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Lots of different people.  Millions, in fact -- many millions!  You can see some notable examples [[Overview#Our_Community|on the Overview page]].
Lots of different people.  Millions, in fact -- many millions!  You can see some notable examples [[Overview#Our_Community|on the Overview page]].


== Fedora 12 (Constantine) ==
== Fedora 13 (Goddard) ==


Constantine unified starting on 2009-11-17.
Goddard took flight on 2010-05-25.


=== Yum Data ===
=== Yum Data ===
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!colspan="5" | Connections to yum
!colspan="5" | Connections to yum
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| Week || Dates || New Unique IPs || Total Unique IPs || Total compared to Leonidas
| Week || Dates || New Unique IPs || Total Unique IPs || Total compared to [[Legacy_statistics#Fedora_12_.28Constantine.29|Constantine]]
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| Week  1   || 2009-11-17 -- 2009-11-23 ||    91,620 ||    91,620 ||  87%
| Week  1    || 2010-05-25 -- 2010-05-31 ||    103,424 ||    103,424 || 113%
|-
| Week  2    || 2009-11-24 -- 2009-11-30 ||    88,238 ||    179,858 ||  92%
|-
| Week  3    || 2009-12-01 -- 2009-12-07 ||    88,194 ||    268,052 ||  97%
|-
| Week  4    || 2009-12-08 -- 2009-12-14 ||    89,622 ||    357,674 ||  97%
|-
| Week  5    || 2009-12-15 -- 2009-12-21 ||    90,215 ||    447,889 ||  99%
|-
| Week  6    || 2009-12-22 -- 2009-12-28 ||    89,697 ||    537,586 ||  98%
|-
| Week  7    || 2009-12-29 -- 2010-01-04 ||    90,096 ||    627,682 ||  97%
|-
| Week  8   || 2010-01-05 -- 2010-01-11 ||    98,631 ||    726,313 ||  97%
|-
| Week  9    || 2010-01-12 -- 2010-01-18 ||  101,423 ||    827,736 ||  97%
|-
| Week 10    || 2010-01-19 -- 2010-01-25 ||    94,734 ||    922,470 ||  96%
|-
| Week 11    || 2010-01-26 -- 2010-02-01 ||  108,173 ||  1,030,643 ||  96%
|-
| Week 12    || 2010-02-02 -- 2010-02-08 ||  113,659 ||  1,144,302 ||  97%
|-
| Week 13    || 2010-02-09 -- 2010-02-15 ||  113,893 ||  1,258,195 ||  97%
|-
| Week 14    || 2010-02-16 -- 2010-02-22 ||  117,088 ||  1,375,283 ||  97%
|-
| Week 15    || 2010-02-23 -- 2010-03-01 ||    77,693 ||  1,452,976 ||  95%
|-
| Week 16    || 2010-03-02 -- 2010-03-08 ||  124,960 ||  1,577,936 ||  96%
|-
| Week 17    || 2010-03-09 -- 2010-03-15 ||  127,100 ||  1,705,036 ||  96%
|-
| Week 18    || 2010-03-16 -- 2010-03-22 ||  125,588 ||  1,830,624 ||  97%
|-
| Week 19    || 2010-03-23 -- 2010-03-29 ||  124,949 ||  1,955,573 ||  97%
|-
| Week 20    || 2010-03-30 -- 2010-04-05 ||  121,740 ||  2,077,313 ||  97%
|-
| Week 21    || 2010-04-06 -- 2010-04-12 ||  122,998 ||  2,200,311 ||  98%
|-
| Week 22   || 2010-04-13 -- 2010-04-19 ||  124,086 ||  2,324,397 ||  98%
|-
| Week 23   || 2010-04-20 -- 2010-04-26 ||  116,030 || 2,440,427 ||  98%
|-
| Week 24    || 2010-04-27 -- 2010-05-03 ||  102,887 ||  2,543,314 ||  --
|-
| Week 25    || 2010-05-04 -- 2010-05-10 ||  105,232 ||  2,648,546 ||  --
|-
| Week 26    || 2010-05-11 -- 2010-05-17 ||  116,901 ||  2,765,447 ||  --
|-
| Week 27    || 2010-05-18 -- 2010-05-24 ||  113,182 ||  2,878,629 ||  --
|}
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!colspan="9" | Total connections to repositories (as of 2010-05-25)
!colspan="9" | Total connections to repositories (as of 2010-05-25)
|-
|-
| Method    || Fedora 7  || Fedora 8  || Fedora 9  || Fedora 10 || Fedora 11 || Fedora 12 || Rawhide || ''TOTAL''
| Method    || Fedora 7  || Fedora 8  || Fedora 9  || Fedora 10 || Fedora 11 || Fedora 12 || Fedora 13 || Rawhide || ''TOTAL''
|-
|-
| ''Mixed'' || 4,044,348 || 6,174,493 || 3,475,916 || 4,081,487 || 3,840,738 || 2,878,629 || 1,024,632 || 25,520,243
| ''Mixed'' || 4,049,427 || 6,189,311 || 3,484,334 || 4,095,385 || 3,870,212 || 2,970,103 ||  103,424 || 1,028,045 || 25,790,241
|-
|-
| ''New''  || 4,068,096 || 6,262,670 || 3,635,266 || 4,049,835 || 3,772,625 || 2,648,546 || 1,016,221 || 25,791,518
| ''New''  || 4,073,163 || 6,277,449 || 3,643,669 || 4,095,385 || 3,870,212 || 2,970,103 ||  103,424 || 1,028,045 || 26,061,450
|-
|-
!colspan="9" | ''TOTAL UNIQUE IPs: 21,838,257''
