While it’s difficult to account for all of JT’s fans throughout the world, his online fans are relatively easy to pin down thanks to what we know about visitors to this site. For example, using the past 12 months of web site statistics we can see where most of JT’s Internet-connected fans live:
| 1. United States – 66% 2. United Kingdom – 10.2% 3. Canada – 4% 4. Germany – 2.8% 5. Italy – 2.4% 6. Netherlands – 2% 7. Australia – 2% 8. Ireland – 1.3% 9. Japan – 1% 10. France – 0.9% |
Plus visitors from 163 other countries around the world.
On the technology side, nearly one in four site visitors are using some type of mobile device, and of those nearly 78% are using either an iPad or an iPhone.
As for web browser software, the days of Internet Explorer’s domination are long gone:
| 1. | Safari | 33.3% |
| 2. | Internet Explorer | 31% |
| 3. | Firefox | 16.4% |
| 4. | Chrome | 12.4% |
| 5. | Android Browser | 4.3% |
Finally, let’s talk about how folks find the site. We know that the majority of them find it the first time via search engines — most often Google. But what are they actually searching for? Here are the top ten terms people searched for when visiting JTO:
| 1. | james taylor tour |
| 2. | james taylor |
| 3. | james taylor online |
| 4. | james taylor tour 2012 |
| 5. | james taylor tour dates |
| 6. | james-taylor |
| 7. | james taylor albums |
| 8. | james taylor complete volume 2 |
| 9. | james taylor tickets |
| 10. | dean parks musicares |
That’s all for now. Whether you found this statistical aside interesting or yawn-inducing, please let us know.