November Wrap-Up
Before we get to the stats, I should mention that at the top of my thankful-for list this Thanksgiving was our growing group of Automatticians. These are the folks who bring you the awesome features and improvements that you see here every month.
Last month we launched geolocation for profiles and posts, introduced a new P2, opened up our new translation platform, GlotPress, and launched email subscriptions. We also announced proofreading support in the HTML editor, rolled out some improvements to rssCloud, launched a video contest, and had a Black Friday sale on our upgrades.
Now to the stats:
- 509,048 blogs were created.
- 6,380,052 posts were published.
- 483,127 new users joined.
- 7,245,509 file uploads.
- 4,728 gigabytes of new files.
- 865 terabytes of content transferred from our datacenters.
- 1,720,604 comments.
- 7,516,584 logins.
- 1,390,120,928 pageviews on WordPress.com, and another 1,491,289,510 on self-hosted blogs (2,881,410,438 total across all WordPress blogs we track).
- 2,385,255 active blogs and 25,596,165 active posts, where “active” means they got a human visitor.
- 1,526,632,774 words.
More stuff:
There were more than 222 million unique visitors to WordPress.com in November, according to Quantcast.
The current top three languages on WordPress.com, excluding English, are Spanish (7.6%), Portuguese (4.6%), and Indonesian (4.5%).
We made speed improvements, UI enhancements, and added video library support to WordPress for BlackBerry.
WordCamp New York had a whopping 700+ attendees. Other WordCamps in November: WordCamp Phoenix, WordCamp Victoria, and WordCamp Bangkok.
Upcoming WordCamps: WordCamp Peru and WordCamp Orlando.
WordPress.com News 
Nice to see so much activity. A billion and a half words and we still have a lot more to say! Cheers!
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Very Goooooooooooooooood WordPress The Top
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WordPress is simply awesome. I think this is the only company that has successfully beaten up the giant company, Google, out there. I think Google should shut down blogger and start using wordpress on its blogs.
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Impressive data as always. I am soon shifting two of my blogs to self hosting by the way. 🙂
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My country got the third rank of the top three languages at wordpress. Heh, it seemed there were so many users came from my country…
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this was a great month for wordpress.com , featuring lots of new features. I really liked the email subscription, and the geo tagging feature. Proofreading support in html view was great, as i only use the html viewer, so i can now use the proofreading feature.
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Holy carp! That’s a lot of fish!!!
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Wow…the world is talking and I like that!
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u guys keep growing…happy to be apart of a big family
i never get a lot of comments though lol
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Congratulation Matt.
As Indonesian citizen I’m proud Bahasa Indonesia or in short Bahasa be one of top three languages…
Thanks a lot WP.com for this great (post)modernization work.
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The dramatically improved contextual Help section in the Dashboard is really something to kvell* about. It rocks! Keep up the good work WordPress.com!
* http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kvell
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Awesome November and blessings for more 2come!
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I am really happy with the amount of people visiting WordPress.
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Thank you so much. I have found my writer’s voice through WordPress. It is a life changing experience and utterly absorbing. The technicalities are easy. Richard Buller
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These features are the reason I joined WordPress and remain here. For a non-techie, or a techie, this is THE place to be. Thanks for listening to all the user suggestions and making most of the changes accessible to those of us not skilled in CSS or design.
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Possible to add that Flash, falling snow to our blogs?
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Yep, you can add it to a WordPress.com blog from the Appearance > Extras page or download the Snowstorm JavaScript for a WordPress.org blog.
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Those are some mind blog-o-ling numbers – Glad I can count my new blog among them!
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I love WordPress. It so useful for my work.
Thank for these news!
Ana – Buenos Aires (Argentina)
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hey, be careful! As it seems there’s some snow 🙂
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6 million posts…wow
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Impressive!
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wow!! great stats!
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Impressive month. Do you guys take it easy in December or are more improvements on the way?
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Great to hear! Im also a newbie!
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Dang!
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Nice, I especially love the stat saying that there were more blog posts than comments. So true, hardly anyone ever comments on my posts anyway.
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The number is great this time of the year i love it
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As a brand new blogger, I like what I see. So far so good – so easy!
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WordPress is definitely the best blogging platform by far.
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Very cool to see these numbers!
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Nice to see WordPress is growing in strength. The more the merrier!
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Very impressive!
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Seeing all these figures, comes to my mind the famous song of Kansas music group called “Dust in the wind”.
Sooo many people in the world…
Greetings!
