Re: [weewx-user] Re: Roughly how many weewx users are there?

[Paul Dunphy]

    Thanks, Jonathan.  Those stations are the ones who voluntarily 
chose to register their station with the weewx registry.  That is a 
field in the weewx.conf file that defaults to not doing so, specifically:


    [[StationRegistry]]
    # To register this weather station with weewx, set this to true,
    # then fill out option 'station_url', located in the [Station] 
section above.

    register_this_station = false

    According to the weewx authors, there's no accurate way of knowing 
the number of active users.  They know the number of downloads of the 
software, the number of subscribers to the discussion group, etc.  None 
of these metrics indicate the correct number of active users.  Tom's 
"best guess" is about 10,000.


    When anyone asks me, I say "I believe around 10,000."

- Paul

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https://ve1dx.net/ <- Weather Station


On 2023-03-12 8:32 p.m., Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:

There are (about) 1727 URLs listed in the Station Map.

On Mon, 2022-08-15 at 11:20 -0700, Karen K wrote:
You may want to look at WeeWX station map 
.


WindnFog schrieb am Montag, 15. August 2022 um 20:07:26 UTC+2:
Do any developers have a ballpark figure of how many active 
instances of weewx are being used worldwide?  Now and then, people 
ask me how widely it's used.  I'd like to say "by about 1000, 5000, 
10,000."


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Re: [weewx-user] Re: Roughly how many weewx users are there?

[Jonathan Ryshpan]

There are (about) 1727 URLs listed in the Station Map.

On Mon, 2022-08-15 at 11:20 -0700, Karen K wrote:
> You may want to look at WeeWX station map.
> 
> WindnFog schrieb am Montag, 15. August 2022 um 20:07:26 UTC+2:
> > Do any developers have a ballpark figure of how many active
> > instances of weewx are being used worldwide?  Now and then, people
> > ask me how widely it's used.  I'd like to say "by about 1000, 5000,
> > 10,000." 

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[weewx-user] Re: Roughly how many weewx users are there?

[Rob Cranfill]

Aw, man, I'd forgotten about the default 'false' for register_this_station - 
I've been off the map for who-knows-how-long. :-( 

I guess I still haven't properly figured out how to merge my customizations 
when I do an update. My bad.

 /rob

On Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 5:05:56 PM UTC-7 stefa...@gmail.com wrote:

> Wow, that's impressive! I never thought there were that many downloads. 
> Its interesting to see the ratio of each version too!
>
>
> On Wednesday, 17 August 2022 at 13:00:45 UTC-4 matthew wall wrote:
>
>> and just for fun, here is a plot of the weewx version.  this is as 
>> reported by those who have enabled the registry - we have no way of knowing 
>> *all* weewx installations.
>>
>> [image: weewx-versions-220815.png]
>>
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[weewx-user] Re: Roughly how many weewx users are there?

[stefa...@gmail.com]

Wow, that's impressive! I never thought there were that many downloads. Its 
interesting to see the ratio of each version too!


On Wednesday, 17 August 2022 at 13:00:45 UTC-4 matthew wall wrote:

> and just for fun, here is a plot of the weewx version.  this is as 
> reported by those who have enabled the registry - we have no way of knowing 
> *all* weewx installations.
>
> [image: weewx-versions-220815.png]
>

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Re: [weewx-user] Re: Roughly how many weewx users are there?

[DR]

I am in deepest appreciation for the effort.  I have been thwarted in 
knowing sort of how it works, despite reading almost every comment 
here.  I have tried three different Learn Python books, and all are 
explaining the very basic stuff I know, then taking a big jump over my 
next step in understanding.  But the last one (blush, one of the 'python 
for dummies' ones, I'll admit it) is just about my pace. I'm up to the 
point of understanding data dictionaries and importing/exporting files, 
and think if I can master that, I'll be able to interface with a few 
more platforms and then be able to sleep at night!



I cannot imagine TK starting such a robust effort 'just' to learn a new 
programming language.  What an accomplishment, and we all have an 
incredibly versatile weather software program for it. Thank you.



