Global spreading of science blogging – is too slow?

Arunn and Selva are wondering why more Indian scientists don’t write blogs, while Danica wonders the same about Serbian scientists. I guess every nation will have its own idiosyncratic ways of getting there, but it is also important to note that in the USA where most of the popular science blogs are located and where there are LOTS of scientists, only a tiny percentage writes blogs or considers doing so in the future. Canadians, Western Europeans and Australians are already catching up in proportion to their own scientific populations. The rest of the world will probably catch up in a few years as well. It’s just that the Americans started first. Also, it is a matter of perceptions as English-language blogs will be much more likely to become well-known outside the borders of their countries. Are there many science blogs in Chinese or Japanese languages? Perhaps, but we don’t know.