Symsomos has published the results of its research into the global blogosphere.

From an Asian perspective the research concludes Japan is the continent’s biggest blogger with India and Malaysia the only other Asian representatives in the global top 15.

Highlights from the report include:

Age: By far, the most active bloggers are in the 21-to-35-year-old demographic, which account for 53.3 percent of the total blogging population. This group is followed by 20-years-old and under (20.2%), 36-to-50-year-olds (19.4%), and 51-years-old and above (7.1%).

Gender: The split between women and men is nearly even with women accounting for 50.9 percent and men 49.1 percent.

Country: It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that the most bloggers (29.2%) are located in the U.S. In fact, there are more than four times as many bloggers in the U.S. as there are in the second-most populated country within the blogosphere – the U.K., which accounts for 6.75 percent of all bloggers.

Japan ranks third (4.9%), followed by Brazil (4.2%), Canada (3.9%), Germany (3.3%), Italy (3.2%), Spain (3.1%), France (2.9%) and Russia (2.3%).

When compared with Twitter users, the location of bloggers is pretty much the same. The biggest differences are the absence of bloggers from Indonesia and Australia within the top-10.

Country Share

State/Province: Among states and provinces, California leads the blogging parade with 14.1percent of all bloggers. This is two times the number located in New York, the second-most populated state with 7.1percent.

In a bit of a surprise, Ontario ranks third with 5.6 percent, followed by Colorado (5.2%), Texas (4.37%), Pennsylvania (4.34%), Florida (4.2%), Washington (3.4%), Illinois (2.6%), Georgia (2.1%) and Virginia (2%). Among other Canadian provinces, British Columbia has 1.65 percent and Quebec 1.42 percent.

For full details see the complete report here.