Who Reads This Blog? Traffic Breakdown by OS
Who’s reading this blog, and what are they running? I pulled month of site visitor stats to find out.
The Breakdown
Here’s the operating system split across all visitors over the last month or so:
| Operating System | Users | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | 12,292 | 53.6% |
| iOS | 3,846 | 16.8% |
| macOS | 3,732 | 16.3% |
| Android | 1,919 | 8.4% |
| Linux | 420 | 1.8% |
| Chrome OS | 53 | 0.2% |
| Other / Unknown | 677 | 2.9% |
Total: 22,939 users over 90 days.
Windows Still Dominates, But Apple is a Third of the Audience
Windows takes a commanding lead at 53.6%. No surprise there: most of the content here covers workstation builds, local LLMs, and developer tools where Windows and Linux dominate.
But combine macOS and iOS and Apple users account for 33% of all visitors. That’s one out of every three readers on Apple hardware.
The macOS desktop crowd is particularly engaged. They average more sessions per user than Windows visitors, which suggests they’re coming back for more rather than bouncing after a single page.
The Long Tail
Linux at 1.8% feels low for a tech blog, but it tracks with the content mix and some of my stuff is pretty basic howto and NOT Linux based. Specifically, most Linux users searching for developer tooling probably aren’t landing on posts about MacBook benchmarks or TurboTax bugs. 😅
Chrome OS barely registers. Android is respectable at 8.4%, which lines up with the mobile iOS traffic: people searching for quick fixes on their phones.
What This Means for Future Content
The Windows majority means workstation builds, Claude Code guides, and random tech tips will keep being the core of this blog.
But the 33% Apple share is hard to ignore. Recent MacBook Neo coverage has been pulling steady search traffic, and those readers are clearly sticking around. Expect more Apple and Mac content going forward, especially where it intersects with AI and developer workflows.
If you’re one of the 420 Linux readers: I see you. You are not forgotten. 👍👍