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So, do we agree that Steam is not representative of worldwide installs, and the data is heavily biased? >And the statcounter page gives zero info on what sourc
by ziddoap 2y ago
So, do we agree that Steam is not representative of worldwide installs, and the data is heavily biased?
>And the statcounter page gives zero info on what source they used.
That is answered in the very first question of the FAQ which is linked at the top of every page:
https://gs.statcounter.com/faq#methodology https://gs.statcounter.com/faq#methodology
>In other words we calculate our Global Stats on the basis of more than 5 billion page views per month, by people from all over the world onto our 1.5 million+ member sites.
- paxys 2y agoNot sure why visitors to a bunch of sites that have installed the "statcounter" tracker would be considered more representative than everyone who has installed steam.
- ziddoap 2y agoBecause visitors to those sites include corporate and government users -- the majority of windows installations. Corporate and government computers don't have Steam installed. Those website stats also include home users, people with Steam, etc. It's a way bigger sample across all sectors, including the sector that Steam measures. However, Steam stats only measure windows installations of people who play Steam games (i.e. not corporate and certainly not government computers, and probably missing a large chunk of home installs). That is a much less representative sample of windows installations.