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The stats update will come next week. I'll be going on a trip soon and the new academic quarter just started. Here are the top ten languages by examples in the meantime:

1. Tcl - 353
2. Python - 319
3. Ruby - 310
4. J - 268
5. OCaml - 266
6. C - 263
7. Common Lisp - 263
8. Ada - 257
9. Perl - 254
10. Haskell - 254

Java dropped off and Common Lisp came up in a real way.

Not much happened this month in any of the stats that we graph. All steady as they go.

Another month, another stats update. Things have calmed down since the StumbleUpon activity spike, but we're still going. Let's check out dem numbers!

(Movable Type isn't as good with images as WordPress was...I'll try to figure it out for next month. For now they'll look a little squished.)

So we've moved on to Google Analytics rather than wiki stats. The advantages are that it keeps track of the stats for me so I don't have to fill out a spreadsheet every day, and it also doesn't register bot edits. The disadvantage is that it counts views for special pages. The stats have all started over at 0, and I'll be showing just visits, pageviews, and edits. On to the numbers!We got a nice big boost at the end of August from a StumbleUpon link to Ethiopian Multiplication. We still aren't sure where it got posted that it got such traffic, but the SU link itself is pretty old. We got a bunch of views and several new users around that time.This stat keeps track of the number of times people visit the site. They may see more than one page while they visit. Once again we see healthy activity near the end of the month.We didn't get a real burst in edits to accompany the SU activity. We were steadily getting about 30 edits a day through these two months.I'll be abandoning the top ten tasks by views also, since those were wiki views and were skewed.Top ten programming languages by number of examples

1. Tcl - 342
2. Python - 304
3. Ruby - 298
4. Common Lisp - 259
5. C - 252
6. OCaml - 251
7. Ada - 251
8. Perl - 242
9. J - 239
10. E - 230

Tcl stayed at the top. Java and AutoHotkey dropped off. Common Lisp and J rose up. E is in danger dropping from 7 to 10. OCaml avoided disaster rising from 10 to 6.

There was a MediaWiki and Wordpress upgrade at the beginning of the month. Other than that it was business as usual.It just keeps going. Short Circuit let me know that a lot of views probably won't show because of caching. He's granted me access to the Google Analytics stats, but those will come next update probably. I have to figure out how to interpret them.This one seems to be smoothing out a bit. No real anomalies this month.See that little bump around the beginning of July? The bots were off for the upgrade.That big dip is also from the bots being off. Other than that it seems to be staying at the same level as last month.This stat actually did go up very slightly when the bots were off, but then it was back to its usual routine.Top ten tasks by all time views:

1. IsNumeric ‎(19,949 views)
2. Assigning Values to an Array ‎(16,055 views)
3. Change string case ‎(15,382 views)
4. Execute a System Command ‎(15,374 views)
5. Tokenizing A String ‎(15,174 views)
6. File I/O ‎(12,880 views)
7. Sorting an Array of Integers ‎(11,202 views)
8. Bubble Sort ‎(10,681 views)
9. Creating an Associative Array ‎(10,541 views)
10. Creating an Array ‎(10,495 views)

Execute a System Command and Tokenizing a String swapped, but the rest stayed the same.Top ten programming languages by number of examples:

1. Tcl - 326
2. Python - 289
3. Ruby - 268
4. C - 248
5. Ada - 243
6. Perl - 237
7. E - 221
8. Java - 219
9. AutoHotkey - 218
10. OCaml - 217

Haskell dropped off and C rose up. Tcl is still safely at the top.

