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Are Hacker News reader stats public? It'd be interesting to see how skewed the desktop OSs are...
by russellbeattie 10y ago
Are Hacker News reader stats public? It'd be interesting to see how skewed the desktop OSs are...
- gravypod 10y agoI don't know. Many sectors require windows and I assume most HN readers are bored at work. You'll probably see a similar situation although my guess is Mac and Linux will be slightly higher on the totempoll. Probably more like 3-5% for Linux I'd say. Maybe even higher. I'd love to see the data like you say, would be interesting.
- greenhatman 10y agoThe Stack Overflow developer survey had both Mac and Linux at 20% in 2015. But Mac shot up to 26% in 2016. I think Hacker News will likely have very similar stats. Maybe somewhat more Mac and Linux leaning, even. http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2016#technology-desktop-operating-system http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2016#tech...
- MichaelApproved 10y agoPeople consume HN through 3rd parties, such as Twitter, RSS, and Reddit. Whatever the stats are with the website, they won't give you an accurate view of the actual HN reader.
- Freak_NL 10y agoWouldn't it be a representative sampling though? Unless users of certain OS'es are more inclined to use such third party clients than other users.