The Increasing Rate Of Linux News; Only 39% Of Site Traffic Is From Linux Desktops

With being so much into open-source/Linux quantitative performance benchmarking, it should be no surprise that I'm also into statistics and all sorts of numbers...

Here are some random statistics I was looking at tonight and I figured worth sharing.

First up is a look at the number of original news articles posted each month since March 2006. While Phoronix launched in June of 2004, at first I focused mostly on hardware reviews rather than posting open-source/Linux news, etc. Some early articles were also lost in the conversion of the in-house PHXCMS content management system.

2006 March 78
2006 April 78
2006 May 69
2006 June 39
2006 July 27
2006 August 33
2006 September 41
2006 October 51
2006 November 39
2006 December 43
2007 January 49
2007 February 44
2007 March 39
2007 April 65
2007 May 73
2007 June 49
2007 July 76
2007 August 84
2007 September 56
2007 October 84
2007 November 62
2007 December 40
2008 January 46
2008 February 54
2008 March 44
2008 April 40
2008 May 48
2008 June 59
2008 July 75
2008 August 52
2008 September 66
2008 October 69
2008 November 63
2008 December 76
2009 January 65
2009 February 72
2009 March 78
2009 April 60
2009 May 58
2009 June 59
2009 July 66
2009 August 75
2009 September 76
2009 October 83
2009 November 96
2009 December 97
2010 January 89
2010 February 79
2010 March 94
2010 April 89
2010 May 100
2010 June 77
2010 July 82
2010 August 93
2010 September 83
2010 October 97
2010 November 106
2010 December 118
2011 January 100
2011 February 86
2011 March 126
2011 April 118
2011 May 112
2011 June 110
2011 July 109
2011 August 126
2011 September 96
2011 October 133
2011 November 121
2011 December 140
2012 January 160
2012 February 123
2012 March 163
2012 April 141
2012 May 166
2012 June 196
2012 July 205
2012 August 224
2012 September 221
2012 October 232
2012 November 207
2012 December 256
2013 January 239
2013 February 254
2013 March 243
2013 April 221
2013 May 202
2013 June 175
2013 July 258
2013 August 247
2013 September 229
2013 October 262
2013 November 308
2013 December 256
2014 January 318
2014 February 295
2014 March 311
2014 April 279
2014 May 291
2014 June 253
2014 July 214
2014 August 242
2014 September 239
2014 October 260
2014 November 241
2014 December 251
2015 January 274
2015 February 257
2015 March 268
2015 April 261
2015 May 228
2015 June 273
2015 July 290
2015 August 247

As you can see, the number of articles seems to only be getting higher! The most articles published in one month was 318 in January of 2014 by your's truly followed by most other months in 2014/2015 being close by.

Meanwhile, here's a look at the number of reviews / featured-length articles each month:

2005 January 8
2005 February 4
2005 March 13
2005 April 15
2005 May 18
2005 June 21
2005 July 18
2005 August 20
2005 September 20
2005 October 28
2005 November 26
2005 December 31
2006 January 25
2006 February 24
2006 March 21
2006 April 27
2006 May 26
2006 June 19
2006 July 19
2006 August 17
2006 September 18
2006 October 20
2006 November 19
2006 December 21
2007 January 19
2007 February 18
2007 March 20
2007 April 23
2007 May 38
2007 June 31
2007 July 28
2007 August 24
2007 September 46
2007 October 36
2007 November 33
2007 December 24
2008 January 29
2008 February 29
2008 March 39
2008 April 28
2008 May 28
2008 June 32
2008 July 24
2008 August 23
2008 September 24
2008 October 26
2008 November 25
2008 December 26
2009 January 23
2009 February 22
2009 March 22
2009 April 22
2009 May 24
2009 June 17
2009 July 16
2009 August 17
2009 September 16
2009 October 18
2009 November 16
2009 December 15
2010 January 16
2010 February 16
2010 March 25
2010 April 26
2010 May 20
2010 June 21
2010 July 16
2010 August 19
2010 September 16
2010 October 16
2010 November 24
2010 December 19
2011 January 15
2011 February 13
2011 March 22
2011 April 18
2011 May 22
2011 June 21
2011 July 18
2011 August 22
2011 September 23
2011 October 27
2011 November 31
2011 December 29
2012 January 22
2012 February 17
2012 March 18
2012 April 23
2012 May 19
2012 June 29
2012 July 23
2012 August 29
2012 September 22
2012 October 29
2012 November 22
2012 December 21
2013 January 20
2013 February 23
2013 March 11
2013 April 20
2013 May 13
2013 June 20
2013 July 30
2013 August 20
2013 September 18
2013 October 32
2013 November 30
2013 December 36
2014 January 39
2014 February 28
2014 March 35
2014 April 45
2014 May 30
2014 June 35
2014 July 15
2014 August 22
2014 September 30
2014 October 28
2014 November 16
2014 December 22
2015 January 26
2015 February 11
2015 March 21
2015 April 10
2015 May 13
2015 June 17
2015 July 30
2015 August 24

As some other fun stats, for all the Phoronix traffic this year, 45% of the visitors were from Chrome while 40% were from Firefox, 5.97% from Safari, 2.48% from Internet Explorer, and 1.84% from Opera.

Based on the operating system when Phoronix readers are viewing the site, 39% are from Linux, 32% from Windows, 16% from Android, 6% from OS X, and 5% from iOS.

Well, hopefully you found these stats insightful for one reason or another. Don't forget to help the site if you enjoy all of the content on here -- that's often exclusive -- over the past eleven years.