Like all other things web, it’s deceptively hard to come up with realistic numbers for “readership” or “listenership.” Web requests can come from too many places, in too many guises, to each be dependably tied to a real person.

That said, we can get a vague idea of the “listenership” of Live From the Formosa Tea House by looking at the number of times the MP3 audio files have been downloaded. This doesn’t mean they’ve been listened to, of course, but it’s better than nothing.

So here are the episode statistics, covering downloads from September 27, 2004 to the present:

• Episode One — 3,705 downloads
• Episode Two — 3,456 downloads
• Episode Three — 2,153 downloads
• Episode Four — 392 downloads