This year was yet another good year for sumo in North America - and an even better year for women's sumo in North America! We saw more interest in the sport and more female competitors than ever before, which is an amazing sign for the growth of sumo. I know a lot of this development... Continue Reading →
Every basho, I recorded the traffic of Reddit.com/r/sumo in number of unique visitors and pageviews. I wasn't sure what to expect for this basho, but. . .wow! It was an all-time high for monthly pageviews! I think it was partially because a Reddit.com user posted a video complication of Enho to a larger subreddit on... Continue Reading →
Whew! Like everyone at this time of year, I am a little overwhelmed with how busy life can be! Nevertheless, this is my favorite post to write - Who's Who in North American Sumo 2019. In this post, I recap the major competitors at the national-level in North American Sumo. This post focuses on the... Continue Reading →
As usual, I recorded the traffic of Reddit.com/r/sumo for the most recent basho. I'm now getting enough data that some interesting trends are appearing. The charts are below, followed by some very brief interpretation. If you'd like to see a particular article on NorthAmericanSumo.com, please email me at NorthAmericanSumo@Gmail.com. Daily Pageviews and Unique Visitors - Click... Continue Reading →
Every basho, I create a few charts that track the popularity of the basho on Reddit.com/r/sumo, as measured by the number of daily discussion thread comments, unique visitors to the subreddit, and page views of the subreddit. Below are five charts that illustrate the popularity of the Aki Basho 2019 relative to the prior basho.... Continue Reading →
Every basho, I create a few charts that track the popularity of the basho on Reddit.com/r/sumo, as measured by the number of daily discussion thread comments, unique visitors to the subreddit, and page views of the subreddit. Below are five charts that illustrate the popularity of the Nagoya Basho 2019 relative to the prior basho.... Continue Reading →
Every basho, I create a chart that tracks the popularity of the basho on Reddit.com/r/sumo, as measured by the number of daily discussion thread comments. Since becoming a moderator for the subreddit, I can now see the number of unique visitors and page views for the subreddit. Below are five charts that illustrate the popularity... Continue Reading →
Every basho, I create a chart that tracks the popularity of the basho on Reddit.com/r/sumo, as measured by the number of daily discussion thread comments. I made one again for the Haru Basho 2019, which includes the popularity of the Kyushu Basho 2018 and the Hatsu Basho 2019. Click here to see a full-sized image... Continue Reading →
I created a chart for the popularity of the Aki Basho 2018 as well as the popularity of the Kyushu Basho 2018 on Reddit.com/r/sumo, as measured by the number of daily discussion thread views and comments. Unfortunately, between this basho and the last one, Reddit disabled the feature to view the number of post views. ... Continue Reading →
Last week, I created a who's who list of women in North American sumo for the year of 2018. It is only natural, therefore, to also create a who's who list of men in North American sumo for the year of 2018. This list only contains competitors born in North America and also compete in... Continue Reading →
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