Most countries, that are interested in looking out for their citizens, take a Census every few years to get a snapshot of what the living and social conditions are at a point in time. A Census is not intended to be invasive but it does serve two basic purposes:

It gives valuable information, to the powers that be, of what resources are needed and where. It provides valuable data to help plan for the future.
It also provides a record for future generations of how their native land has evolved over time.

It would be impossible to do a regular Census on Steemit and many people may not want to be participate but I have an idea for Steemits first Census ...

The Power of the Crowd

In keeping with the marketing crowd-sourcing initiative and Blockchain projects like Augur, lets use the power of the crowd.
I am proposing a type of straw pol, to gather some data which will be useful to the community.

The Benefits

For Authors

Authors will be able to use it to help decide

when to post
what to write about
get support from local authors via the @steem-community directory

For Marketing

@andrarchy and the marketing team will be able to use it

to inform the decision about where (geographically) to focus resources
over time will be able to publish additional stats on how active users on Steemit are growing

For businesses

Lots of users in a country would provide an incentive to start promoting your business here on Steemit, maybe even accept STEEM for payment.

Everyone can Participate

Remember it is in everyone’s interest to be included in the Census. Being included means making sure that you are taken account of in the decisions that will be made about Steemit in the future. If you are not included, you may not be taken into account. Where will the next Steemfest be held? Where will the marketing team take an interest in promoting?

If this census is repeated over time this will enable us to track developments on Steemit, I am hoping, with considerable accuracy.

This can only work with your participation, so please take a few seconds to post a comment. I will collect and collate all the data and post some high level stats in a few days.

Privacy

This initiative is not about invading privacy. Please don't post if you feel it will reveal any information about you or your friends that you do not wish to be revealed. And don't be too specific. We are looking for high level stats here, country level of maybe some detail on the big cities.
Please message me on Steemit chat if you wish to participate but remain anonymous @eroche.

How to Participate

Feel free to share any additional info that you think would benefit the community, but for starters please post a comment with the following details.

How many of each of the following are in your area?

Active Steemians
Whales
Active Celebrities

Example Comment

Ireland, Active Steemians 10-50, Whales 0, Active Celebs 0

Other Regions

New York, US East Coast, Panama, North India, Dubai, Australia, South Korea, ….

Ranges of Numbers to use

0, 0-10, 10-50, 50-100, 100+
America, Korea, Germany will all be 100+ but feel free to be more specific by Region for these obvious ones

Even if someone has posted already but you wish to submit an alternative assessment, please post a new comment and your response will also be taken into account.

Thank you for reading this. I write on Steemit about Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Travel and lots of random topics.

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Edit 27/4/2017:

Thank you for all the feedback so far. Data has been supplied and more is on the way for
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ukraine,Ireland,Houston, Texas - United States,Taiwan,Japan,Germany,Czech republic,Michigan, Canada, Italy, Africa and Philippines

We do not have an estimate of some other key places so if anyone wishes to contribute for the following countries.

You can always message me on Steemit Chat @eroche if you do not wish to post here.

The Netherlands, France, England, Scotland, Belgium, Australia, West Coast of US, East Cost of US, India,
South Africa, South Korea, China, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Hungary, Romania, Lithuania, Indonesia, Florida, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela

For reference people have also pointed me to a few more posts which have a similar goal

I will get some addition data from these posts so if you have anything useful like this which I will be able to bring into the mix please let me know.

If anyone feels like translating this to another language to reach a bigger audience please feel free just post the results back here so they can be included.

A Steemit Census