, we thought that it would be fun to share some of the statistics and data behind KarateForums.com and the activity that the community has enjoyed.

Countries and Territories

We have data going as far back as May 2008 regarding the countries or territories that people have visited KarateForums.com from. In all, there are 214. Here they are, in blocks of 50, listed in order of popularity.

United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, India, Finland, Netherlands, Philippines, Ireland, France, Sweden, Italy, Spain, New Zealand, Brazil, Greece, Singapore, Japan, Norway, Malaysia, Poland, Denmark, Belgium, South Africa, Mexico, Indonesia, China, Romania, Portugal, South Korea, Pakistan, Turkey, Russia, Switzerland, Argentina, Israel, Vietnam, Serbia, Thailand, Hungary, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Chile, Austria, Czech Republic, Croatia and Puerto Rico.

Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Egypt, Iran, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Trinidad and Tobago, Cyprus, Kuwait, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Estonia, Morocco, Jamaica, Macedonia, Algeria, Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Qatar, Malta, Guam, Lebanon, Uruguay, Nigeria, Iceland, Bahamas, Guatemala, Jordan, Kenya, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Tunisia, Ecuador, Nepal, Georgia, Iraq, Belarus, Honduras, Luxembourg, Brunei, Afghanistan and Kazakhstan.

Albania, Moldova, Bolivia, Cambodia, Bermuda, Ghana, Oman, Fiji, Armenia, Jersey, Cayman Islands, Zimbabwe, El Salvador, Palestine, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Myanmar (Burma), Syria, Senegal, Montenegro, Libya, Isle of Man, Tanzania, Namibia, Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda, Belize, Guyana, Paraguay, Ethiopia, Réunion, Guernsey, Mozambique, Botswana, Dominica, Macau, Nicaragua, Uzbekistan, Netherlands Antilles, Mongolia, Yemen, Guadeloupe, Maldives, Suriname, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Cuba, Gibraltar, New Caledonia and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Kosovo, Zambia, Angola, Sudan, Madagascar, Haiti, Cameroon, British Virgin Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles, Rwanda, Laos, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Martinique, Northern Mariana Islands, Malawi, Papua New Guinea, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Åland Islands, French Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Bhutan, Monaco, Turks and Caicos Islands, Liechtenstein, Burkina Faso, Curaçao, Djibouti, Tajikistan, Andorra, Anguilla, Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo), French Guiana, Greenland, Mali, Mauritania, Togo, Vanuatu, Benin, Faroe Islands, Gambia, Lesotho, Sint Maarten, Swaziland, Cook Islands, Guinea, Somalia and Turkmenistan.

Tonga, American Samoa, Burundi, Caribbean Netherlands, Congo (Republic of the Congo), Micronesia, Kiribati, Comoros, Liberia, Niger, Norfolk Island, Palau, Sierra Leone and Samoa.

Operating Systems

From May of 2008, here are the top 25 most popular operating systems:

1. Windows

2. Macintosh

3. iOS/iPhone/iPad/iPod

4. Android

5. Linux

6. BlackBerry

7. Windows Phone

8. SymbianOS

9. PlayStation 3

10. Firefox OS

11. Danger Hiptop

12. Nokia

13. Chrome OS

14. Samsung

15. Nintendo Wii

16. FreeBSD

17. Series40

18. PlayStation Portable

19. Sony

20. SunOS

21. PalmOS

22. LG

23. UNIX

24. Google TV

25. Xbox

Web Browsers

Similarly, here are the top 25 most popular web browsers:

1. Internet Explorer

2. Firefox

3. Chrome

4. Safari

5. Android Browser

6. Opera

7. Netscape

8. Mozilla Compatible Agent

9. Opera Mini

10. Mozilla

11. BlackBerry (Various)

12. Safari (In-App)

13. Internet Explorer with Chrome Frame

14. PlayStation 3

15. Amazon Silk

16. RockMelt

17. SeaMonkey

18. Camino

19. UC Browser

20. Crawler

21. NetFront

22. S40 Ovi Browser

23. PlayStation Portable

24. DoubleVerify Crawler

25. Konqueror

Most Viewed Threads

Here is a list of the top 10 most viewed threads, excluding those in the Game Threads, KarateForums.com Announcements and General Chat forums.

