StatCounter
{{Short description|Company that analyzes web traffic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Irish English|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Statcounter
| logo = StatCounter logo.svg
| logocaption =
| screenshot = Statcounter homepage.PNG
| collapsible = Yes
| collapsetext = Screenshot
| caption = Screenshot of section of website
| url = {{URL|https://statcounter.com}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = Web traffic analysis
| registration = Not required for basic access
| content_license =
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1999}}
| revenue =
| current_status = Active
| footnotes =
}}
StatCounter is a web traffic analysis website started in 1999. Access to basic services is free to use and advanced services can cost between {{currency|5|US}} and US$119 a month.{{cite book | title=Twitter Marketing for Dummies | series=--For Dummies | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | location=Hoboken, New Jersey | author=Lacy, Kyle | page=[https://archive.org/details/twittermarketing0000lacy/page/93 93] | year=2011 | isbn=9780470930571 | url=https://archive.org/details/twittermarketing0000lacy/page/93 }} StatCounter is based in Dublin, Ireland. The statistics from StatCounter are used to compute web usage share for example.{{cite web | url=http://gs.statcounter.com/ | title=StatCounter Global Stats | publisher=StatCounter | access-date=22 August 2012 }} {{As of|2019|05}}, StatCounter is used on 0.9% of all websites.{{cite web | title=Usage statistics and market share of StatCounter for websites | url=http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/ta-statcounter/all/all | website=W3Techs | publisher=Q-Success | access-date=26 May 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526190033/https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/ta-statcounter/all/all | archive-date=26 May 2019}}
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.{{cite web | url=http://gs.statcounter.com/faq#methodology | title=FAQ | at=What methodology is used to calculate StatCounter Global Stats? | website=StatCounter | access-date=8 January 2015 }} 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.{{cite news | work=TechCentral.ie | publisher=MediaTeam | date=21 November 2008 | url=http://www.techcentral.ie/article.aspx?id=12820 | title=eircom Golden Spiders announced | url-status=dead | archive-date=19 November 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119064451/http://www.techcentral.ie/article.aspx?id=12820 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.leemunroe.com/golden-spider-awards-2008-winners/ | at=Internet Hero | access-date=8 January 2015 | title=Golden Spider Awards 2008 Winners | date=November 2008 | author=Munroe, Lee | type=blog }} He was also named the 2007 BusinessWeek "Young European Entrepreneur of the Year".{{cite news | author=Reinhardt, Andy | author2=Schenker, Jennifer L. | title=Europe's Young Entrepreneurs 2007 | department=Global Economics | work=Bloomberg Businessweek | date=1 June 2007 | url=http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2007-06-01/europes-young-entrepreneurs-2007businessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024043450/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2007-06-01/europes-young-entrepreneurs-2007businessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 October 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/item/8521-the-friday-interview-aodha|title=The Friday interview: Aodhan Cullen, StatCounter|author=John Kennedy|publisher=siliconrepublic.com|date=3 August 2007|access-date=21 September 2012}}