On 8/15/2022 7:39 PM, HRM Resident wrote:
That’s close enough, Tom.  I like to promote it, so I think something 
like “Between 5 and 10 thousand” is a good response.  There’s no doubt 
in my mind that this far exceeded your expectations when you first 
kicked it off.  Also it’s a great example of the Deming cycle of 
continuous improvement, etc.


Thank you.

- Paul VE1DX


On Aug 15, 2022, at 8:53 PM, Tom Keffer  wrote:


There are 3,715 members of weewx-user.

We haven't measured downloads recently, but it usually runs 5-8,000 
per month.


I really don't have any idea how many active stations that adds up 
to. Maybe 10,000?


-tk

On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 11:40 AM vince  wrote:

Another measure might be how many folks are in the weewx-user
google group if Tom has that handy.

How many downloads probably isn't a great indicator since some
folks do lots of installations and docker builds and the like,
but I suspect that might be an interesting data point right after
a version roll that might set some kind of upper bound (although
everybody doesn't upgrade of course).

Oldest registered server seems to be 2.5.0 which was late 2013
vintage.  Can you say 'stable' ???

On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 11:24:31 AM UTC-7 WindnFog wrote:

Thanks, Karen.  I have many times but was hoping to avoid
counting the red dots! :-)  However, I just discovered on the
wiki that only about 1700 stations chose to register, and
since this is off by default, it's believed the number is
much higher.  I'll just say "multiple thousands" and refer
them to the map. That itself is impressive.

- Paul VE1DX

On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 3:20:08 PM UTC-3
kk44...@gmail.com wrote:

You may want to look at WeeWX station map
.

WindnFog schrieb am Montag, 15. August 2022 um 20:07:26
UTC+2:

Do any developers have a ballpark figure of how many
active instances of weewx are being used worldwide? 
Now and then, people ask me how widely it's used. 
I'd like to say "by about 1000, 5000, 10,000."

- Paul VE1DX

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Re: [weewx-user] Re: Roughly how many weewx users are there?

[HRM Resident]

That’s close enough, Tom.  I like to promote it, so I think something like 
“Between 5 and 10 thousand” is a good response.  There’s no doubt in my mind 
that this far exceeded your expectations when you first kicked it off.  Also 
it’s a great example of the Deming cycle of continuous improvement, etc.

Thank you.

- Paul VE1DX 

> On Aug 15, 2022, at 8:53 PM, Tom Keffer  wrote:
> 
> 
> There are 3,715 members of weewx-user.
> 
> We haven't measured downloads recently, but it usually runs 5-8,000 per month.
> 
> I really don't have any idea how many active stations that adds up to. Maybe 
> 10,000? 
> 
> -tk
> 
>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 11:40 AM vince  wrote:
>> Another measure might be how many folks are in the weewx-user google group 
>> if Tom has that handy.
>> 
>> How many downloads probably isn't a great indicator since some folks do lots 
>> of installations and docker builds and the like, but I suspect that might be 
>> an interesting data point right after a version roll that might set some 
>> kind of upper bound (although everybody doesn't upgrade of course).
>> 
>> Oldest registered server seems to be 2.5.0 which was late 2013 vintage.  Can 
>> you say 'stable' ???  
>> 
>>> On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 11:24:31 AM UTC-7 WindnFog wrote:
>>> Thanks, Karen.  I have many times but was hoping to avoid counting the red 
>>> dots! :-)  However, I just discovered on the wiki that only about 1700 
>>> stations chose to register, and since this is off by default, it's believed 
>>> the number is much higher.  I'll just say "multiple thousands" and refer 
>>> them to the map.  That itself is impressive.
>>> 
>>> - Paul VE1DX
>>> 
 On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 3:20:08 PM UTC-3 kk44...@gmail.com wrote:
 You may want to look at WeeWX station map.
 
 WindnFog schrieb am Montag, 15. August 2022 um 20:07:26 UTC+2:
> Do any developers have a ballpark figure of how many active instances of 
> weewx are being used worldwide?  Now and then, people ask me how widely 
> it's used.  I'd like to say "by about 1000, 5000, 10,000." 
> 
> - Paul VE1DX
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Re: [weewx-user] Re: Roughly how many weewx users are there?

[Tom Keffer]

There are 3,715 members of weewx-user.

We haven't measured downloads recently, but it usually runs 5-8,000 per
month.

