Crazy Downloads

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In November of 2022, one message saw 11.4k (11.4 thousand) downloads over a three day period. I attached it to this post. I later revised this podcast, but here it is raw and unpolished. Not my best example of good podcasting, so I know it wasn't my great oratory skill that did this! Haha! If those downloads were centered on one location, then I wouldn't even bring it up because that would be suspect.

The statistics copied and pasted below are from the stats page on my Podbean dashboard that shows that these downloads were from at least 100 countries on 6 continents within a few days. I don't have a clue how that happened. It wasn't anything I did.

I contacted Podbean because I first thought maybe it was a glitch or something like that. They investigated and said they are legitimate downloads, but that they don't know how it happened. They mentioned that it was mostly through the Samsung app.. I've never had that happen before, and so far, it has not happened again. The important thing is that people are taught the Word, receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior, are healed, delivered, and receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and tongues or the numbers mean little. That is my take on it, but it sure was fun to watch it happen.

Some may have thought I was evangelistically exaggerating the numbers (lying), but the stats don't lie. You would think everybody would rejoice over it, but maybe some didn't. I'm happy and thankful for it. Here's the original page that it happened on:

https://danalanrodriguez.podbean.com/e/faith-in-jesus-or-is-it-faith-in-something-else/

No lying, no exaggeration, and no foolishness.

I did make a dumb mistake on reading the initial stats. I was reading the daily listeners stat graph that was a place holder and not the one from my own podcasts. Ay! I needed to upgrade my account to see my mistake. It was a big one. I verified my findings but was looking in the wrong place until I upgraded! The daily listener numbers were the same as downloads. If I remember correctly, at one time, Podbean did this differently, but it really doesn't matter. It was an honest mistake and I apologize. BUT,,, The 11.4 thousand downloads are absolutely legit. There was no mistake there.

Here is the breakdown of downloads by country or nation:

Geography Stats (Nov 01, 2022 - Jan 01, 2023)

Country Percent Downloads United States 67.38% 7902 Mexico 7.03% 824 France 4.14% 485 Canada 2.05% 240 Honduras 1.61% 189 United Kingdom 1.23% 144 Jamaica 1.21% 142 Dominican Republic 1.12% 131 El Salvador 0.81% 95 Nigeria 0.72% 85 Germany 0.72% 84 Ecuador 0.68% 80 Colombia 0.68% 80 Guatemala 0.58% 68 Nicaragua 0.56% 66 Puerto Rico 0.55% 64 Brazil 0.5% 59 Trinidad and Tobago 0.43% 51 Argentina 0.38% 45 Spain 0.34% 40 Peru 0.31% 36 United Arab Emirates 0.29% 34 India 0.27% 32 Panama 0.23% 27 Romania 0.2% 24 Chile 0.2% 23 Venezuela 0.17% 20 Russia 0.15% 18 Vietnam 0.15% 18 Italy 0.14% 17 New Zealand 0.14% 17 Guyana 0.13% 15 Israel 0.12% 14 Albania 0.11% 13 Belgium 0.11% 13 Netherlands 0.11% 13 Kenya 0.1% 12 Malta 0.1% 12 Belize 0.1% 12 Georgia 0.1% 12 Australia 0.1% 12 Egypt 0.09% 11 Ireland 0.09% 11 Ukraine 0.09% 11 Bahamas 0.09% 10 Yemen 0.09% 10 Costa Rica 0.08% 9 Serbia 0.08% 9 Jordan 0.07% 8 Haiti 0.07% 8 Antigua and Barbuda 0.07% 8 Barbados 0.07% 8 Bolivia 0.06% 7 Grenada 0.06% 7 Uruguay 0.06% 7 Austria 0.05% 6 Switzerland 0.05% 6 Cuba 0.05% 6 Saint Lucia 0.05% 6 Morocco 0.05% 6 Saudi Arabia 0.05% 6 Turkey 0.05% 6 Poland 0.04% 5 Virgin Islands, U.S. 0.04% 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.04% 5 Portugal 0.04% 5 Czech Republic 0.04% 5 South Korea 0.04% 5 Japan 0.04% 5 Greece 0.04% 5 Algeria 0.04% 5 Pakistan 0.03% 4 Philippines 0.03% 4 Moldova 0.03% 4 Lebanon 0.03% 4 Dominica 0.03% 4 Côte d'Ivoire 0.03% 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.03% 4 Aruba 0.03% 4 Bulgaria 0.03% 4 0.03% 3 Cyprus 0.03% 3 Iran 0.03% 3 Norway 0.03% 3 Paraguay 0.03% 3 Qatar 0.03% 3 Sri Lanka 0.02% 2 Sweden 0.02% 2 Rwanda 0.02% 2 Palestinian Territory, Disputed 0.02% 2 Nepal 0.02% 2 Malaysia 0.02% 2 Bermuda 0.02% 2 Cayman Islands 0.02% 2 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.02% 2 Ethiopia 0.02% 2 Denmark 0.02% 2 Benin 0.02% 2 Bangladesh 0.02% 2 Suriname 0.02% 2 Unknown info 1.42% 167

Only the countries in white did not download from November 1 2022 till January 31 2023. Note the worldwide distribution. Interesting to me is that China didn't have a part because usually I get downloads every month from China. The rest of the countries that are colored were where the podcasts were downloaded during a three month period, but most happened during the crazy downloads that happened November 21-23 2022.

Love you all in Christ Jesus!

Dan A. Rodriguez