Opera By the Numbers

April 11, 2012 · by Anna Rohleder

Here at Opera, we like to think that we know a thing or two about data. We crunch it and compress it and get it down to size in the interests of our users. But what about the data behind us as a company? Recently we started poking around our headquarters to come up with some numbers that provide a glimpse into our collective heart and soul.

And although some of these stats are just from the Oslo office, they do suggest that, overall, we are diehard coffee drinkers with a fondness for houseplants and more than our fair share of spare shoes.

A lot of spare shoes for one Opera employee.

Readers' comments 58

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TamilWednesday, April 11, 2012 1:56:17 PM
Man hours per week is wrong & friday is missing.
Martin KadlecWednesday, April 11, 2012 2:06:55 PM
I'm surprised at the number of bike ridding employees. Where do you store 60 bicycles every day?
Alexodius PrimeWednesday, April 11, 2012 2:17:03 PM
Originally posted by Tamil:

Man hours per week is wrong

Yes, it looks like it is.
nayWednesday, April 11, 2012 2:28:59 PM
CristianWednesday, April 11, 2012 2:34:30 PM
Haha. Nice numbers.
CoyoteeWednesday, April 11, 2012 2:39:32 PM
(512*2)/91=11.25 Shoes per plant in the Oslo Office and no overtime
1 employee works 7.5 hours in 1 day
750 employees work 5,625 hours in 1 day
750 employees work 28,125 hours in 1 week (5 days/wk)
750 employees work 1,462,500 hours in 1 year (52 wks/yr-no holidays nor vacation)
Thu WinWednesday, April 11, 2012 2:43:12 PM
What's with all the spare shoes? Do people lose them that much?
Diego Schild SmithsWednesday, April 11, 2012 2:49:40 PM
Only 60 employees ride their bikes to Opera HQ?
Anna RohlederWednesday, April 11, 2012 3:09:50 PM
Originally posted by wikipedian:

What's with all the spare shoes? Do people lose them that much?

It's not that people lose their shoes, but the weather in Norway requires outdoor footwear you wouldn't want to wear inside!
LeeviWednesday, April 11, 2012 3:30:54 PM
Spare shoes? Why do so many people have spare shoes (I would understand if walkers/bicyclists would keep spares) or are there just few individuals who are messing up the statistics with their shoe collections.
d4rkn1ghtWednesday, April 11, 2012 3:45:49 PM
Wow about the shoes!!
Muneer Hassan AbdullaWednesday, April 11, 2012 4:11:42 PM
Yeni SetiawanWednesday, April 11, 2012 4:20:00 PM
So you guys have 3 kg of used coffee per day, and that can be used as fertilizer for your 91 plants
NimeshWednesday, April 11, 2012 5:04:21 PM
8% employees riding bike

How many use private cars to drive to office?
FabioWednesday, April 11, 2012 5:53:38 PM
nice numbers, bad infohraphic
miiroWednesday, April 11, 2012 5:55:57 PM
Hilsen fra Finland! I was surprised by the small amount of coffee drank - here it is more than common to drink a pot of coffee per day per worker. :)
Johan BorgWednesday, April 11, 2012 5:57:00 PM
Originally posted by nimeshthakkar:

8% employees riding bike

How many use private cars to drive to office?
Less than bikes, judging from the size of the garage I usually walk to work - or take a bus if the weather gives me an excuse...
hobeWednesday, April 11, 2012 6:05:22 PM
you guys work only 37.5 hrs/week. No wonder we are still waiting for an Opera 12.00 release
LuxorWednesday, April 11, 2012 6:26:16 PM
285.7 cups of coffee.
That's almost my daily intake.
DasRakelWednesday, April 11, 2012 6:30:28 PM
Originally posted by BS-Harou:

I'm surprised at the number of bike ridding employees. Where do you store 60 bicycles every day?

Where would you store 16 cars? There.
JohnWednesday, April 11, 2012 7:03:33 PM
Nice Post. I love the little red icons!
Ruarí ØdegaardWednesday, April 11, 2012 7:06:56 PM
Originally posted by tekonaza:

Only 60 employees ride their bikes to Opera HQ?

Doubtful. I think I know how they worked out that number and I suspect I am not included despite the fact that I cycle every day, rain or snow and even when temperatures drop waaayy below freezing.
АртемWednesday, April 11, 2012 7:12:51 PM
http://my.opera.com/community/signup/
Nastassja BengtssonWednesday, April 11, 2012 7:19:36 PM
Originally posted by Leevi:

Spare shoes? Why do so many people have spare shoes (I would understand if walkers/bicyclists would keep spares) or are there just few individuals who are messing up the statistics with their shoe collections.

Dude, it is not so comfortable to have outdoor footwear inside offices or can be too hot to sit all the day in boots during the winter, for example.
Nastassja BengtssonWednesday, April 11, 2012 7:23:10 PM
Originally posted by ruario:

Originally posted by tekonaza:
Only 60 employees ride their bikes to Opera HQ?

