Interesting forum facts!

[ubuntu-geek]

Alot of websites don't release information such as this, however we wanted to share some cool forum facts with our users :)

Here we go..

We register over 14,000 new accounts each month
We average 22,000 new threads a month
We average about 136,000 new posts each month

We average about 3.7million visits each month
We average about 12.6million page views per month

~74% of our visitors use Firefox
~12% of our visitors use IE
~4% of our visitors use opera
~3% of our visitors use mozilla
~2.9% of our visitors use konqueror

~61% of our visitors use Linux
~35% of our visitors use Windows

~57% of our traffic is recurring visitors
~42% of our traffic is new traffic visitors

~69% of our traffic comes from google
~3% of our traffic comes from digg.com
~5% of our traffic comes from *.ubuntu.com

Rock on forums community! :guitar:

[DC@DR]

So cool, I love these impressive figures, cheers :-)

[karellen]

I think this is really the biggest linux forum in terms of users and posts on the internet...:)

[BuffaloX]

It'ś amazing...
Just the other day, I noticed that members passed the quarter mill mark.
About the same time I noticed about 1500 new members in about 2 days.
And just now about 500 in half a day...

This growth rate is incredible.
Congratulations to everybody working on and with Ubuntu.

[Polygon]

i bet alot of those windows users are ubuntu users either at work or just in windows (i know i visit the fourms when im booted into windows :D)

thanks for these though

[Kindred]

Interesting to know, thanks! Need to have words with 12% of you folk. :)

[Pikestaff]

i bet alot of those windows users are ubuntu users either at work or just in windows (i know i visit the fourms when im booted into windows :D)

thanks for these though

I also bet a lot of the Windows users are people who are curious about switching to Ubuntu and are doing their research first... I lurked the forums for quite a while before I made the switch myself because I wanted to have a good idea of what I was doing :)

Neat stats, thanks for sharing!

[BWF89]

Interesting

[shareMenaPeace]

Nice to know this, also i observing the current online users from time to time and since december i think the online users slightly increases on rush hours from like 4600 - 5100 currently.

=P
Ubuntu means future!

Cheers

[Takmadeus]

Quite interesting I may say.... it is a thing to be proud of and to never forget that even if we are not so many (compared with the population using computers around thge world) we keep growing and growing stronger at a very high speed ;)

congratulations ubuntu!

[FyreBrand]

Wow, thanks for the stats. I love that kind of stuff.

[riven0]

Alot of websites don't release information such as this, however we wanted to share some cool forum facts with our users :)

~74% of our visitors use Firefox
~12% of our visitors use IE



Hey! what about us Opera users? We've been neglected. :cry:

[ubuntu-geek]

Hey! what about us Opera users? We've been neglected. :cry:
Updated..

[BWF89]

I wish there was some kind of page on the forums that had continually updated statistics on forum usage.

[riven0]

Updated..

:) Alright, that's more like it. Nice to know I'm not the only Opera die-hard here.

[FyreBrand]

Updated..
How does the reporting of the browsers work?

Does it report the rest of the 4% as "other" or does it actually give a breakdown on each reported identity?

Does anything using gecko or xul report the same? So if a user is browsing with Epiphany which is using the same gecko as Firefox does it get reported the same?

Does the report tool use the browsers reported user agent or does it do deeper detection?

Usage stats are interesting.

[Nikron]

I'm surprised that there are that many Windows viewers. Out of curiosity, what program collects stats like that?

[beefcurry]

~74% of our visitors use Firefox

thats the way it should be :)

[PriceChild]

How does the reporting of the browsers work?

Does it report the rest of the 4% as "other" or does it actually give a breakdown on each reported identity?

Does anything using gecko or xul report the same? So if a user is browsing with Epiphany which is using the same gecko as Firefox does it get reported the same?

Does the report tool use the browsers reported user agent or does it do deeper detection?

Usage stats are interesting.Shields up: https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2

My browser sends the following with any request:
Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Accept-Language: en-gb,en;q=0.5
Connection: keep-alive
Host: www.grc.com
Referer: http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20061201 Firefox/2.0.0.2 (Ubuntu-feisty)
Pragma: no-cache
Cookie: perm=5fnf0ctpcln3p; temp=hdrydscpc3qlb
Content-Length: 31
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7
Keep-Alive: 300
Cache-Control: no-cache
FirstParty: https://www.grc.com
ThirdParty: https://www.grctech.com
Secure: https://www.grc.com
Nonsecure: http://www.grc.comI'm guessing the stats are built on this information.
Session: 40hsacr5qg1tm

[FyreBrand]

That's so interesting and cool. I love that site.

