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One of the advantages of using a detailed visitor reporting service, like Google Analytics, is the ability to get a better idea of the popularity of specific sites with specific countries.

For those who are interested, here’s a breakdown of various emulators, in order of popularity, then by country (top 5):

1. Neopop (Japan, U.S., France, Germany, U.K.)
2. fMSX (Japan, U.S., Singapore, Spain, Germany)
3. SMS Plus (U.S., Japan, France, Singapore, Germany)
4. Atari800 (U.S., Germany, Singapore, U.K., Poland)

ColEm is by far the least popular, even edged out by the listing page (psp.akop.org). Some of the odder trends (at least in my opinion):

• fMSX is the second most popular emulator in the U.S. (it was barely released here, and is virtually unknown)
• Singapore appears in the top 5 for 3 emulators
• Russia is in the number 7 spot for Atari800. Judging by the emails I receive, quite a few of the users are Russian. I first came across the Atari 130XE in the former Soviet Union, where it was quite popular at one point

Perhaps the least surprising trend of all is that Japan and U.S. are usually the top 2 countries for visits.

Of course, this doesn’t take into account the number of people who download emulators directly from other sites, such as dcemu.co.uk