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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 18 (Spherical Cow)

Spherical Cow became udderly functional on 2013-01-15.

Yum Data

Current release connections

Connections to yum
Week Dates New Unique IPs Total Unique IPs Total compared to Beefy Miracle
Week 1 2013-01-15 -- 2013-01-21 81,393 81,393 48%
Week 2 2013-01-22 -- 2013-01-28 71,740 153,133 61%
Week 3 2013-01-29 -- 2013-02-04 68.007 221,140 67%
Week 4 2013-02-05 -- 2013-02-11 68,061 289,201 70%
Week 5 2013-02-12 -- 2013-02-18 68,253 358,454 73%
Week 6 2013-02-19 -- 2013-02-25 73,447 431,931 75%
Week 7 2013-02-26 -- 2013-03-04 73,663 505,594 76%
Week 8 2013-03-05 -- 2013-03-11 71,559 577,153 77%
Week 9 2013-03-12 -- 2013-03-18 77,135 654,288 79%
Week 10 2013-03-19 -- 2013-03-25 77,632 731,920 80%
Week 11 2013-03-26 -- 2013-04-01 66,407 798,327 80%
Week 12 2013-04-02 -- 2013-04-08 77,346 875,673 81%
Week 13 2013-04-09 -- 2013-04-15 78,186 953,859
Week 14 2013-04-16 -- 2013-04-22 77,846 1,031,705
Week 15 2013-04-23 -- 2013-04-29 78,274 1,109,979
Week 16 2013-04-30 -- 2013-05-06 76,890 1,186,869
Week 17 2013-05-07 -- 2013-05-13 80,730 1,267,599
Week 18 2013-05-14 -- 2013-05-20 83,210 1,350,809
Week 19 2013-05-21 -- 2013-05-27 82,458 1,433,267
Week 20 2013-05-28 -- 2013-06-03 81,879 1,515,146
Week 21 2013-06-04 -- 2013-06-10 79,647 1,594,793
Week 22 2013-06-11 -- 2013-06-17 78,629 1,673,422
Week 23 2013-06-18 -- 2013-06-24
Week 24 2013-06-25 -- 2013-07-01

Total repository connections

Total connections to repositories
Fedora 7 Fedora 8 Fedora 9 Fedora 10 Fedora 11 Fedora 12 Fedora 13 Fedora 14 Fedora 15 Fedora 16 Fedora 17 Fedora 18
4536501 7680527 4258593 4963597 5314983 6042997 5161961 6620417 3477495 3994310 4281383 1673422
TOTAL UNIQUE IPs: 47668492
This total is not a simple sum of the counts above. It is a list of unique IP addresses that have connected across all releases.


Currently, there is no reliable way to determine the total number of Linux users, or even count the total number of users of any Linux distribution which does not have a mandatory 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 or usage count or overall downloads for Fedora. Correlation of the number between different releases of Fedora is difficult since the way our infrastructure is setup and the way we count IP connections has changed over time. 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

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 2011-04-12)
Sulphur (F9) Cambridge (F10) Leonidas (F11)[1] Constantine (F12) Goddard (F13) Laughlin (F14)
443,932 523,776 364,808 315,349 158,570 157,251
NOTE: these numbers seem incomplete and need to be checked against torrent records. --pfrields 11:35, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
  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, and netinst ISOs downloaded directly from the web)

