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Stack Overflow 2010 Analytics
- yuvadam 16y agotl;dr; - visitors are more spread out on the globe, Google is the undefeated referrer, SO visitors love Firefox, Windows, and screen resolutions are getting bigger and wider. Nothing too interesting, really.
- jdludlow 16y agoiOS will jump up sharply from 0.4% in 2011 if the folks at Stack Overflow make the site usable with that system. From mobile Safari the site is crippled. You can type in an answer, but the formatting tools and preview panes don't work at all.
- imack 16y agoThe most common use case of Stack Overflow will be a programmer working away on code encountering a problem, googling for a fix, and finding it on stack overflow. I don't see how mobile would enhance that. While I appreciate there are a few hardcores who will want to answer questions on the go, I can't see that being a big priority.
- tednaleid 16y agoAs an anecdotal point of reference, I monitor a number of stackoverflow categories with RSS feeds. I commonly read and answer these feeds with Reeder on my iPad sitting in a comfy chair in my living room, not at my computer. I answer less questions than I normally would if the interface were better. (maybe this is fitting into the definition of "a few hardcores" for you though)
- jdludlow 16y agoThere are many questions that I don't answer, because I'm on my iPad, and it's way too much of a pain to bother. You're also focused on the users of SO specifically. There are Area 51 sites that would be more prone to having users on mobile devices.
- thierryd 16y agoCheckout http://stackmobile.com/ http://stackmobile.com/
- callmeed 16y agoI'm surprised by the number of IE users—seems high for a community of devs.
- icco 16y agoI was more blown away by the number of Windows users, the IE numbers seem pretty reasonable, especially considering the huge .NET crowd there.
- zyb09 16y agoWell these are World stats, not Palo Alto stats. Windows dominating shouln't be a surprise really.
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- Encosia 16y agoYou shouldn't conflate .NET and IE usage. I can only think of a few .NET web developers who use IE by choice. More likely, corporate developers of every flavor are more often locked into IE by company policy. It would be interesting to see those browser usage stats broken down by language. I bet Java and .NET would have similar IE usage.
- tl 16y agoI'm not; the site's first userbase was .NET developers. Some percent of people looking up those answers are doing so from a company pc that may not allow anything else.
- beaumartinez 16y agoWell, I assume a lot of the users are pretty much forced to use their company's computer's sole browser... IE.
- kachnuv_ocasek 16y agoNot everyone is hipsterfag.
- citricsquid 16y agoThe size of India vs. United Kingdom and the relatively similar visit percentage is interesting. Does this mean the UK has a large number of devs or India has a small number?
- paraschopra 16y agoYou should not compare absolute population of two countries. Rather you should compare population with Internet/computer access which I'm guessing should be similar. PS: On a similar note I'm surprised China is missing from the list.
- aadvaark 16y agoAnd the number of people comfortable with English.
- DanielN 16y agoCan anyone explain to me how they get user screen resolutions?
- jules 16y agoSearch for "javascript screen resolution".
- thechangelog 16y agoGoogle Analytics provides resolution and colour depth info.
- ronnier 16y agoJavaScript: screen.width, screen.height
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- Jun8 16y agoWhy no Russia in top countries? Do they have a similar site?