【Analytics】📊 03. Country-Based Access Analysis of Samizo-AITL Portal

Where Is an English Technical Site Actually Read From?

topics: [“analytics”, “ga4”, “githubpages”, “techblog”]

Introduction

Samizo-AITL Portal is a personally operated technical portal site
focused on control systems, semiconductors, and AI architecture (AITL).

In this article, I use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to conduct a simple check on:

Which countries are actually reading the site?

This is not marketing analysis,
but a lightweight design verification of an English technical site.

🌐 Samizo-AITL Portal (English Site)

The portal provides a fully maintained English version.

• English top page
  👉 https://samizo-aitl.github.io/portal/en/

• Japanese top page
  👉 https://samizo-aitl.github.io/portal/

The English site mirrors the Japanese structure and content,
offering technical documents and architectural explanations in English.

Methodology

• Analytics tool: Google Analytics 4 (GA4)
• Period analyzed: Last 28 days
• Metric: Active users
• Dimension: Country

Notes:

• No user profiling or behavior analysis was performed
• The focus is strictly on country-level entry distribution

📊 User Distribution by Country (GA4, Last 28 Days)

Below is the country-based active user distribution
obtained from GA4’s User attributes > Overview.

⏱ Real-Time Access Status (GA4)

Next, I checked the real-time access overview in GA4.
The image below is a screenshot from Realtime Overview.

How to Read the Real-Time View

• Blue circles on the map indicate regions with access in the last 30 minutes
• Larger circles represent more frequent or concurrent access
• The “last 30 minutes / last 5 minutes” counters show
  continuous inbound traffic from overseas

Note:

• Access from Matsumoto, Japan is mostly the site owner’s own verification traffic

Summary of Results

The top countries by access volume were:

Discussion

① English Technical Sites Reach the U.S. More Than Expected

Even for a Japan-based personal technical portal,
simply publishing content in English results in
the United States becoming the dominant access source.

The combination of GitHub Pages and English technical documentation
naturally propagates through search engines.

② Why Japan Appears Underrepresented

• A Japanese version does exist
• However, technical searches often prioritize English pages
• Most Japanese traffic comes from the site owner

As a result, Japan appears numerically small in the data.

③ “Complete English Support” Is Reflected in Real Numbers

English site:
https://samizo-aitl.github.io/portal/en/

Without this English version,
the observed U.S./UK/Canada-centered distribution and
simultaneous overseas real-time access would not occur.

It is interesting how directly
site design decisions map to analytics results.

Limitations of This Analysis

This article does not address:

• Session duration or bounce rate
• Article-level popularity
• Reader expertise or job roles
• Correlation with GitHub stars or forks

This is intentionally a
minimal check of entry distribution and real-time behavior only.

Conclusion

• Even a personal technical portal becomes international when written in English
• GitHub Pages and English technical content are highly compatible
• Real-time analytics are not for bragging, but for design validation

Next steps will involve analyzing:

Which technical topics are read in which countries

at a finer level of granularity.

This concludes the country-based and real-time access analysis
of the Samizo-AITL Portal.