I can't resist checking the [stats](http://steemit.com.hypestat.com/) for the Steemit site. The global [Alexa](https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/steemit.com) rank is still climbing nicely at 962 today. We crossed the 1000 point a few days ago. What's really interesting is the variation in countries. A few of the top countries such as the US and Korea are losing viewer share and their ranks are falling. I'm sure the US was up to around 500 and it was top 200 in Korea a while back. Germany and India are on the rise. India has massive potential. I know some will fear a huge influx of people from that part of the world taking over, but I think Steemit has huge potential to change lives there. A friend in India says he has not joined up due to government resistance to cryptocurrencies. That's happening all over the world.

I think we could see Nigeria have the best rank soon. We have an active community there who are getting people to sign up.

![Hypestat](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXtr8v6mtVnWgkKtiz9EvmPKPyeJSUtCspZjaH48QfAep/image.png)

I think the US will dominate for a while yet, but Steemit is becoming even more varied. It shouldn't all be in English. All cultures should be able to express themselves here. Maybe the site could integrate something like Google Translate to make it easier to read posts in other languages. I know a lot of people struggle with English, but they can still have something interesting to say.

My hunger for stats is being met by a range of sites. I just discovered [Steem Ocean](http://steemocean.com/toprank) by @ura-soul. They rank users by various criteria. It's interesting that they show the top self-voters. Some of the biggest players are not helping the community much.

![Steem Ocean](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdcNrGp1gtYXEDqy2AHcu8uNPjMdEXeEif3aoEWYnkmD6/image.png)

I think Steemit stands a good chance of continuing to gain visitors as it approaches a million accounts. I know many of those are not active, but some may come back. I've seen some people saying there's too much spam these days, but it's really not as bad as I would expect given there's money to be made. I know certain tags attract it more, but we can ignore or flag it to discourage them. Let's make Steemit the platform we want it to be.

Steem on!

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