Poll: In your experience, which is usually your busiest month of the year? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 14:22
Spanish to English
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| Missing option | Feb 24, 2023 |
Where's the "N/A or "Don't Know option? Some months are busier than others. January may be the least, but I've never really tried to quantify this kind of thing. Knowing my luck, the busiest month will turn out to be the one in which I plan to take some time off for the first time in ages. That would be June this year, when I hope to be able to take a couple of weeks holiday.
[Edited at 2023-02-24 08:22 GMT]
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There is no usually! It varies a lot year to year. Let’s see:
2022 – August
2021 – October
2020 – June
2019 – August
2018 – March
2017 – February
2016 – October
2015 – January
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| Usually, December ... | Feb 24, 2023 |
... though it was really slow last year.
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because there is no option to claim the utter lack of seasonality in my specific language pair, customer base and specialties.
My busiest month of the year is the month when I make the most obscene amount of money - and pay the most tax.
Philippe
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Ventnai 
Spain
Local time: 14:22
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On average over the last five years, October has been the busiest month but August and March are usually good as well
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| March or April | Feb 24, 2023 |
It's different every year, but March and April tend to be the busiest months for me, together with November, perhaps.
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| It varies, but it is usually in the spring or autumn | Feb 24, 2023 |
I chose 'September', but come to think of it, March and April also tend to be busy. And then October/November.
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There is not a busiest month, it is very very random
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I took a look at my statistics and saw it was October.
However, there should have been an option 'It always varies'
because in the course of the years I never felt any pattern.
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Average by month, as a percentage of my annual earnings, over the past 18 years (2005-2022):
9.41% - May
9.40% - March
9.15% - September
9.10% - October
8.91% - February
8.75% - April
8.49% - January
8.06% - November
8.01% - June
7.81% - July
7.27% - August
5.62% - December
June, July, August and December really means "holidays", which is not really surprising, while the other months are dictated more by... See more Average by month, as a percentage of my annual earnings, over the past 18 years (2005-2022):
9.41% - May
9.40% - March
9.15% - September
9.10% - October
8.91% - February
8.75% - April
8.49% - January
8.06% - November
8.01% - June
7.81% - July
7.27% - August
5.62% - December
June, July, August and December really means "holidays", which is not really surprising, while the other months are dictated more by chance than anything else. Having said that, I work mainly with museums, which tend to prepare their summer exhibitions in about May and their winter shows in September.
Simon ▲ Collapse
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| Any month except July or August | Feb 24, 2023 |
For me, it's very random, except for July and August. That's when a lot of people are on vacation.
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