Where Cartoon Brew Readers Are From: 2013 Edition
2013 was a banner year for Cartoon Brew. Our renewed focus on expanding editorial content and hiring new writers pushed the site to its best year of traffic in its ten-year existence.
Numbers matter, of course. Without readers, the site could not exist. Traffic allows us to pay writers, tech people, lawyers, salespeople, and suppliers. But there are many websites that generate the type of random traffic we don’t wish to have. As Cartoon Brew continues to grow, our aim is to attract the right kind of readers: Lovers of the art form who create animation for a living, who study animation with the seriousness that a doctor studies medicine, and who watch animation with the passion of a sports fan rooting their team to victory. In other words…you.
This morning I spent some time browsing through Google Analytics to compile a list of which studios/companies, schools, and countries drove the most traffic to Cartoon Brew during the past year. We’re long overdue on publishing such a report; the last time we did a similar post was in 2010. It’s a simple reminder that Cartoon Brew is not a mass of faceless Internet users, but a distinguished group of readers who represent the diversity and vitality of the animation community in both the U.S. and abroad.
TOP STUDIOS/COMPANIES BY TRAFFIC, IN 2013
- Disney
- DreamWorks
- Viacom (Nickelodeon)
- Blue Sky Studios
- Turner (Cartoon Network)
- Pixar
- Google
- Lucasfilm
- Studio B Productions
- Fotokem
- Fox Entertainment Group
- Mercury Filmworks
- Amazon
- Bardel Entertainment
- Facebook
- Hallmark Cards
- NBC Universal
- Electronic Arts
- Sony North America
- Curious Pictures
- Weta Digital
- Apple
- Mattel
- Red Rover
- Rhythm & Hues Studios
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Bento Box Animation Studio
- Hasbro
- Nerd Corps Entertainment
- Starz Entertainment (Film Roman)
- Jibjab Media
- Illumination
- Paramount Pictures
- Blur Studio
- National Film Board of Canada
- Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
- Zynga Game Network
- Yowza Animation
- Scholastic Inc.
- Rhythm & Hues Studio India
TOP SCHOOLS BY TRAFFIC, IN 2013
- Savavannah College of Art and Design
- CalArts
- Ringling College of Art and Design
- University of Southern California
- The Art Institutes International
- Sheridan College
- School of Visual Arts
- Brigham Young University
- New York University
- San Jose State University
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- University of California, Los Angeles
- California College of the Arts
- Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design
- Stanford University
- Loyola Marymount University
- Pratt Art Institute
- University of Illinois
- College for Creative Studies
- Cal State Fullerton
- Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg
- DePaul University
- Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
- University of Missouri
In 2013, we had visitors from 228 countries and territories. Below I’ve listed the top forty countries, as well as the percentage of visitors from the top ten countries. Bear in mind that due to the scale of our traffic, even a fraction of a percent represents a significant amount of readership. For example, Egypt does not appear on the list below—it ranked 43rd—but they still recorded over 12,000 visits in 2013, or more than a thousand visits per month.
TOP COUNTRIES BY TRAFFIC, IN 2013
- US – 57.4%
- Canada – 7.1%
- UK – 6.7%
- Australia – 2.3%
- France – 1.9%
- Germany – 1.6%
- Brazil – 1.4%
- India – 1.2%
- Mexico – 1.2%
- Spain – 1.1%
- The Netherlands
- Japan
- Ireland
- Italy
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Sweden
- Argentina
- Russia
- Pakistan
- New Zealand
- Malaysia
- Belgium
- Indonesia
- Denmark
- Poland
- Norway
- Israel
- South Korea
- Finland
- Chile
- Colombia
- Turkey
- South Africa
- Portugal
- Thailand
- Hungary
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Romania
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