Agorocracy vs. Democracy

Four years ago (June 2010), I was pointing out how Agorocracy vs. Democracy were fighting it out in EUrope and the world. How the financial system had gone out of bounds compared to other aspects of our lives. Since then, 44 months have passed. The speaker has slimmed down (see video) and so have the budgets of Greece, Spain and other troubled Euro member states.

Cyprus banks got a haircut last year.

But what is the state of the competition between Agorocracy and Democracy today, February 2014?

Some @npthinking follower stats

2256 followers. 143 in Brussels (Belgium 160), 120 in London (UK 307), 33 in Paris (84 in France)

The following stats are based on tweepsmap.com raw data per country (Aug 6, 2012):

Based on 2256 followers:

1) The Eurozone followers are (only %s 0.05% (corresponds to 1.128 follower) and above listed)

13 of 17 Euro countries yield 0.05% or higher. Slovakia, Slovenia, Malta and Estonia yield less than that.

Greece 10.67%

Belgium 7.11% = 160 

Ireland 4.81%

France 3.72%

Germany 3.12%

España 2.74%

Netherlands 1.64%

Italy          1.15%

Portugal 0.77%

Finland 0.33%

Cyprus 0.22%

Austria  0.11%

Lux          0.05%

Total EZ:   36.44% = 822

2) Rest of the EU (EU minus Eurozone):

7 of the 10 clock 0.05% or more:

UK        13.62% = 307

Other non-EU 1.64% = 37

Analysis:

Sweden 0.71% = 16

Denmark 0.33% = 7 (7.4)

Hungary 0.22%

Latvia 0.16%

Bulgaria 0.11%

Czech Republic 0.11%

Total non EZ EU: 15.26%, 344 tweeps

1+2 (total EU27): 51.70%, 1166 tweeps

3) USA 22.05%, 497 tweeps

4) Rest of the world (world minus EU minus USA): 25.8%, 582

Cities:

Athens, Attikí, Greece 6.73%
Brussels, Brüssel, Belgium 6.35% = 143
London, England, UK 5.31% = 120
Somewhere, UK 2.74%
Somewhere, Greece 2.46%
Somewhere, USA 2.3%
NYC, New York, USA 2.3%
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 2.08%
Los Angeles, California, USA 1.59%
Paris, Île-de-France, France  1.48%
Somewhere, Ireland 1.48%
Somewhere, England, UK 1.2%
Berlin, Berlin, Germany 0.98% = 22
Somewhere, California, USA 0.98%
Thessaloníki, Voria Ellada, Greece 0.82%
Madrid, Madrid, España 0.82%
Chicago, Illinois, USA 0.71%
Toronto, Ontario, Canada 0.66%
Washington, District of Columbia, USA 0.66%
Barcelona, Catalonia, España 0.6%

My social media statistics - March 23

Of 2029 followers of @npanayotopoulos on March 23, 2012, according to http://tweepsmap.com:

USA 22.34% X 2029 = 453
UK 13.29%
Greece 11.23%
Belgium 8.51% = 173
Ireland 4.71%
Germany 3.26% = 66
France 3.14% = 64
España 2.54%
Canada 2.11%
Netherlands 1.69%
Australia 1.33%
Italy 1.03%

My social media statistics

7 Days into March, the 2000 mark in the number of my followers was passed. As we speak it stands at 2027 but it fluctuates, much as an index. The @npanayotopoulos Twitter account has passed way beyond 1000 days with 38,906 tweets to show for.

As any follower of my tweets knows, my tweets are usually my thoughts or comments on EU and other policy and affairs. I also do tweet links to my new npthinking blog posts as well as RT interesting posts of others. I am not a believer in links. I use them but I believe that the essence of Tweeting is personal views on, in my case, policy and public affairs matters, in 140 characters. That's in my opinion the beauty of Twitter.

As a vlogger, I do tend to ramble. As a blogger, the Twitter experience (in tweeting) has also helped me cut down on the essays in "proper" blogging (as in this npthinking blog) and write blog posts that are brief and to the point. My most read post is a mere 2 lines!


Based on http://tweepsmap.com data (in %) I have just calculated that (roughly) of my 2020 followers 440 are in USA, 254 in UK, 220 in Greece, 151 in Belgium, 90 in Ireland, 57 in Germany, in 44 France, in 43 Spain, 40 in Canada.

According to the blogger.com statistics provided for free to this blogspot account, in the past month, France, Belgium and USA dominate npthinking pageviews while Germany and Ireland also show significant pageviews.

