Are there more questions from the UK than usual?

This question is for section regulars. I've not been here long enough to know if it's a normal variation, but when I arrived questions from parents and children in the UK seemed to be rare. Now they seem much more common. I wonder if recent positive press coverage over here has fuelled a bit of a boom or maybe it's the time of year with exam pressure and failure to get into desirable schools. Any thoughts?