The First Blogs: Live.Journal's Demographics

LiveJournal was started on April 15, 1999 by programmer Brad Fitzpatrick as a way of keeping his high school friends updated on his activities.  In January 2005, blogging software company Six Apart purchased Danga Interactive, the company that operated LiveJournal, from Fitzpatrick (who now works for Google).  LiveJournal is most popular in English-speaking countries (although there is a language selection feature), and the United States has by far the most LiveJournal users among users who choose to list a location. There is also a sizable Russian contingent. Demographics by gender Female 6,938,450 56.6% Male 5,328,787 43.4% Unspecified 3,219,872 Top 15 countries		8,673,909	100%
United States		4,895,360	56.43%
Russian Federation		1,593,894	18.38%
United Kingdom		451,142	5.20%
Canada		436,384	5.03%
Ukraine		256,373	2.96%
Singapore		209,879	2.41%
Australia		205,400	2.37%
Philippines		125,922	1.45%
Germany		96,105	1.11%
Brazil		83,867	0.97%
Japan		76,106	0.88%
India		72,559	0.84%
Belarus		61,746	0.71%
Finland		56,714	0.65%
France		52,458	0.60%