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The following overview of page requests by operating system is based on the user agent information that accompanies most server requests. Please note that agent information does not follow strict guidelines and some programs may provide wrong information on purpose. This report ignores all requests where agent information is missing, or contains any of the following: bot, crawl(er) or spider. Wikipedia: NT 5.0 = Windows 2000, NT 5.1/5.2 = XP + Server 2003, NT 6.0 = VISTA + Server 2008, NT 6.1 = Windows 7. Wikipedia: OS X 10.4 = Tiger, 10.5 = Leopard, 10.6 = Snow Leopard. Wikipedia: Ubuntu 7.10 = Gutsy Gibbon, 8.04 = Hardy Heron, 8.10 = Intrepid Ibex, 9.04 = Jaunty Jackalope, 9.10 = Karma Koala.
In order of popularity Operating System Requests Percentage Windows 69.56% Mac 8.45% Linux 6.69% iPhone 6.40% iPad 3.49% BlackBerry 0.80% SymbianOS 0.14% DoCoMo 0.03% FreeBSD 0.01% SunOS 0.00% OpenBSD 0.00% Total 100%   Breakdown per platform for Mac and Linux Mac Intel 8.30% Linux Android 5.11% Linux Other 0.84% Linux Ubuntu 0.67% Mac PowerPC 0.15% Linux Fedora 0.02% Linux SUSE 0.01% Linux Debian 0.01% Linux Mint 0.01% Linux Mandriva 0.01% Linux CentOS 0.00% Linux Kubuntu 0.00% Linux Red Hat 0.00% Linux Epiphany 0.00% Linux Gentoo 0.00% Linux Mips 0.00% Linux PCLinuxOS 0.00% Linux Oracle 0.00% Linux Arch 0.00% Linux Motor 0.00% Linux Slackware 0.00% Linux Xubuntu 0.00% Linux openSUSE 0.00%   Breakdown per OS version, non mobile Windows NT 6.1 40.32% Windows NT 5.1 21.23% Windows NT 6.0 6.61% Mac Intel OS X 10.6 3.01% Mac Intel OS X 10.7 2.69% Other 2.24% Mac Intel OS X 10.8 1.46% Mac Intel OS X 10.5 0.91% Linux x86.64 Other 0.43% Linux i686 Other 0.35% Linux i686 Ubuntu 0.29% Windows NT 5.2 0.28% Windows NT 6.2 0.24% Linux x86.64 Ubuntu 0.20% Windows NT 5.0 0.18% Mac Intel OS X 10.4 0.11% Mac PowerPC OS X 10.4 0.07% iPad OS 1.X 0.07% Mac PowerPC OS X 10.5 0.05% iPhone OS 1.X 0.05% Linux Other 0.04% Linux i686 Ubuntu 12.04 0.04% Linux x86.64 Ubuntu 12.04 0.04% Linux i686 Ubuntu 10.04 0.03% Windows 0.03% Windows 98 0.02% Mac Intel OS X 0.02% Windows 32 0.02% Total 81.2%   Breakdown per OS version, mobile iPhone OS 5.1 4.21% iPad OS 1.X 3.43% Linux Android 2.3 2.81% Linux Android 4.0 1.32% iPhone OS 6.0 0.94% Java ME 0.88% Mobile other 0.63% Linux Android 2.2 0.54% Windows NT 6.1 0.43% iPhone OS 5.0 0.39% iPhone OS 4.3 0.35% BlackBerry 534.11 0.29% iPhone OS 4.2 0.27% BlackBerry 534.8 0.23% Nokia 0.23% iOS OS X 0.17% BlackBerry 5.0 0.17% Windows 0.13% Linux Android 4.1 0.12% Linux Android 2.1 0.12% Samsung 0.11% Linux Android 3.2 0.09% Other 0.08% Mac Intel OS X 10.6 0.08% iPhone OS 4.1 0.07% PlayStation 0.07% SymbianOS 9.4 0.07% iPhone OS 3.1 0.05% BlackBerry 534.1 0.04% Linux Android 0.5 0.04% SymbianOS 9.3 0.04% Linux Android 3.1 0.04% iPhone OS 1.X 0.03% DoCoMo 0.03% BlackBerry 7.0 0.03% SymbianOS 9.2 0.03% iPhone OS 4.0 0.03% BlackBerry 4.6 0.02% Total 18.8%	In alphabetical order Operating System Requests Percentage BlackBerry 0.80% DoCoMo 0.03% FreeBSD 0.01% iPad 3.49% iPhone 6.40% Linux 6.69% Mac 8.45% OpenBSD 0.00% SunOS 0.00% SymbianOS 0.14% Windows 69.56% Total 100%   Breakdown per platform for Mac and Linux Linux Android 5.11% Linux Arch 0.00% Linux CentOS 0.00% Linux Debian 0.01% Linux Epiphany 0.00% Linux Fedora 0.02% Linux Gentoo 0.00% Linux Kubuntu 0.00% Linux Mandriva 0.01% Linux Mint 0.01% Linux Mips 0.00% Linux Motor 0.00% Linux openSUSE 0.00% Linux