1 Topic by apmuthu (edited by apmuthu 11/11/2012 04:27:22 pm)

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Topic: Stats for Consultants

Analysing the SourceForge Download statistics yielded a nice insight into how many downloads occur within 2 days of a new release.

Approximately 300 downloads occur within 2 days of a new release at SourceForge.

* General Users download from SF.
* Developers take it from Mercurial.
* Bleeding edge non developer users take it from snapshots forum post.
* Hosting Panel users get only what their bundles offer (cPanel Fantastico, SimpleScripts, TurnkeyLinux, Webuzo, etc).
* Clients get their code from Consultants' archives

GeoIP based Country Stats indicate that
* USA 14%,
* Indonesia 12%,
* India 9%,
* Netherlands 6%
account for a sizeable share of 41% of downloads in 2012.

Other countries above 2% each are Pakistan, Malaysia and UK. Together, the 7 countries account for 49% of downloads in 2012.

This is certainly not representative of the usage distribution, but rather the segment that actively takes it from SF immediately when released. Weekends, holidays, individual pre-occupation and other geographical differences have not been taken into account.

On the complementary side, there is plenty of scope to usher in fresh adoption in low download countries - business potential!

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