Statistics

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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	81%
Week 14	2013-04-16 -- 2013-04-22	77,846	1,031,705	81%
Week 15	2013-04-23 -- 2013-04-29	78,274	1,109,979	82%
Week 16	2013-04-30 -- 2013-05-06	76,890	1,186,869	82%
Week 17	2013-05-07 -- 2013-05-13	80,730	1,267,599	82%
Week 18	2013-05-14 -- 2013-05-20	83,210	1,350,809	82%
Week 19	2013-05-21 -- 2013-05-27	82,458	1,433,267	82%
Week 20	2013-05-28 -- 2013-06-03	81,879	1,515,146	82%
Week 21	2013-06-04 -- 2013-06-10	79,647	1,594,793	82%
Week 22	2013-06-11 -- 2013-06-17	78,629	1,673,422	81%
Week 23	2013-06-18 -- 2013-06-24	77,497	1,750,919	81%
Week 24	2013-06-25 -- 2013-07-01	76,959	1,827,878	81%

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
4539491	7688998	4261546	4967361	5320922	6053872	5174181	6649347	3489046	4016784	4352264	1827878
TOTAL UNIQUE IPs: 47927856 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)	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)

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	99%
Week 14	2013-04-16 -- 2013-04-22	54,070	966,136	99%
Week 15	2013-04-23 -- 2013-04-29	53,449	1,019,585	98%
Week 16	2013-04-30 -- 2013-05-06	49,164	1,068,749	97%
Week 17	2013-05-07 -- 2013-05-13	53,381	1,122,130	97%
Week 18	2013-05-14 -- 2013-05-20	53,389	1,175,519	97%
Week 19	2013-05-21 -- 2013-05-27	53,066	1,228,585	96%
Week 20	2013-05-28 -- 2013-06-03	52,139	1,280,724	96%
Week 21	2013-06-04 -- 2013-06-10	50,548	1,331,272	95%
Week 22	2013-06-11 -- 2013-06-17	49,007	1,380,279	95%
Week 23	2013-06-18 -- 2013-06-24	48,452	1,428,731	94%
Week 24	2013-06-25 -- 2013-07-01	47,648	1,476,379	94%

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.