For the last four months I have been tracking and posting about Steemit's Alexa rankings. Although Steemit has shown excellent growth since its beginning, the last two months Steemit has shown a very slight downward trend.

I'm greatly encouraged by two trends I see in the information below: 1. The recent surge in Steemit price appears to be reflected in an increase in activity on the site, and 2. There is a significant increase in Steemit traffic coming within India, the world's second-most populated nation, while several other nations are also paying more attention to Steemit.

Image Source: Alexa

Alexa Traffic Ranking for the Last 4 Months

Alexa Global Rank	Jan. 2	Feb. 28	Apr. 2	Apr. 29
Global	1,156	967	1,038	1,332

Where are They Coming From?

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Nation	Jan. 2	Feb. 28	Apr. 2	Apr. 29
United States	34%	29.3%	26.1%	23.2%
South Korea	11.2%	9.4%	10.4%	10%
India	3.1%	3.9%	Not Listed	7.7%
UK	5.3%	5.4%	4.5%	4.6%
Germany	4.1%	4.8%	4.5%	4.5%

National Ranking

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Nation	Jan. 2	Feb. 28	Apr. 2	Apr. 29
United States	544	837	1,222	1,567
South Korea	168	257	289	364
India	1,811	1,837	1,656	1,672
UK	521	602	1,017	1,050
Germany	879	957	1,331	1,470

Google Trends over the Last 90 Days

Google Trends is showing that a large percentage of Google searches in Venezuela are currently directed towards Steemit. Other nations showing a moderate Google search interest in Steemit include Myanmar (Burma), Nigeria, Bangladesh, and South Korea.

Google Trends over the Last 30 Days

For the last 30 days, Google Trends is showing a similar pattern, but South Korea was replaced by Uganda. I'm encouraged to see that Uganda is showing an increasing amount of interest.

Overall, I would have to agree with @truth-be-told concerning Steemit's overall performance. He told me in last month's update that Steemit trends tend to follow Bitcoin trends, and that does seem likely.

Tune in next month to continue watching Steemit's Alexa rankings.