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Type of site | Web traffic analysis |
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| Owner | Aodhán Cullen[1] |
| Created by | Aodhán Cullen[1] |
| URL | statcounter |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Not required for basic access |
| Launched | 1999; 26 years ago (1999) |
| Current status | Active |
StatCounter is aweb traffic analysis website started in 1999.[1] Access to basic services is free to use and advanced services can cost betweenUS$5 and US$119 a month.[2] StatCounter is based inDublin, Ireland. The statistics from StatCounter are used to compute web usage share for example.[3] As of May 2019[update], StatCounter is used on 0.9% of all websites.[4]
StatCounter statistics are directly derived fromhits—as opposed tounique 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 forsampling bias, thus the numbers in the statistics can not be considered to berepresentative samples.
The company was founded by Aodhán Cullen at the age of 16. Cullen received the "Internet Hero" award at the 2008 EircomGolden Spider Awards.[6][7] He was also named the 2007BusinessWeek "Young European Entrepreneur of the Year".[8][9]