StatCounter is a web traffic analysis website started in 1999.[1] Access to basic services is free to use and advanced services can cost between US$5 and US$119 a month.[2] StatCounter is based in Dublin, Ireland. The statistics from StatCounter are used to compute web usage share for example.[3] As of May 2019, StatCounter is used on 0.9% of all websites.[4]
StatCounter statistics are directly derived from hits—as opposed to unique visitors—from 3 million sites, which use StatCounter, resulting in total hits of more than 15 billion per month.[5] No artificial weightings are used to correct for sampling bias, thus the numbers in the statistics can not be considered to be representative samples.
The company was founded by Aodhán Cullen at the age of 16. Cullen received the "Internet Hero" award at the 2008 Eircom Golden Spider Awards.[6][7] He was also named the 2007 BusinessWeek "Young European Entrepreneur of the Year".[8][9]
References
- Our Mission StatCounter, retrieved 26 May 2019^
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- StatCounter Global Stats StatCounter, retrieved 22 August 2012^
- Usage statistics and market share of StatCounter for websites W3Techs, Q-Success, retrieved 26 May 2019^
- FAQ StatCounter, retrieved 8 January 2015^
- eircom Golden Spiders announced TechCentral.ie, MediaTeam, 21 November 2008^
- Munroe, Lee. Golden Spider Awards 2008 Winners November 2008, retrieved 8 January 2015^
- Reinhardt, Andy. Europe's Young Entrepreneurs 2007 Bloomberg Businessweek, 1 June 2007^
- John Kennedy. The Friday interview: Aodhan Cullen, StatCounter Silicon Republic, siliconrepublic.com, 3 August 2007, retrieved 21 September 2012^