Stats time kids. We've had pushes for Mathematica, Ursala, Slate, and MATLAB in the last month. How will that affect the stats? Let's go to the math!Yep, it's pretty much the same. The Steady Eddie of all stats. Is that a variation there in the middle of June? No, I don't think so.Still looks like a REEEEALLLY slow climb up overall, but still pretty much the same. I think those last three dips are all on weekends. You don't have to restrict your RC use to when you're bored at work. What's more fun on a Saturday night than writing Multiplicative order in C?I think this is still dominated by bots. We really need to fix that. Can anyone help?It looks like this one actually picked up a bit near the end of May and continued it through June. Take about 2400 off for bot over-editing (about 400 edits six times a day) after the end of March and you'll see that we're getting more edit activity.It's almost leveled off. Just imagine how it'll change when the bot gets fixed.Top ten tasks by all time views:

1. IsNumeric ‎(19,115 views)
2. Assigning Values to an Array ‎(15,796 views)
3. Change string case ‎(15,081 views)
4. Tokenizing A String ‎(14,808 views)
5. Execute a System Command ‎(14,697 views)
6. File I/O ‎(12,588 views)
7. Sorting an Array of Integers ‎(10,915 views)
8. Bubble Sort ‎(10,252 views)
9. Creating an Associative Array ‎(10,156 views)
10. Creating an Array ‎(10,121 views)

The bottom two swapped, but that's it. Apparently visitors are most concerned with whether a string can be translated into a number or not.I don't think tasks by all time edits was really that informative. If you want it back, ask.Top ten programming languages by number of examples:

1. Tcl - 315
2. Python - 277
3. Ruby - 244
4. Ada - 236
5. C - 233
6. Perl - 231
7. OCaml - 212
8. Java - 210
9. AutoHotkey - 201
10. Haskell - 199

D and ALGOL 68 got knocked off in favor of Ruby and AutoHotKey. AHK had a huge push once it came to RC. Tcl remained solidly on top.PS: Thanks to Glennj for the Ruby example that helped me quickly get the top ten languages.

This one counts for double. Last month I had a lot of coursework to do so I didn't do a stats update, but I still kept all the data. Let's go to the charts:So views have been growing pretty steadily since the stats posts have started. At some point, there will be more of a push for popularity.The trendline shows a small increase over time, but  wouldn't get in a fuss about it.Can you guess when the bots started? Right now, the main editing bot, ImplSearchBot, edits way more pages than it needs to. A fix has been planned, but the owner of the bot hasn't had time. Anyone who would like to help can talk to Short Circuit about it.This stat is heavily influenced by the bots as well. More human edits should be coming up with the addition of language feature parameters to the language template. It might be nice if someone could fit those features into a spiffy-looking div (talk to Short Circuit about your plans). Once that is all worked out, we may even get a new sidebar link.This one is taking a hard hit with the bots. We were over 60 back at the beginning of the year, but now we are down to single digits. We either need more people using the site, or fewer edits from the bots. Both would be best.Now on to the top ten lists:Ten most popular tasks by all-time views:

1. isNumeric
2. Assigning Values to an Array
3. Change string case
4. Tokenizing A String
5. Execute a System Command
6. File I/O
7. Sorting an Array of Integers
8. Bubble Sort
9. Creating an Array
10. Creating an Associative Array

Bubble Sort and Creating an Array have swapped.Ten most popular tasks by all-time edits:

1. Creating an Array
2. IsNumeric
3. Apply a callback to an Array
4. Conditional Structures
5. Empty Program
6. String Character Length
7. User Output - text
8. User Input
9. Control Structures
10. Creating a Window

Sum of Array dropped off the list and Creating a Window entered at number ten. Empty Program, User Output - text,  and Conditional Structures moved up the list.Top ten most prolific languages on RC by number of examples:

1. Tcl 291
2. Python 255
3. Ada 224
4. C 220
5. Perl 213
6. OCaml 203
7. ALGOL 68 196
8. Haskell 196
9. Java 193
10. D 182

Ruby (at 162) was pushed off the bottom of the list by Tcl coming out of nowhere and implementing all but four tasks on RC. All others stayed in the same order, but with more examples.

