Hi, I realized today that surprinsingly the Russian Wikiversity is better ranked by Alexa than the English version (ru.wikiversity.org = 53.66% of wikiveritsy.org´s traffic, en.wikiversity.org only 33.28%). The description says: "(...) it is relatively popular among users in the city of Velikiy Novgorod (where it is ranked #121). While roughly 11% of visitors to Wikiversity.org come from Russia, where it is ranked #6,106, it is also popular in Algeria, where it is ranked #4,570." http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikiversity.org#
On the other hand, according to Wikimedia stats, the English Wikiversity site has much more Views/hr (4,068) than the Russian one (271) and it also has much more articles (15,718 vs. 1,917). http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikiversity/EN/
So, I wonder what´s the reason for this discrepancy. Does anybody have an idea? Best,
René
Hunger for learning in Russia and Algeria. English speakers have many other opportunities. Just a guess though... I'm sure peer group communication, or lack of it, is mainly responsible.
Fred