StatCounter

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title: "StatCounter" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["online-companies-of-ireland", "web-analytics", "companies-based-in-dublin-(city)"] description: "Company that analyzes web traffic" topic_path: "geography/ireland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StatCounter" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Company that analyzes web traffic ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox website"]

Field	Value
name	Statcounter
logo	StatCounter logo.svg
screenshot	Statcounter homepage.PNG
collapsible	Yes
collapsetext	Screenshot
caption	Screenshot of section of website
url

| | commercial | Yes | | type | Web traffic analysis | | registration | Not required for basic access | | owner | Aodhán Cullen | | author | Aodhán Cullen | | launch_date | | | current_status | Active | ::

| name = Statcounter | logo = StatCounter logo.svg | logocaption = | screenshot = Statcounter homepage.PNG | collapsible = Yes | collapsetext = Screenshot | caption = Screenshot of section of website | url =

| commercial = Yes | type = Web traffic analysis | registration = Not required for basic access | content_license = | owner = Aodhán Cullen | author = Aodhán Cullen | launch_date = | revenue = | current_status = Active | footnotes =

StatCounter is a web traffic analysis website started in 1999. Access to basic services is free to use and advanced services can cost between and US$119 a month. StatCounter is based in Dublin, Ireland. The statistics from StatCounter are used to compute web usage share for example. , StatCounter is used on 0.9% of all websites.

StatCounter statistics are directly derived from hits—as opposed to unique visitors—from 3 million sites, which use StatCounter, resulting in total hits of more than 15 billion per month. No artificial weightings are used to correct for sampling bias, thus the numbers in the statistics can not be considered to be representative samples.

The company was founded by Aodhán Cullen at the age of 16. Cullen received the "Internet Hero" award at the 2008 Eircom Golden Spider Awards. He was also named the 2007 BusinessWeek "Young European Entrepreneur of the Year".

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