As a follow-up to Lee Torren’s MicroStockDiaries post about the global diversity of microstock, we thought it would be interesting to check the global footprint of the SnapVillage contributor community.

Check it out:

A few interesting snippets we can add to Lee’s discussion questions:

• SnapVillage contributors come from 104 countries
• Over 50% of SnapVillage contributors are from outside of the United States
• The top 12 countries account for 85% of our contributor base
• The “other” 15% is fascinating:
  • There are significant numbers of SnapVillage contributors in many places that didn’t quite make the “Top 12″ - Latvia, South Africa, Estonia, and Brazil.
  • A big “hello!” to the SnapVillage contributors in far off spots like: Guernsey, Oman, Nigeria, New Caledonia, Syria, Mauritius, and Guinea-Bissau. We’re glad you’re here!

 Another way to look at it:

Using the ubiquitous Big Huge Labs “Places I’ve Been” map maker:

SnapVillage Contributors Around the World

Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com

It’s awesome that microstock contributors are found across most of the globe, and to my knowledge this does look like a shift from the concentrated clusters of traditional stock shooters.

We’re really thrilled to see a diverse contributor community beginning to take shape here at SnapVillage!

- Brian