Hence, whereas the US is in the top in both following of my tweets and in reading my posts, and Belgium also has a strong showing in both, UK and Greece follow my tweets whereas France and to a lesser extent Germany, my posts.

Or so it seems.

PS. There seems to be a 25% of my Twitter followers (500) whose country of viewing seems to be not accounted for.

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npthinking Twitter statistics

In the period from September 29 to October 15, according to twocation.com data, the followers map of @npthinking changed as follows.

There was a increase of 4% in the total number of followers, from 1459 to 1521 (+62)

The number of followers living in the Eurozone increased from 636 to 674 (+38) to 44% (stable)
The total number of followers living in the EU increased from 830 to 856 (+26) to 56% of total (stable)
US ones from 436 to 458 (+22)

So USA+EU increased by 48 out of the total +62.

Followers living in native English countries up 887 to 923 (+36) to 60% of total (stable).

These are the % of some country markets on the total (1521 followers) on October 15:
USA 30,10%
Canada 1,70%
Australia 2,80%
UK 11,10%
Belgium 4,70%
Greece 13,10%
Ireland 15,00%
Spain 2,50%
Germany 2,20%
France 2,20%
Portugal 0,60%
Sweden 0,30%
Italy 1,40%
NL 1,10%
Indonesia 0,30%
Ukraine 0,80%
Mexico 0,60%
Cyprus 0,30%
Denmark 0,30%
Estonia 0,30%
Austria 0,30%
Finland 0,60%
Norway 0,30%
Holy See 0,00%
Hungary 0,30%

Largest increases in absolute numbers since September 29:

USA + 32 followers

Belgium +16

France +10

Australia +10

Italy +10

UK +10

NL +5

while largest decreases where:

Portugal -7

Sweden -11

Canada -14

npthinking blog stats, September 2011

Sept 2011
Top 10 % of total pageviews

US 39.7%
Belgium 14.3%
Ireland 5.6%
Germany 2.9%
France 2.8%
Greece 2.5%
UK 2.3%
Canada 1.3%
Russia 1.1%
Israel 0.9%

Marketing analysis: npthinking stats

1) npthinking tweets

Based on data about @npthinking compiled from http://www.twocation.com


On 16/8, with 1069 followers vs 2/9 with 1213 followers vs 11/9 with 1248 followers

12 countries had market shares higher than 1% on 16/8. 14 on 11/9.

USA

16/8: 29.50% x 1069 = 315

2/9: 34.90% x 1213 = 423 +118
11/9: 34% x 1248 = 424

UK

14.20% x 1069 = 152

12.90% x 1213 = 156 +4

13.30 x 1248 = 166

Greece

12.30% x 1069 = 131

13.10 x 1213 = 159 +28

14.10 x 1248 = 176

Belgium

11.00 x 1069 = 118

7.10 x 1213 = 86 = -32
6.10% x 1248 = 76

Ireland

4.00 x 1069 = 42.8

2.90% x 1213 = 35
2.90 x 1248 = 36

Spain

3.20%

2.90% x 1213 = 35

3.40 x 1248 = 42

Canada

3.20

4.20% 1213 = 51
4.00 x 1248 = 50

NL

2.10

1.30% x 1213 = 16
1.30 x 1248 = 16

France

2.10

1% x 1213 = 12
1.10 x 1248 = 14

Australia

1.90

2.40% x 1213 = 29
2.40 x 1248 = 30

Portugal

1.60

1.30% x 1213 = 16
1.60 x 1248 =

Germany

1.30

1.80% x 1213 = 22

2.10 x 1248 = 26

Sweden

2/9 1% z 1213 = 12
11/9: 1.10 x 1248 = 14

Italy

2/9: 1.10 x 1248 = 14

Mexico

0.50

0.80% x 1213 = 10

0.50 x 1248 = 6

Regional:

Norway 0.30% x 1248 = 4

Denmark 0.50 x 1248 = 6

Finland 0.30 x 1248 = 4

Sweden 1.10 x 1248 = 14

Total 28

Estonia 0.30 x 1248 = 4

Latvia 0

Lithuania 0

Total > 4

Hungary 0.30% > 4

Czech R. 0

Slovakia 0

Austria 0.30% x 1248 = 4

Switzerland 0.50% x 1248 = 6

Slovenia 0

Total > 14

Croatia 0 (I know of at least 1 though)

Bulgaria 0 (I know of at least 1 though)