1. The Martial Artists' Training Log (69,821 views)

2. Which martial art movie star do you like best? (44,898 views)

3. Martial arts research library (44,321 views)

4. Why dont people like Aikido? (41,984 views)

5. Wise Sayings... (39,990 views)

6. Top 10 Self Defense Martial Arts (36,243 views)

7. Things NOT to say to your instructor... (35,221 views)

8. Dating "in-school" (31,261 views)

9. Do Black-Belts have to register themselves as weapons (31,097 views)

10. tokaido vs shureido? (30,556 views)

And here are the top 10 most viewed threads overall.

1. Last Letter Game (97,589 views)

2. The Martial Artists' Training Log (69,821 views)

3. Word Association: Part 2 (64,090 views)

4. Word Association (60,416 views)

5. Celebrity name game (58,651 views)

6. Movies!Movies!Movies! (54,023 views)

7. Ask something to the poster below you (52,675 views)

8. Transformation Game (48,635 views)

9. Which martial art movie star do you like best? (44,898 views)

10. Martial arts research library (44,321 views)

Threads with the Most Replies

Here are the top 10 threads with the most replies, excluding those in the Game Threads, General Chat and staff member forums.

1. The Martial Artists' Training Log (3,841 replies)

2. The Uselessness of Kata (538 replies)

3. Top 10 Self Defense Martial Arts (336 replies)

4. You know when your obbsessed with martial arts when.... (282 replies)

5. Wise Sayings... (267 replies)

6. Why dont people like Aikido? (264 replies)

7. What weapon do you actually carry? (255 replies)

8. Are You Afraid To Die? (248 replies)

9. MA Goofs & Blunders (240 replies)

10. Which martial art movie star do you like best? (238 replies)

And here are the top 10 threads with the most replies overall.

1. Last Letter Game (5,077 replies)

2. The Martial Artists' Training Log (3,841 replies)

3. Word Association (3,629 replies)

4. Word Association: Part 2 (2,699 replies)

5. Celebrity name game (2,619 replies)

6. The last thing you ate (2,063 replies)

7. A is for... (Movie Title Game) (2,040 replies)

8. Movies!Movies!Movies! (1,771 replies)

9. What song are you listening to right now? (1,503 replies)

10. Transformation Game (1,495 replies)

Most Viewed Articles

Here are the top 10 most viewed articles published in the KarateForums.com Articles section.

1. Christians and the Martial Arts by kchenault (26,811 views)

2. Introduction to Kuk Sool Won by SBN Doug (21,507 views)

3. Low-Kicking: Below The Belt? by cymry (18,615 views)

4. My Journey in the Dojo by SaiFightsMS (16,416 views)

5. The Street Fighter Excuse by WapCaplet (15,747 views)

6. Why I Quit Tae Kwon Do by Zorba (15,396 views)

7. Trapped On a Bus by SaiFightsMS (15,173 views)

8. Kata: the Fundamental Element of Martial Arts by G95champ (15,125 views)

9. Martial Arts and the Bible by tomkatch (15,022 views)

10. The Shotokan Tiger Symbol by SaiFightsMS (14,998 views)

Congratulations to Pat (SaiFightsMS) on having 3 of the top 10 most viewed articles!

Thank you for reading and supporting KarateForums.com.

Sincerely,

Patrick

[Patrick]

That's a long list of countries/territories!

Patrick

[Wastelander]

It's definitely amazing how wide our "audience" is for KarateForums!

[tallgeese]

That is absolutely amazing that it's reached to so many countries!

[DWx]

That is a crazy amount of countries... Feel a bit self-concious that so many people could be reading the idiotic things I might say

[sensei8]

WOW!! And I mean WOW!!

The amount of countries is mind blowing!!

Thanks for the info, and I mean, it must of taken some time to assemble all of the data.

See...that's why you're the Administrator, not just by title!!

THANK YOU PATRICK!!

[Patrick]

Thanks for the replies, all.

Patrick

[bushido_man96]

That is an impressive list, the whole way around! What a spread you've covered with KF, Patrick!