!colspan="9" | ''TOTAL UNIQUE IPs: 22,028,589''
|}
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!colspan="4" | Downloads from bittorrent (as of 2010-05-03)
!colspan="4" | Downloads from bittorrent (as of 2010-06-01)
|-
|-
| Sulphur (F9) || Cambridge (F10) || Leonidas (F11)<ref>The statistics for BitTorrent were interrupted on or about 2009-09-04 Fedora 11 because of a torrent server reset. Totals at that time are added to the current totals (F10: 306,696, F11: 169,832).</ref> || Constantine (F12)
| Sulphur (F9) || Cambridge (F10) || Leonidas (F11)<ref>The statistics for BitTorrent were interrupted on or about 2009-09-04 Fedora 11 because of a torrent server reset. Totals at that time are added to the current totals (F10: 306,696, F11: 169,832).</ref> || Constantine (F12) || Goddard (F13)
|-
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| 443,932 || 521,737 || 361,144 || 291,070
| 443,932 || 521,881 || 361,412 || 292,382 || 25,521
|}
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!colspan="4" | Direct downloads from the web
!colspan="4" | Direct downloads from the web
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!colspan="4" | Includes a count of DVD, Live, CD disc 1, and netinst ISOs downloaded directly from the web.
| Week || Dates || Downloads this week || Total downloads
| Week || Dates || Downloads this week || Total downloads
|-
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| Week  1 || 2009-11-17 -- 2009-11-23 ||  154,804 ||  154,804
| Week  1  || 2010-05-25 -- 2010-05-31 ||  144,340 ||  144,340
|-
| Week  2  || 2009-11-24 -- 2009-11-30 ||    84,372 ||  239,176
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| Week  3  || 2009-12-01 -- 2009-12-07 ||    68,829 ||  308,005
|-
| Week  4  || 2009-12-08 -- 2009-12-14 ||    61,611 ||  369,616
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| Week  5  || 2009-12-15 -- 2009-12-21 ||    56,961 ||  426,577
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| Week  6  || 2009-12-22 -- 2009-12-28 ||    51,148 ||  477,725
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| Week  7  || 2009-12-29 -- 2010-01-04 ||    49,480 ||  527,205
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| Week  8 || 2010-01-05 -- 2010-01-11 ||    54,668 ||  581,873
|-
| Week  9  || 2010-01-12 -- 2010-01-18 ||    57,865 ||  639,738
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| Week 10  || 2010-01-19 -- 2010-01-25 ||    57,698 ||  697,436
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| Week 11  || 2010-01-26 -- 2010-02-01 ||    57,785 ||  755,221
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| Week 12  || 2010-02-02 -- 2010-02-08 ||    57,286 ||  812,507
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| Week 13  || 2010-02-09 -- 2010-02-15 ||    54,932 ||  867,439
|-
| Week 14  || 2010-02-16 -- 2010-02-22 ||    54,803 ||  922,242
|-
| Week 15  || 2010-02-23 -- 2010-03-01 ||    56,533 ||  978,775
|-
| Week 16  || 2010-03-02 -- 2010-03-08 ||    57,795 || 1,036,570
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| Week 17  || 2010-03-09 -- 2010-03-15 ||    55,488 || 1,092,058
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| Week 18  || 2010-03-16 -- 2010-03-22 ||    51,196 || 1,143,254
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| Week 19  || 2010-03-23 -- 2010-03-29 ||    49,675 || 1,192,929
|-
| Week 20  || 2010-03-30 -- 2010-04-05 ||    47,370 || 1,240,299
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| Week 21  || 2010-04-06 -- 2010-04-12 ||    47,833 || 1,288,132
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| Week 22  || 2010-04-13 -- 2010-04-19 ||    47,234 || 1,335,366
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| Week 23  || 2010-04-20 -- 2010-04-26 ||    41,224 || 1,376,590
|-
| Week 24  || 2010-04-26 -- 2010-05-03 ||    32,945 || 1,409,535
|-
| Week 25  || 2010-05-04 -- 2010-05-10 ||    35,105 || 1,444,640
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| Week 26  || 2010-05-11 -- 2010-05-17 ||    41,947 || 1,486,587
|-
| Week 27  || 2010-05-18 -- 2010-05-24 ||    39,518 || 1,526,105
|}
|}