Here is what Firefox reports:

Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
Connection: keep-alive
Host: www.grc.com
Referer: http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh0dk2du
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20061201 Firefox/2.0.0.2 (Ubuntu-feisty)
Cookie: temp=2iakswgvfpxbj; perm=tc2whugfxvgeo
Content-Length: 30
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
Accept-Charset: UTF-8,*
Keep-Alive: 300
FirstParty: https://www.grc.com
ThirdParty: https://www.grctech.com
Secure: https://www.grc.com
Nonsecure: http://www.grc.com
Session: 5gccwnogd5qbg

Here is Konqueror reporting the default user agent

Accept: text/html, image/jpeg, image/png, text/*, image/*, */*
Accept-Language: en
Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: www.grc.com
Referer: https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/3.5; Linux) KHTML/3.5.6 (like Gecko) (Kubuntu)
Pragma: no-cache
Cookie: perm=sma1ev25gkxvi; temp=kyj1ncgeldqjb
Content-Length: 30
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Cache-control: no-cache
Accept-Charset: utf-8, utf-8;q=0.5, *;q=0.5
FirstParty: https://www.grc.com
ThirdParty: https://www.grctech.com
Secure: https://www.grc.com
Nonsecure: http://www.grc.com
Session: e3fnfcffccaal

Here is Konq reporting itself as IE6

Accept: text/html, image/jpeg, image/png, text/*, image/*, */*
Accept-Language: en
Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: www.grc.com
Referer: http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
Pragma: no-cache
Cookie: perm=bcb2zyhaikgbb; temp=futieizwaq3mj
Content-Length: 31
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Cache-control: no-cache
Accept-Charset: utf-8, utf-8;q=0.5, *;q=0.5
FirstParty: https://www.grc.com
ThirdParty: https://www.grctech.com
Secure: https://www.grc.com
Nonsecure: http://www.grc.com
Session: 0i3c5hu10zqab

Here is Konq sending no info

Accept: text/html, image/jpeg, image/png, text/*, image/*, */*
Accept-Language: en
Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: www.grc.com
Referer: http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2
Pragma: no-cache
Cookie: perm=dccquxin2fg3a; temp=qadkrpwbcglce
Content-Length: 32
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Cache-control: no-cache
Accept-Charset: utf-8, utf-8;q=0.5, *;q=0.5
FirstParty: https://www.grc.com
ThirdParty: https://www.grctech.com
Secure: https://www.grc.com
Nonsecure: http://www.grc.com
Session: 4clg1xjjf1hwg

It's really interesting what is sent and not. I mostly use Firefox because it works on most sites, but it also seems to be the most blabby of the two. If I can remember I'll check with IE7 later just to see what it says.

It's also interesting how Firefox reports Ubuntu-Feisty and Konqueror reports Kubuntu.

[terrysalmi]

I think part of the high Windows surfing numbers come from people like me, who have to use Windows at work but still surf, and my laptop is Ubuntu but my desktop is still Vista and I typically have them side by side while surfing so I can have instructions on how to do things on the big screen.

[mojoman]

Interesting to know, thanks! Need to have words with 12% of you folk. :)

I might be one, when I'm at work... ;)

[maniacmusician]

That's so interesting and cool. I love that site.

Here is what Firefox reports:

Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
Connection: keep-alive
Host: www.grc.com
Referer: http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh0dk2du
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20061201 Firefox/2.0.0.2 (Ubuntu-feisty)
Cookie: temp=2iakswgvfpxbj; perm=tc2whugfxvgeo
Content-Length: 30
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
Accept-Charset: UTF-8,*
Keep-Alive: 300
FirstParty: https://www.grc.com
ThirdParty: https://www.grctech.com
Secure: https://www.grc.com
Nonsecure: http://www.grc.com
Session: 5gccwnogd5qbg

Here is Konqueror reporting the default user agent

Accept: text/html, image/jpeg, image/png, text/*, image/*, */*
Accept-Language: en
Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: www.grc.com
Referer: https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/3.5; Linux) KHTML/3.5.6 (like Gecko) (Kubuntu)
Pragma: no-cache
Cookie: perm=sma1ev25gkxvi; temp=kyj1ncgeldqjb
Content-Length: 30
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Cache-control: no-cache
Accept-Charset: utf-8, utf-8;q=0.5, *;q=0.5
FirstParty: https://www.grc.com
ThirdParty: https://www.grctech.com
Secure: https://www.grc.com
Nonsecure: http://www.grc.com
Session: e3fnfcffccaal

Here is Konq reporting itself as IE6

Accept: text/html, image/jpeg, image/png, text/*, image/*, */*
Accept-Language: en
Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: www.grc.com
Referer: http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
Pragma: no-cache
Cookie: perm=bcb2zyhaikgbb; temp=futieizwaq3mj
Content-Length: 31
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Cache-control: no-cache
Accept-Charset: utf-8, utf-8;q=0.5, *;q=0.5
FirstParty: https://www.grc.com
ThirdParty: https://www.grctech.com
Secure: https://www.grc.com
Nonsecure: http://www.grc.com
Session: 0i3c5hu10zqab