Romania 0

Cyprus 0.30 > 4

Malta 0

BRICs

Brazil 0.80% x 1248 = 10

Russia 0.30 x 1248 = 4

China 4

India 6

Total >

Ukraine

Lux 0

EU analysis:

Greece 14.10 x 1248 = 176

Belgium 6.10% x 1248 = 76

Ireland 2.90 x 1248 = 36

Spain 3.40 x 1248 = 42

NL 1.30 x 1248 = 16

France 1.10 x 1248 = 14

Portugal 1.60 x 1248 = 20

Germany 2.10 x 1248 = 26

Italy 1.10 x 1248 = 14

Finland 0.30 x 1248 = 4

Estonia 0.30 x 1248 = 4

Cyprus 0.30 > 4

Malta 0

Austria 0.30% x 1248 = 4

Slovenia 0

Lux 0

Slovakia 0

>>>> Total Eurozone: 436 (35% of total number of followers)

UK 13.30 x 1248 = 166

Denmark 0.50 x 1248 = 6

Sweden 1.10 x 1248 = 14

Latvia 0

Poland 0 (altho I know at least 1)

Lithuania 0

Hungary 0.30% > 4

Czech R. 0

Bulgaria 0 (I know of at least 1 though)

Total non-EZ: 192

Total EU

436 + 192 = 628 (50% of 11/9 total)

2) npthinking blog:

Last 30 days
Of total pageviews:

USA 33.8%
France 4.2%
UK 3.9$
Germany 2.8%
Russia 2.8%
Greece 2.7%
Canada 1.6%
Israel 1.6%
Belgium 1.5%
Finland 0.95%

9 countries over 1%.
Top post of the month 4.1% of total pageviews

Marketing analysis for the npthinking tweeting and blogging

Based on the programme twocation.com which calculates where the followers of a Twitter account are located, I received (16/8/2011, followers 1069) the following raw data which I then compiled as follows:

(%)

USA 29.50 (No. 1 overall)
Canada 3.20
Mexico 0.50
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Total NAFTA 33.20%

Eurozone17:
11 of 17 reported followers:

Greece 12.30 (native) (No 3 overall)
Belgium 11.00 (No. 4 overall)
Ireland 4.00
Spain 3.20
NL 2.10
France 2.10
Portugal 1.60
Germany 1.30
Italy 0.80
Austria 0.80
Finland 0.50
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Total Eurozone 39.70%

EU27 - Eurozone17:
5 of 10 reported followers:
UK 14.20 (No. 2 overall)
Sweden 0.80
Denmark 0.50
Latvia 0.30
Hungary 0.30
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Total EU-EZ 16.10%

Total EU (16 of 27) = 39.70 + 16.10 = 55.80%

Other Europe (7):
Serbia 0.50
Jersey 0.50
Switzerland 0.50
Holy See 0.30
Russia 0.30
Turkey 0.30
Armenia 0.30
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Total Other Europe 2.70%

Total Europe (26 countries >0): 55.80 + 2.70 = 58.50%


Other countries:
18 more countries:

Australia 1.90
China 0.80
India 0.50
Japan 0.50
Pakistan 0.30
Singapore 0.30
Costa Rica 0.30
Panama 0.30
Paraguay 0.30
Argentina 0.30
Brazil 0.30
South Africa 0.50
Indonesia 0.50
Taiwan 0.30
Thailand 0.30
Tunisia 0.30
Greenland 0.30
New Caledonia 0.30
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Total 8.30%

The total is 97.30%, which leads me to assume that only 2.70% was not attributable to a country/location. 23 European plus 21 more countries (3 NAFTA plus 18 other) show followers of @npthinking.

Note also:

BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China) = 0.30 + 0.30 + 0.50 + 0.80 = 1.9%

PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) = 1.60 + 4.00 + 0.80 + 12.30 + 3.20 = 21.90%

To adjust for native country effect, let's use for Greece the same as of Portugal (same population), then PIIGS(2) = 11.20%

EU Big 5 (Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain) = 1.30 + 2.10 + 14.20 + 0.80 + 3.20 = 21.60%

1 of 5 followers are from the Big 5 EU member states, but 2/3 of that is from the UK.

Top 10 (excluding native country):

1. USA 29.5%

2. UK 14.20%

3. Belgium 11.00%

4. Ireland 4.00%

5. Spain 3.20%

5. Canada 3.20%

7. France

7. Netherlands 2.10

9. Australia 1.90

9. BRICs 1.90

Since 95% of the posts is all in English, let's see the native EN speaking share of the whole:

USA 29.50% + UK 14.20% + Ireland 4.00% + Canada 3.20% + Australia 1.90 = 52.80%

G7 (to be calculated)

G20 (to be calculated)

UNASUR (to be calculated)

Notably, these follower stats for @npthinking vary considerably from the page views stats of the npthinking blog (provided by blogger.com to each blog account for free).