I really don't have any idea how many active stations that adds up to.
Maybe 10,000?

-tk

On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 11:40 AM vince  wrote:

> Another measure might be how many folks are in the weewx-user google group
> if Tom has that handy.
>
> How many downloads probably isn't a great indicator since some folks do
> lots of installations and docker builds and the like, but I suspect that
> might be an interesting data point right after a version roll that might
> set some kind of upper bound (although everybody doesn't upgrade of course).
>
> Oldest registered server seems to be 2.5.0 which was late 2013 vintage.
> Can you say 'stable' ???
>
> On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 11:24:31 AM UTC-7 WindnFog wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Karen.  I have many times but was hoping to avoid counting the
>> red dots! :-)  However, I just discovered on the wiki that only about 1700
>> stations chose to register, and since this is off by default, it's believed
>> the number is much higher.  I'll just say "multiple thousands" and refer
>> them to the map.  That itself is impressive.
>>
>> - Paul VE1DX
>>
>> On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 3:20:08 PM UTC-3 kk44...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> You may want to look at WeeWX station map
>>> .
>>>
>>> WindnFog schrieb am Montag, 15. August 2022 um 20:07:26 UTC+2:
>>>
 Do any developers have a ballpark figure of how many active instances
 of weewx are being used worldwide?  Now and then, people ask me how widely
 it's used.  I'd like to say "by about 1000, 5000, 10,000."

 - Paul VE1DX

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[weewx-user] Re: Roughly how many weewx users are there?

[vince]

Another measure might be how many folks are in the weewx-user google group 
if Tom has that handy.

How many downloads probably isn't a great indicator since some folks do 
lots of installations and docker builds and the like, but I suspect that 
might be an interesting data point right after a version roll that might 
set some kind of upper bound (although everybody doesn't upgrade of course).

Oldest registered server seems to be 2.5.0 which was late 2013 vintage. 
 Can you say 'stable' ???  

On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 11:24:31 AM UTC-7 WindnFog wrote:

> Thanks, Karen.  I have many times but was hoping to avoid counting the red 
> dots! :-)  However, I just discovered on the wiki that only about 1700 
> stations chose to register, and since this is off by default, it's believed 
> the number is much higher.  I'll just say "multiple thousands" and refer 
> them to the map.  That itself is impressive.
>
> - Paul VE1DX
>
> On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 3:20:08 PM UTC-3 kk44...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> You may want to look at WeeWX station map 
>> .
>>
>> WindnFog schrieb am Montag, 15. August 2022 um 20:07:26 UTC+2:
>>
>>> Do any developers have a ballpark figure of how many active instances of 
>>> weewx are being used worldwide?  Now and then, people ask me how widely 
>>> it's used.  I'd like to say "by about 1000, 5000, 10,000." 
>>>
>>> - Paul VE1DX
>>>
>>

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[weewx-user] Re: Roughly how many weewx users are there?

[WindnFog]

Thanks, Karen.  I have many times but was hoping to avoid counting the red 
dots! :-)  However, I just discovered on the wiki that only about 1700 
stations chose to register, and since this is off by default, it's believed 
the number is much higher.  I'll just say "multiple thousands" and refer 
them to the map.  That itself is impressive.

- Paul VE1DX

On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 3:20:08 PM UTC-3 kk44...@gmail.com wrote:

> You may want to look at WeeWX station map 
> .
>
> WindnFog schrieb am Montag, 15. August 2022 um 20:07:26 UTC+2:
>
>> Do any developers have a ballpark figure of how many active instances of 
>> weewx are being used worldwide?  Now and then, people ask me how widely 
>> it's used.  I'd like to say "by about 1000, 5000, 10,000." 
>>
>> - Paul VE1DX
>>
>

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[weewx-user] Re: Roughly how many weewx users are there?

[Karen K]

You may want to look at WeeWX station map 
.

WindnFog schrieb am Montag, 15. August 2022 um 20:07:26 UTC+2:

> Do any developers have a ballpark figure of how many active instances of 
> weewx are being used worldwide?  Now and then, people ask me how widely 
> it's used.  I'd like to say "by about 1000, 5000, 10,000." 
>
> - Paul VE1DX
>

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