az0
commented
4 years ago I also like numbers like this, but this is particullarly difficult for BleachBit because
- BleachBit is free of charge
- BleachBit does not require registration
- Anyone may legally redistribute it (while following the GPL license)
- It is available in Windows and Linux repositories, such as Chocolately and Ubuntu
- On the web site, the BleachBit's audience is more likely to block trackers than normal Internet visitors
- In the application or installer, people might object to the tracking
So because of 1 and 2, any number I have would be an under-count.
A long time ago, I checked BleachBit's relative rank in the Ubuntu popcon, though this could also be a skewed measure.
Another measure is Google Trends
Tobias-B-Besemer
@az0, as you know, I'm pretty proud of being part of your project and what I already have done for it...
...to show people how great that project is I'm part of, I would prefer to show them some (e.g. Download) Statistics. This gives the people a feeling of influence I have... I can show SourceForge Download Statistic, but I guess it reflects just a small part... (...compared e.g. by [Windows] Downloads direct done on BleachBit.org or via Debian/Ubuntu Repos.)
Think such a up-to-date statistic would also help reporters that wanna write about BB, can also be released on Wikipedia and would help in pro/contra discussions about the use of BB!
@az0, are you able to provide and release some data ???
Btw., sidenote: I would be surely be able to extend the NSIS Windows Installer that he e.g. send a Ping to a special page on BleachBit org each time a BB install was successful... ;)