10,000 views, in 100 countries!

Our global superstars have been viewed ten thousand times since we went on YouTube eighteen months ago!  The viewing list now has 100 countries:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia (FYROM), Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nepal, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reúnion, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, the U.K., the U.S.A., “Unknown Region,” Vietnam.

In the U.S., the list remains the same: 49 states, plus D.C. and an "unknown region."  (If you drive through South Dakota some time, find a wifi hotspot and pull up one of our videos!  That way we'll have views in all 50 states.)

U.S. viewership accounts for 66% of the total, but international viewing continues to increase.  Here are the nations in the top 20:

U.S.

U.K.

Italy

Australia

Canada

Spain

Greece

Germany

France

Cyprus

India

Russia

Brazil

Switzerland

Japan

Netherlands

Ireland 

Belgium

Czech Republic

Portugal

The Latin videos account for 3,002 of the 10,002 views, and their international viewership is significantly higher than the 34% of the total views.  (Google Statistics did not give figures for all 20 videos, but for some of the Latin scenes, international views amount to 51% of the total viewership.)

Overall, the viewing patterns suggest that our videos are really seeing a lot of classroom use.

This blog has been visited 4,250 times. 

Congratulations to all our participants—faculty experts, composer (Ted Gellar-Goad), program assistant (Serena Witzke), costume designer (Adam Dill), and especially the hardworking NEH Summer Scholars.  Ten thousand views!  We never dreamt of such numbers when we were designing this program, and we're just amazed.

Tim and Sharon