Revision as of 16:51, 1 June 2010

This page contains a variety of statistics about Fedora's usage. The Fedora Project believes that metrics are an important tool.

Who uses Fedora?

Lots of different people. Millions, in fact -- many millions! You can see some notable examples on the Overview page.

Fedora 13 (Goddard)

Goddard took flight on 2010-05-25.

Yum Data

Current release connections

Connections to yum
Week Dates New Unique IPs Total Unique IPs Total compared to Constantine
Week 1 2010-05-25 -- 2010-05-31 103,424 103,424 113%

Total repository connections

Total connections to repositories (as of 2010-05-25)
Method Fedora 7 Fedora 8 Fedora 9 Fedora 10 Fedora 11 Fedora 12 Fedora 13 Rawhide TOTAL
Mixed 4,049,427 6,189,311 3,484,334 4,095,385 3,870,212 2,970,103 103,424 1,028,045 25,790,241
New 4,073,163 6,277,449 3,643,669 4,095,385 3,870,212 2,970,103 103,424 1,028,045 26,061,450
TOTAL UNIQUE IPs: 22,028,589

It's uncertain whether the old method used for Fedora 9 and previous releases was properly counting all unique IPs. The new method works incrementally, and thus takes longer, but should be slightly more accurate.

Currently there is no reliable way to count total users of Linux or a specific distribution which does have a per user registration process.
Anyone who tells you otherwise may be misinformed, dishonest, or trying to sell you something.

The numbers above do not represent a total user count for Fedora. We are counting IP addresses because that is the only thing we can reliably measure. OEM shipping numbers, application popularity contests, and other "estimates" all have intrinsic error factors as well. Without a 1:1 sales figure or registration process, user counting is a difficult problem to solve. Our accuracy section below has a discussion of what's wrong with IP number counts, too.

When you hear someone estimate a count of users, the right questions to ask are:

Precisely how did you arrive at this number?
For Fedora the answers are located at this page.
Where is the data located, so someone can duplicate the process?
Although you do need appropriate access to our logging hosts to gather the data, our Infrastructure team does welcome people who want to participate in their work.

Accuracy of metrics

The numbers above, for yum, represent unique IP addresses that reach our update server, not simply downloads. We believe it is reasonable to equate a "new IP address checking in" with "a new installation of Fedora", with the following caveats:

  1. Users who have dynamic IP addresses will likely be counted multiple times, which inflates the number by some amount.
  2. Users who are behind NAT or corporate proxies will not be counted at all.