Oracle 0.00% Linux Other 0.84% Linux PCLinuxOS 0.00% Linux Red Hat 0.00% Linux Slackware 0.00% Linux SUSE 0.01% Linux Ubuntu 0.67% Linux Xubuntu 0.00% Mac Intel 8.30% Mac PowerPC 0.15%   Breakdown per OS version, non mobile iPad OS 1.X 0.07% iPhone OS 1.X 0.05% Linux i686 Other 0.35% Linux i686 Ubuntu 0.29% Linux i686 Ubuntu 10.04 0.03% Linux i686 Ubuntu 12.04 0.04% Linux Other 0.04% Linux x86.64 Other 0.43% Linux x86.64 Ubuntu 0.20% Linux x86.64 Ubuntu 12.04 0.04% Mac Intel OS X 0.02% Mac Intel OS X 10.4 0.11% Mac Intel OS X 10.5 0.91% Mac Intel OS X 10.6 3.01% Mac Intel OS X 10.7 2.69% Mac Intel OS X 10.8 1.46% Mac PowerPC OS X 10.4 0.07% Mac PowerPC OS X 10.5 0.05% Other 2.24% Windows 0.03% Windows 32 0.02% Windows 98 0.02% Windows NT 5.0 0.18% Windows NT 5.1 21.23% Windows NT 5.2 0.28% Windows NT 6.0 6.61% Windows NT 6.1 40.32% Windows NT 6.2 0.24% Total 81.2%   Breakdown per OS version, mobile BlackBerry 4.6 0.02% BlackBerry 5.0 0.17% BlackBerry 534.1 0.04% BlackBerry 534.11 0.29% BlackBerry 534.8 0.23% BlackBerry 7.0 0.03% DoCoMo 0.03% iOS OS X 0.17% iPad OS 1.X 3.43% iPhone OS 1.X 0.03% iPhone OS 3.1 0.05% iPhone OS 4.0 0.03% iPhone OS 4.1 0.07% iPhone OS 4.2 0.27% iPhone OS 4.3 0.35% iPhone OS 5.0 0.39% iPhone OS 5.1 4.21% iPhone OS 6.0 0.94% Java ME 0.88% Linux Android 0.5 0.04% Linux Android 2.1 0.12% Linux Android 2.2 0.54% Linux Android 2.3 2.81% Linux Android 3.1 0.04% Linux Android 3.2 0.09% Linux Android 4.0 1.32% Linux Android 4.1 0.12% Mac Intel OS X 10.6 0.08% Mobile other 0.63% Nokia 0.23% Other 0.08% PlayStation 0.07% Samsung 0.11% SymbianOS 9.2 0.03% SymbianOS 9.3 0.04% SymbianOS 9.4 0.07% Windows 0.13% Windows NT 6.1 0.43% Total 18.8%
Requests from mobile devices are recognized as follows: Agent string contains any of the following terms (last upd: March 2012 ): CFNetwork, Dalvik, WikipediaMobile, Appcelerator, WiktionaryMobile, Wikipedia Mobile, Android, BlackBerry, Windows CE, DoCoMo, iPad, iPod, iPhone, HipTop, Kindle, LGE, Linux arm, MIDP, NetFront, Nintendo, Nokia, Obigo, Opera Mini, Opera Mobi, Palm, Playstation, Samsung, SoftBank, SonyEricsson, Symbian, UP.Browser, Vodafone, WAP, webOS, HTC[^P], KDDI, FOMA, Polaris, Teleca, Silk, ZuneWP, HUAwei, Sunrise XP, Sunrise/, AUDIOVOX, LG/U, AU-MIC, Motorola, portalmmm, Amoi, GINGERBREAD, Spice, lgtelecom, PlayBook, KYOCERA, Opera Tablet, Windows Phone, UNTRUSTED, Sensation, UCWEB, Nook, XV6975, EBRD1, Rhodium, UPG, Symbian, Pantech, MeeGo, Tizen

Errata: WMF traffic logging service suffered from server capacity problems in Aug/Sep/Oct 2011.
Absolute traffic counts for October 2011 are approximatly 7% too low.
Data loss only occurred during peak hours. It therefore may have had somewhat different impact for traffic from different parts of the world.
and may have also skewed relative figures like share of traffic per browser or operating system.

From mid September till late November squid log records for mobile traffic were in invalid format.
Data could be repaired for logs from mid October onwards. Older logs were no longer available.

In a an unrelated server outage precisely half of traffic to WMF mobile sites was not counted from Oct 16 - Nov 29 (one of two load-balanced servers did not report traffic).
WMF has since improved server monitoring, so that similar outages should be detected and fixed much faster from now on.

Generated on Tue, Oct 9, 2012 12:51
Author:Erik Zachte (Web site)
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