The Ducks are taking over

[Sandven, Halvor]

Hello!

I've had some fun using the danish indexes in INDUCKS to see how many pages
of Donald, Mickey, the wolves and so on were published each year of the
danish weekly, and the percentages of the total number of pages for each
year. To do this I have split the different heroes of the stories in 13
different categories, Donald and friends, Mickey and friends, the wolves,
the B-boys, brer Rabbit and friends, Chip & Dale, Grandma Duck, Gyro, Little
Hiawatha, Scamp, and the rest. Of course this may not be 100% correct,
because for instance Gyro may appear in an Donald-story, but still, the
results may tell us something.

The results show that for many years the ducks had about 40-50% of the total
number of pages. The year 1962 had only 36%. From 1985 the percentage has
increased and the highest percentage was 1999 with 70,6%. 

Mickey and friends were not so much used the earliest years. In 1952 only 9%
were dedicated to him. He rapidly became more popular, with the top in 1983
with 38,2%. After that it has been downhill, and in 1999 it was only 21,2%.

The first years the wolves were second-most used with about 25%. In the
early and mid 60ies these stories bacame more seldom, but in the 70ies they
were more used again with up to 10%. Now they are not much seen, with only
1,3%.

Some other interesting facts: 

In the late 80ies the Beagle-Boys were third-most used with nearly 10% in
1986.

Brer Rabbit are now nearly never seen with only 0,1% in 1999.

Chip&Dale were most popular in the late 50ies and early 60ies with 8,7% in
1961. In 1999 there were none stories published. 

In 1951 and 1952 Grandma Duck were third-most used with nearly 20% in 1952.
In 1999 it was only 1,1%

Gyro were most popular in the early and mid 60ies with top in 1966 with
9,4%.

Little Hiawatha were most popular in 1953 to 1955 with about 8% these years.
In 1999 it was 0,2%.

Scamp had his top in 1961 with nearly 9%. This put him on 3rd posistion this
year. Now he's nearly never seen.

Moby Duck had 4,2% in 1969. In the last 20 years he's very little used.

Other stories were most common in the 50ies and early 90ies. They include
Bongo, Pinocchio, Snow White and 7 dwarfs, Basil, Aristocats, Dumbo and some
other.

If anyone wants more details regarding this subject, please contact me. I
can also find such results for other coutries that are reasonably updated in
INDUCKS.

---Halvor

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