The anecdotal evidence that we receive from different groups, companies, and organizations suggests that group (2) is significantly larger than group (1). As such, we believe that the true numbers in the field are higher than the numbers on this page.

For a more thorough discussion and enlightening information about the measurement of Fedora's userbase, refer to this blog entry by Jef Spaleta.

Smolt Data

Smolt is Fedora's hardware profiling project. It is an opt-in database that tracks unique installations of Fedora, and various details about that install. People who install to runlevel 5 will be able to opt-in during firstboot, but people who install to runlevel 3 will have to install the smolt client via yum and manually register.

BitTorrent

The following table shows the number of downloads that have been made over BitTorrent. This table shows downloads only through trackers connected to the official torrent server.

Downloads from bittorrent (as of 2010-06-01)
Sulphur (F9) Cambridge (F10) Leonidas (F11)[1] Constantine (F12) Goddard (F13)
443,932 521,881 361,412 292,382 25,521
  1. ↑ The statistics for BitTorrent were interrupted on or about 2009-09-04 Fedora 11 because of a torrent server reset. Totals at that time are added to the current totals (F10: 306,696, F11: 169,832).

Direct Download

The following table shows the number of direct downloads of Fedora 41 media from unique IP addresses, as shown in the web proxy logs. The actual number of raw downloads tends to be much higher.

Direct downloads from the web
Includes a count of DVD, Live, CD disc 1, and netinst ISOs downloaded directly from the web. Week Dates Downloads this week Total downloads
Week 1 2010-05-25 -- 2010-05-31 144,340 144,340

fedoraproject.org unique visitors

fedoraproject.org visitors
Period Unique IPs
January 2008 785,583
February 2008 782,043
March 2008 830,078
April 2008 723,776
May 2008 1,128,115
June 2008 825,912
July 2008 751,521
August 2008 773,209
September 2008 1,461,490
October 2008 1,351,477
November 2008 1,993,547
December 2008 1,873,217
January 2009 1,815,135
February 2009 1,697,108
March 2009 1,816,077
April 2009 1,749,571
May 2009 1,996,040
June 2009 2,305,280
July 2009 1,929,651
August 2009 1,964,544
September 2009 1,859,708
October 2009 1,996,649
November 2009 2,423,626 (all-time monthly high)
December 2009 1,969,482
January 2010 1,829,467
February 2010 1,628,215
March 2010 1,728,081
April 2010 1,585,905
May 2010 2,197,213

Edits to Fedora wiki

Fedora wiki edits
Period Total edits Edits from unique IPs
October 2007 921 426
November 2007 1,090 472
December 2007 807 378
January 2008 1,170 580
February 2008 1,244 645
March 2008 1,280 705
April 2008 1,283 755
May 2008 6,043 766
June 2008 6,561 731
July 2008 4,112 528
August 2008 2,226 423
September 2008 4,738 791
October 2008 3,848 617
November 2008 4,619 715
December 2008 4,627 751
January 2009 6,327 739
February 2009 7,444 764
March 2009 8,650 973
April 2009 5,294 844
May 2009 5,191 928
June 2009 5,337 858
July 2009 5,373 807
August 2009 4,864 702
September 2009 5,796 868
October 2009 5,407 782
November 2009 5,665 957
December 2009 4,058 653
January 2010 5,319 711
February 2010 12,384 761
March 2010 12,176 834
April 2010 13,874 1,001
May 2010 17,809 871

Contributors

In April 2008, the Fedora Account System CLA process was converted to a click-through process instead of a manual process of GPG signing and fax/email.

Ambassadors

Information about the number of Fedora Ambassadors.

Translators

Information on the growth and numbers of Fedora Translators.

Maps

A variety of maps showing various statistics.

Charts

Some charts are available reflecting some of the information shown on this page.

Legacy Statistics

Older releases and years are on the Legacy statistics page.

Commands

Information on how these statistics are gathered is found here.

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