Week Dates Downloads this week Total downloads Total compared to Beefy Miracle
Week 1 2013-01-15 -- 2013-01-21 141,175 141,175 93%
Week 2 2013-01-22 -- 2013-01-28 84,321 225,406 93%
Week 3 2013-02-29 -- 2013-02-04 72,156 297,562 94%
Week 4 2013-02-05 -- 2013-02-11 68,637 366,199 94%
Week 5 2013-02-12 -- 2013-02-18 63,785 429,984 95%
Week 6 2013-02-19 -- 2013-02-25 65,421 495,225 96%
Week 7 2013-02-26 -- 2013-03-04 62,199 557,224 96%
Week 8 2013-03-05 -- 2013-03-11 60,253 617,477 95%
Week 9 2013-03-12 -- 2013-03-18 64,203 681,680 97%
Week 10 2013-03-19 -- 2013-03-25 61,633 743,313 98%
Week 11 2013-03-26 -- 2013-04-01 57,202 800,515 98%
Week 12 2013-04-02 -- 2013-04-08 55,317 855,832 99%
Week 13 2013-04-09 -- 2013-04-15 56,234 912,066
Week 14 2013-04-16 -- 2013-04-22 54,070 966,136
Week 15 2013-04-23 -- 2013-04-29 53,449 1,019,585
Week 16 2013-04-30 -- 2013-05-06 49,164 1,068,749
Week 17 2013-05-07 -- 2013-05-13 53,381 1,122,130
Week 18 2013-05-14 -- 2013-05-20 53,389 1,175,519
Week 19 2013-05-21 -- 2013-05-27 53,066 1,228,585
Week 20 2013-05-28 -- 2013-06-03 52,139 1,280,724
Week 21 2013-06-04 -- 2013-06-10 50,548 1,331,272
Week 22 2013-06-11 -- 2013-06-17 49,007 1,380,279
Week 23 2013-06-18 -- 2013-06-24
Week 24 2013-06-25 -- 2013-07-01

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
June 2010 1,853,870
July 2010 1,808,418
August 2010 1,589,666
September 2010 1,642,009
October 2010 1,903,774
November 2010 2,086,089
December 2010 1,645,695
January 2011 1,633,474
February 2011 1,493,936
March 2011 1,636,965
April 2011 1,776,393
May 2011 2,251,895
June 2011 2,097,498
July 2011 1,814,156
August 2011 1,841,150
September 2011 1,861,263
October 2011 2,211,634
November 2011 2,399,947
December 2011 2,014,011
January 2012 1,919,572
February 2012 1,961,273
March 2012 2,151,326
April 2012 2,147,165
May 2012 2,343,961
June 2012 2,327,675
July 2012 2,170,612
August 2012 2,000,144
September 2012 2,118,079
October 2012 2,103,740
November 2012 2,017,841
December 2012 1,999,202
January 2013 2,342,127
February 2013 1,930,021
March 2013 1,903,531
April 2013 1,756,858
May 2013 1,885,985
June 2013 1,877,495

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
June 2010 13,879 672
July 2010 14,274 793
August 2010 13,657 791
September 2010 12,144 788
October 2010 12,400 888
November 2010 12,447 887
December 2010 7,458 627
January 2011 9,768 771
February 2011 11,920 950
March 2011 11,909 882
April 2011 10,774 835
May 2011 5,628 917
June 2011 6,129 767
July 2011 5,592 725
August 2011 4,463 589
September 2011 4,493 781
October 2011 3,268 633
November 2011 3,353 635
December 2011 2,645 584
January 2012 4,061 711
February 2012 4,250 696
March 2012 7,799 1023
April 2012 4,739 748
May 2012 3,897 643
June 2012 4,048 667
July 2012 2,842 511
August 2012 2,467 524
September 2012 3,886 656
October 2012 3,922 639
November 2012 4,061 643
December 2012 2,761 535
January 2013 5,262 771
February 2013 2,807 544
March 2013 3,489 621
April 2013 6,416 804
May 2013 23,359 1,172
June 2013 6,785 993

Contributors

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

Translations

Details about the progress of localization can be found on Transifex.

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.

Bodhi Updates

Bodhi is the system that is responsible for publishing package updates to Fedora releases. It tracks various statistics and generates graphs under the 'Metrics' section of each release.

Charts

Some charts are available reflecting some of the information shown on this page. Up-to-date charts are available at the Fedora community portal.

Legacy Statistics

Older releases and years are on the Legacy statistics page.

Commands

Information on how these statistics are gathered is found here.