Hi everyone,
Do you mostly receive cards from the countries with the most Postcrossers, or do you get a mix of countries represented?
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Generally I get a fairly even mix, with slightly larger amounts of postcards from the larger countries, but still a nice amount of ārarerā ones.
This week was a bit different however, at least when it comes to official postcrossing cards, I received a massive amount of cards from Germany, not that I mind though.
It was sort of a nice experience having a literal stack of postcards instead of one or two for once. (Which happened thanks to Germany being the neighboring country, plus I had been inactive for a bit, while still sending.)
Also, many people wrote to me in German, so I got to brush up my very rusty and frankly probably awful German skills when replying to them in the thank you message.
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About half of my received postcards come from just five countries: Germany, Russia, the Netherlands, Finland, and Taiwan. The other half are a smattering of other countries. Since Iām more of a āmessageā kind of person and donāt usually pay attention to the country specifically, Iām more interested that the cards come from individuals. I think I would be more disappointed if I got two postcards from the same person who has multiple accounts than if I had a stack 50 of cards from the same country but they were all from different people.
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According to my Stats page, 20.5% of my received cards come from Germany, 12.something from the USA, and 9.9% from Russia.
So Iād say yes, the big ones play a big part. Then itās Finland and Netherlands with 5.something each. Itās funny because I donāt feel like I receive much from them, especially Netherlands.
Mine mostly arrive from Germany, USA and Russia, but as a result of the pandemic, I receive quite a sizeable number from Malaysia (as Malaysians are only allowed to send to Singapore for now) and Indonesia.
I do get a mix of other countries too, but in smaller quantities. E.g. Japan, Taiwan, China, Belarus, Ukraineā¦
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Iāve received cards from Belarus, Russia, China, Malaysia, Netherlands, USA, Poland, Finland, Taiwan, Germany.
I would love to receive postcards from Italy, France, Sweden, Hungary, Portugal and Cuba, Argentina among others.
Love the stamps that come with the cards.
Yes! I received a lot from Malaysia and Indonesia a few months back, and I am expecting more now that I am receiving again (it always takes me a long time to balance the number and receive more cards, and I was briefly inactive to avoid Christmas stuff).
Iāve never sent or received to/from Italy and Hungary, even after 4 years and 300+ cards!
Latin America is extremely rare, so I am not even thinking about those countries (I received one from someone in Canada who had been to Cuba, that was quite cool).
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Well maybe itās the algorithm, which is why Iām going to put up a postcard swap for postcards from these countries 
Who knows? Might just get lucky!
Germany, Russia, USA, Netherlands and Belarus are the most frequent recipients for both receiving and sending. But for almost ten years in postcrossing, I only once received a postcard from Guernsey, North Macedonia, Argentina, Ghana, the Aland Islands and neighboring Kazakhstan.
Iāve received over 100 cards each from Germany and Russia. The next closest countries are in the 50s and 40s, and those are the Netherlands, China, Finland, and Taiwan. Rounding out the top 10 are Belarus, UK, Japan and the US.
With just a bit under 800 cards received, Iāve received from 55 countries. Iām okay with that.
Iām new to Postcrossing but i recieved 3 cards from Germany and two from the US 
Today I received card number 777 and so far they have been from 62 different countries. More than half of them are from Russia, the US, the Netherlands, Finland and Taiwan.
Ooh now I checked that stat tooā¦ My 312 received come from 42 countries.
872 cards from 48 countries.
31.4% Germany
13.3% USA
10.3% Russia