The good news: we are getting more views per day. The bad news: bots do crazy things to edit counts. Trendlines in black as usual.As you can see, we have a nice steady increase in page views. We should hit 2M sometime soon.The trendline shows a small increase in views per day. I have also noticed a few new users recently. The site may be getting more popular.ImplSearchBot really took over at the end of the month. I thought previously that edits that didn't change anything weren't counted, but that's not how it works with API calls. Edit stats will be skewed until this can be fixed.Ten most popular tasks by all-time views:

1. isNumeric
2. Assigning Values to an Array
3. Change string case
4. Tokenizing A String
5. Execute a System Command
6. File I/O
7. Sorting an Array of Integers
8. Creating an Array
9. Bubble Sort
10. Creating an Associative Array

Empty Program has moved off the bottom of the list and Sorting an Array of Integers has shot into 7th.Ten most popular tasks by all-time edits:

1. Creating an Array
2. Apply a callback to an Array
3. IsNumeric
4. String Character Length
5. Conditional Structures
6. Control Structures
7. User Input
8. Empty Program
9. Sum of Array
10. User Output - text

Top ten most prolific languages on RC by number of examples:

1. Python 230
2. Ada 216
3. OCaml 200
4. C 196
5. Perl 192
6. Haskell 189
7. Java 179
8. D 174
9. ALGOL 68 167
10. Ruby 156

D moved quickly into 8th and pushed Forth off the list.

It's that time of the month. Time to pay rent and time for stats. This month new bots have pushed up edit counts and posts on programming reddit may have pushed up view counts.(Apologies for weird, different-looking graphs this time around. I had to use another computer to make them.)Trend lines have been added for these graphs in black just for more information. Regular bots (starting mid-February) have affected edits stats. The addition of the proggit template may have affected viewership, though.Ten most popular tasks by all-time views:

1. isNumeric
2. Assigning Values to an Array
3. Change string case
4. Tokenizing A String
5. Execute a System Command
6. File I/O
7. Creating an Array
8. Bubble Sort
9. Creating an Associative Array
10. Empty Program

Ten most popular tasks by all-time edits:

1. Creating an Array
2. Apply a callback to an Array
3. IsNumeric
4. String Character Length
5. Control Structures
6. Conditional Structures
7. Sum of Array
8. Empty Program
9. User Output - text
10. User Input

Top ten most prolific languages on RC by number of examples:

1. Python 222
2. Ada 209
3. OCaml 194
4. Perl 187
5. Haskell 183
6. C 182
7. Java 173
8. Ruby 155
9. ALGOL 68 148
10. Forth 141

Keep those programming examples coming. The world must learn.

We have the data. We can make the site better, stronger, faster.

I'll be putting together some monthly statistics from now on. I've been collecting numbers from the wiki statistics page and I've made some neat graphs. I'll also list the ten most popular tasks by views and edits. Numbers are collected daily and kept for all time. "Top ten"s are compiled at the time of the post. Views and edits per day graphs are graphs of change since the last day. If there are any other stats you'd like to see, let me know here. Ready for the math? Here it is:It is worth noting that on 1/29 the GeSHi fixes were nearly complete and the Code Tag Fixer task had started getting use. This explains the spikes in edits after that day.The spike in edits was not coupled with a spike in page views, so the views per edit stat fell sharply.Ten most popular tasks by all-time views:

1. isNumeric
2. Assigning Values to an Array
3. Change string case
4. Tokenizing A String
5. Execute a System Command
6. File I/O
7. Creating an Array
8. Bubble Sort
9. Empty Program
10. Creating an Associative Array

Ten most popular tasks by all-time edits:

1. Creating an Array
2. Apply a callback to an Array
3. IsNumeric
4. String Character Length
5. Control Structures
6. Sum of Array
7. Conditional Structures
8. Empty Program
9. User Output - text
10. User Input

So that's the state of the site's popularity. If there are other stats you'd like to see, leave a comment. I'll be back with more stats next month.