Here is Konq sending no info

Accept: text/html, image/jpeg, image/png, text/*, image/*, */*
Accept-Language: en
Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: www.grc.com
Referer: http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2
Pragma: no-cache
Cookie: perm=dccquxin2fg3a; temp=qadkrpwbcglce
Content-Length: 32
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Cache-control: no-cache
Accept-Charset: utf-8, utf-8;q=0.5, *;q=0.5
FirstParty: https://www.grc.com
ThirdParty: https://www.grctech.com
Secure: https://www.grc.com
Nonsecure: http://www.grc.com
Session: 4clg1xjjf1hwg

It's really interesting what is sent and not. I mostly use Firefox because it works on most sites, but it also seems to be the most blabby of the two. If I can remember I'll check with IE7 later just to see what it says.

It's also interesting how Firefox reports Ubuntu-Feisty and Konqueror reports Kubuntu.
You may already be aware, but you can get a "User Agent Switcher" extension for firefox, to make it less blabby.

[FyreBrand]

Nope didn't know that. Thanks a ton. I installed it.

[ubuntu-geek]

To everyone asking what program we use.. We use Google Analytics its a really great program thats free.

[maniacmusician]

To everyone asking what program we use.. We use Google Analytics its a really great program thats free.
I'll second that. Pretty damn useful.

[FuturePilot]

Wow this is cool. Thanks for sharing ubuntu-geek:) It's interesting to see stats on the browsers and OSs people are using.

[FyreBrand]

Thanks ubuntu-geek. Keep the stats coming if you have the time. I would like to read them over tiime.

[Perfect Storm]

Wonder how it will be like a year from now....

[chewearn]

To everyone asking what program we use.. We use Google Analytics its a really great program thats free.

I keep seeing my browser accessing google-analytics.com in many sites that I visited; what happened if I block access to google-analytics.com ?

[Kateikyoushi]

Wonder how it will be like a year from now....

I wonder how will it be when feisty comes out.

[ice60]

go opera

:D/-<

[D!mon]

It's funny to see 12% IE market share :)
I'm visiting forums from windows from my work too.. and I use firefox but usually optimized builds (like swiftfox), I think they reduce firefox percentage a bit.

[kostkon]

Thanks for the info!!

Now, about the high percentage of Windows and Internet Explorer in the statistics I could say that some of this are window users that are curious about Ubuntu or people planning a switch. But, I think, a large number are also ubuntu users that access the forums from their work or other public PCs, like university computers.

At work, or other places, you use a PC where most of the time, a Windows Operating System is installed and in many cases you are not even given the option to use a web browser different from Internet Explorer.

It is very impressive that the number of members of the forum have reached the quarter of a million levels and for sure is one of the biggest forums on the internet. Forums from other Windows (or at least cross platform) very successful software products, like Skype, do not manage to have so many members.

Maybe an Operating System, like Ubuntu, is more complex than a program like Skype, and you would need the help of the forum more, but for sure the statistics reflect the great success of Ubuntu these last 3 years.

I wish when we celebrate the 5 years of Ubuntu the members of the forum to be more than 1 million and the Ubuntu users in the world to be counted in the many many tenths of millions! :popcorn:

[FuturePilot]

At work, or other places, you use a PC where most of the time, a Windows Operating System is installed and in many cases you are not even given the option to use a web browser different from Internet Explorer.


That's why you carry around a USB flash drive with Portable Firefox on it;)

[daynah]

thats the way it should be :) (referring to 74% using Firefox)

I wish I could force feed people a good dose of Opera. Show them the light. I'd like to get that number down to 35%.

[Somenoob]

Hehe, Who else was expecting "facts" jokes when they saw this thread?

[Zdravko]

I wonder how will it be when feisty comes out.
The days around Feisty Release (April, 19th) this forum will be overcrowded. This happened to Edgy release, not to talk about Dapper - because of the 2 additional months waiting.:popcorn:
The feeling was great - everyone posted messages, asked questions etc. The forum became a gigantic dynamic city, full of life!

[aysiu]

I've moved the Firefox v. Opera posts to this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=311472).

[samstreet101]

Any chance we could re do these stats now that 4 years have passed? It would be interesting to see how they've changed in 4 years

[sydbat]

Any chance we could re do these stats now that 4 years have passed? It would be interesting to see how they've changed in 4 yearsI'm sure the threadcromancy will get you an answer, just not the one you are looking for...

[cariboo]

We haven't seen any updated stats in a while. With that this thread is closed.