Thus: To be continued!

Update 24/8 (+8 days)
1117 followers from 1069

Updated stats:
USA 31.10% up
UK 14.20% stable
Greece 14.20% up
Belgium 8.40% down
Canada 4.20% up
Ireland 3.90% down 0.10
Spain 2.40% down
Australia 1.80% down 0.10
Portugal 1.60% stable
Netherlands 1.60 down
France 1.60% down
Germany 1.30% stable
Mexico 1.10% up

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Update No 2 > 28/8 (+12 days, 4 since last)
1182 followers +65 since 24/8, +114 since 16/8 (+10.7%)
13 countries (same as 24.8) with shares >1% but most are down (as %) compared to 24/8.

Updated stats:
USA 33.90% up x 1182 = 400,6 followers
UK 13.70% down x 1182 = 161.9 followers
Greece 13.40% down
Belgium 7.80% down X 1182 = 92.1 followers
Canada 3.80% down
Ireland 3.20% down x 1182 = 37.8 followers
Spain 2.60% down
Australia 1.90% up 0.10
Portugal 1.60% stable
Netherlands 1.60 stable
France 1.10% down
Germany 1.60% up
Mexico 1.10% stable

Reminder, on 16/8, with 1069 followers, the % where:
12 countries had market shares higher than 1%
USA 29.50 x 1069 = 315,3
UK 14.20 x 1069 = 151,7
Greece 12.30
Belgium 11.00 x 1069 = 117.6
Ireland 4.00 x 1069 = 42.8
Spain 3.20
Canada 3.20
NL 2.10
France 2.10
Australia 1.90
Portugal 1.60
Germany 1.30
(Mexico 0.50)

That means
+114 followers from 16/8 to 28/8
+86 US followers, from 315 to 401
+10 UK followers from 152 to 162
-26 followers from Belgium based followed from 118 to 92.
- 5 Ireland followers, from 43 to 38.

I love maths, stats, the full monty. I miss it (used to do a lot of that number crunching in the old days). So I am going to input some of the data so far into a spreadsheet and take the marketing analysis 1 level up from this very basic one. Will be fun!

OK then, bottom line today, +10.7% followers in 12 days, the ranking of the top 12 has been the same in spite of changes in the market shares (Mexico went from 0.5% to 1.10 by 24/8, that making the number of countries with market shares above 1% 13)

In absolute numbers, USA+UK account for 96 of the 114 net gain in followers (on Twitter).
22% of the Belgium based followers have been lost in those 12 days. Potential causes? Could be the wider content of @npthinking since the revamping, approximately 1 month ago, that now includes not only EU and other policy but applied philosophy, music, poetry, etc. which was also communicated via the @change of the username from the old @nppolicyanalyst. In the 30 days since these changes, the pageviews for the npthinking blog have gone up (more stats on that in the coming days) and the volume of followers of npthinking on Twitter has jumped from approx. 820 to 1182, ie 362 (+44.1%!!). As you can see from the graph at the top of this post, this jump improved on an always significant rate of increase in the last 3 months. Eg from 665 on May 27.
In effect @mpthinking following has "naturally" (no "fertilisers") grown 77.7% in 3 months (May 27 to August 28)!

To some extent, the growth of @npthinking followers in the last 30 days is due to the attempted merger of two accounts which was not executed as well as planned and which led initially to a 20% or less move of the followers of the second account to @npthinking (note: there was though a significant number of overlaps in the followers of the two accounts). One week after the merger (via deletion of the second account and notices to followers to move to the other one), from Aug 24 to Aug 31 the following of @npthinking had increased by a less than 25% of volume of followers of the other account, ie from 825 to 964. A gain of 139 "only" (considering the merger). Now, a month after the merger, the gaiu stands at +362 (+139 + 223). And on non-systematic inspection of the usernames of the new followers, it seems that most did not come from the other account).

The US was and remains the No1 market not only for my tweets but my blog posts as well.
US has 34.9% of the pageviews in the last 30 days (according to free blogger.com stats that come with the blog). That share is close to the US share in Twitter followers (both around 1 on 3).
No2 share of pageviews comes from the UK, but with 4.6%. The spread in npthinking blog pageviews in the last 30 days is wider across countries than thar of @npthinking tweets.