Doubtful. I think I know how they worked out that number and I suspect I am not included despite the fact that I cycle every day, rain or snow and even when temperatures drop waaayy below freezing.
Did they count all the bikes they could find around? )) I don't think they would ask everyone if one's rides the bike to work.
Govani G.S.OWednesday, April 11, 2012 8:52:11 PM
Joachim BlaabjergWednesday, April 11, 2012 11:36:28 PM
What unit is the "data saved per page" stat in?
slackwrdaveThursday, April 12, 2012 12:42:26 AM
All in all, Opera Software seems like a company that still lets people bring some humanness to work with them. Try to keep that as long as you can! It reflects very nicely on the products and services offered.
Anton TsigularovThursday, April 12, 2012 5:49:14 AM
They might have only counted the bikes in the garage, or the ones signed up for the yearly 'Bike to work' campaign, which happens in Oslo. I'm pretty sure I'm not on that list, so expect a lot more bikes in total

And yeah... I did forget a pair of heavy winter shoes in the office
HåkonThursday, April 12, 2012 6:37:39 AM
2^9 pairs of shoes!
Johan RasténThursday, April 12, 2012 8:20:48 AM
I'd like to see graphs for operating system preferences (I'm estimating ~90% Linux here in the Gothenburg office, but we do have a lot of programmers) and number of people who speak Japanese.
huxrThursday, April 12, 2012 9:08:01 AM
Would have been fun, but "man hours" = "person hours" is only TRUE IF N={Opera employees} is a subset of M={all men in the world}.

I suggest you check your maths.
robkawThursday, April 12, 2012 10:10:48 AM
Originally posted by huxr:

I suggest you check your maths.
And I suggest you check your dictionary...
man
1. An adult male human.
2. A human regardless of sex or age; a person.
...
Shankar Narayanan SGSThursday, April 12, 2012 1:00:04 PM
awesome
Yeni SetiawanThursday, April 12, 2012 1:09:59 PM
I'm thinking that most comments here are from Opera employees
DillonThursday, April 12, 2012 2:31:39 PM
The data saved per page needs a unit... though it looks like it's probably bytes. The use of B and b together is also a little confusing.
LeeviThursday, April 12, 2012 4:01:07 PM
Originally posted by Avantasia:

Dude, it is not so comfortable to have outdoor footwear inside offices or can be too hot to sit all the day in boots during the winter, for example.

Oh, silly me.
Thu WinThursday, April 12, 2012 4:34:44 PM
Originally posted by sandalian:

I'm thinking that most comments here are from Opera employees

Well I'm not
Diego Schild SmithsFriday, April 13, 2012 12:17:37 AM
Originally posted by borg:

Less than bikes, judging from the size of the garage I usually walk to work - or take a bus if the weather gives me an excuse...

Originally posted by Avantasia:

Originally posted by ruario:
Originally posted by tekonaza:
Only 60 employees ride their bikes to Opera HQ?
Doubtful. I think I know how they worked out that number and I suspect I am not included despite the fact that I cycle every day, rain or snow and even when temperatures drop waaayy below freezing.
Did they count all the bikes they could find around? )) I don't think they would ask everyone if one's rides the bike to work.

This is very good.

I love this attitude of the Nordic countries.
Phillip Robert O'ConnerFriday, April 13, 2012 12:55:35 AM
God That Lots Of Number.U R Whizzes Through All That.
praetor87Friday, April 13, 2012 11:24:46 AM
Friday beer widget should be basic at Opera
Johan RasténFriday, April 13, 2012 1:31:46 PM
Originally posted by Astrophizz:

The data saved per page needs a unit... though it looks like it's probably bytes. The use of B and b together is also a little confusing.

Looking at my phone I have 71% data savings in Mini and according to Google ( https://developers.google.com/speed/articles/web-metrics ) the average page size is 320kB, which leads to a theoretical average savings of 227kB per page.
klerupt danielSaturday, April 14, 2012 12:12:11 PM
Cutting SpoonSunday, April 15, 2012 1:11:37 AM
Number of games consoles? I believe that quite a few have been mentioned.
Paula BabbicolaSunday, April 15, 2012 8:51:24 PM
Ohhh I SO want to work there. I have a new objective in my life xD.
MarkusSunday, April 15, 2012 9:12:07 PM
wow
The Matrix ReloadedMonday, April 16, 2012 4:59:48 PM
BoshnjakiTuesday, April 17, 2012 11:57:09 AM
yeah that's true
enginepartsWednesday, April 18, 2012 6:29:03 AM
Originally posted by Coyotee:

(512*2)/91=11.25 Shoes per plant in the Oslo Office and no overtime
1 employee works 7.5 hours in 1 day
750 employees work 5,625 hours in 1 day
750 employees work 28,125 hours in 1 week (5 days/wk)
750 employees work 1,462,500 hours in 1 year (52 wks/yr-no holidays nor vacation)
Last time I looked there was 7 days in a week. I can't imagine the Opera offices being a 9am to 5pm 5 day a week switch off the lights when the last person goes home on Friday kind of place. 750 x 37.5 / 7 = 4017 Close enough for me. Now how many people work there. . . . Oh about half.
freellancerrrWednesday, April 18, 2012 12:07:57 PM
Использую опера как дополнительный браузер с 2006 года, но после последней ситуации близко на моей аппаратуре ее не будет. Стоит UC web, и стояла опера 6.0 (обновил ее до 6.5, теперь реклама оперы и в UCweb лезет), удачи в разработках, главное не позорьтесь что бы не приходилось чисть всю систему из за ваших идей