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Download statistics for addons developers

November 15, 2012 · by Karolina Dobromiła Jeleń

We've had a lot of requests for this feature. We knew that developers of addons want to see detailed statistics of downloads of their creations to see how popular they are. For a long time we had nothing to offer but this has changed! So, if you're an author of an extension or a theme, check out the new download statistics page. Go to your developer's dashboard ("My uploads") and click on the number of downloads which is now a link to the statistics page. There you can:
- see a graph representing downloads per week, over a period of one year,
- hover over this graph to see the number of downloads for a specific week, detailed by version numbers if there is more than one,
- see the same data in a table form - click on "Show the table" to expand,
- download the data as JSON or CSV file - it contains more detailed data on daily downloads

The feature was implemented by our summer intern, Fredik Ludvigsen. He's written a blog post about it on his own blog.
We're aware that this is just a very basic tool for statistics and we would like to improve it in the future. We're interested in all the feedback we can get - let us know what you think in the comments below!





Edit:
You can also keep track of your submitted addons using this neat extension from our catalog. Install the Addons Download Counter, and you can see at a glance if any of your addons have been downloaded or reviewed recently. It updates each time you visit your 'My uploads' page, so you can stay up to date with the feedback your users have left for you. Use it together with our new statistics graphs, and you'll find it's never been easier to keep track of your submitted addons!

Thanks to Michael Clelland for pointing it out!

Readers' comments 8

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  • ZotlanThursday, November 15, 2012 11:58:47 AM

    Nice! This feeds my addiction to graphs p

    Incidentally, why is there no direct link to the extensions from the "my uploads" page?
  • sirnh1Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:00:05 PM

    Looks nice, and since we are talking about statistics...any plans for more detailed Statistics for each blog?
  • Martin KadlecThursday, November 15, 2012 12:10:04 PM

    Opera interns save the day bigsmile
  • metudeThursday, November 15, 2012 2:38:48 PM

    Where they come from would be nice feature.
  • Manuel Andreas KuhnThursday, November 15, 2012 2:42:32 PM

    Thank you wink
  • Karolina Dobromiła JeleńThursday, November 15, 2012 2:50:27 PM

    Originally posted by metude:

    Where they come from would be nice feature.



    What do you mean? As in, from which country?
  • metudeThursday, November 15, 2012 9:21:28 PM

    Originally posted by zinah:

    What do you mean? As in, from which country?


    I mean how they get download page, in my blog post, direct url or from a news in chooseopera etc...
  • Eli MitchellSaturday, November 17, 2012 10:40:41 PM

    This will be a tremendously useful feature. Thank you, Fredik!

About this article

Published inAdd-ons blog
DateNovember 15, 2012
AuthorKarolina Dobromiła Jeleń
OriginalInternet Archive