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This has been a great experience for me, I have been blogging for 3 months now and the networking, growth and inspiration from committing to this has been phenominal. thank you. nadia
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The stats look like numbers — each number is a real person with ideas and words to share… Thank you for all the improvements to meet so many needs.
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That’s good! WordPress is the best!
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amazing! happy holidays! and thanks again for the snow!
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Nice one…look at that soaring stats, good job…
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Wow! The stats are impressive!
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hmm… Indonesia always include to the BIG three or five in da world.
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Keep up the top work WordPress… you’re making my online experience even better! =]
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I love WordPress! Thank you!
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very very nice wordpress….keep up the good work guys!
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Congratulations! I just want to say since I joined I could not be happier. Yes, the world is sharing and thanks to the article in the Artist’s Magazine (January/February 2010) I found you! Keep up the great work. I know I am thankful for all that you do!
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Siple,easy,corporatif……
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Cool stats! I’m proud to be wp-er 😉
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You guys rock! Thanks for the great service.
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WordPress… you just keep me smiling!!
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WordPress is awesome, you’re making a great experience for me…
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A big yay for Portuguese being on the top #3 languages on WordPress! I contribute for that! 😉
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^0^ You guys are so cool!!!! WordPress,Great fun !!! I become a fan of this the first time i see it on the web:)
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WOW!!!!!Wordpress is a POPULAR site making website!I hope everyone makes a great site!;)
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Yay, Im inlcuded in this!
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That’s nice!!! Congratulations!!!
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Great job!
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I don’t understand using WordPress yet
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Never fear! We have help for you! Start with the WordPress.com Introduction. 🙂
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I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Am I ever glad I did. What great stats WordPress has!!! Keep up the good work.
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Wow!
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Started 3 days ago and had 4 hits the 1st day and had 20 today. Added the subscribe button. And an app to help support the troops. I’m making progress…
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Hi to all
I am just now getting to appreciate WP..
Got some “catching up” to work on.
Looks and feels good.
Mary
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Congrats to all of us that make it happen, especially the staff for the new stuff, which I am using. I was glad to see the edit feature. You just keep making it easier. keep up the good work.
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Matt,
Thanks for all your hard work!
Have a Merry Christmas and get some rest!
Mona
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good!!!!!
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woow..its great to hear My mother language (indonesian/bahasa) to become The current top three languages on WordPress.com
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I don’t know about those numbers… can we get a recount?
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Sounds GooD……..
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Amazing!
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Thank you for the wonderful resource.
I am sure that the seeming ease that prevails here – the result of hard work inspired people. I wish you continued success, development and prosperity to the joy of WordPress bloggers.
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good job!
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I wish Philippine would also have snow every Christmas…
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I keep beating my chest out here that WordPress is simply the best…WordPressing is the way of life!
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WP self installs are not counted !!
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good job…
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I’m already addicted to WordPress – and have only recently joined the world of blogging. You guys make it so easy, you’re all stars…have a safe and happy festive season.
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great work guys…easy to set up and fun themes to choose from.
Thank you for your work…keep up the creative genius that makes
your guys special
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Keep doing great jobs, WP team!
I’ve tried other blog engine before. Once i tried WP, i fall in love! 😉
– Indonesia –
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just 2 words for WP –> “simply awesome” !! 🙂
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And now I’m a part of it!
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thanks many thanks
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I am happy to be part of WP, people get to see my work along with the places we go.
It`s also good to see what others do.
(Sorry Blogger, I just could not get on with you)
Heiko
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Cool, this is my first blog, WP is really user friendly, Erik, Sweden
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Was thinking off .. for a while. Even have started once before. let me see how i will be consistent this time.
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Just a suggestion, you should make the Twitter widget so that you can add your twitter lists to your site.
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wow…interesting…
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I love the snow!!!!
Thanks!
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i am new to this …and loving it!!! thank you and to my girlfriend who has brought this to my attention
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imressive blog Dude 😛 …. but how to Add The” Subscribe Me ” Button To My Blog ???
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You guys are absolutely PHENOMENAL…THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good Job! WordPress! Keep it going!
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And that’s why i chose wordpress.com. Good job. WordPress is the best!
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That is awesome. Great job wordpress!
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I am so impressed with your accomplishments, now show me how to make my blog that successful.
Paul
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509,048 blogs and 865 terabytes? That’s awesome. I’m new to this blogging thing but very glad I chose WordPress.
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because i am using wordpress nhahhaa 🙂
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I’m one of the newbie statistics. In the short time I have been here I see why WordPress is so popular. Love the features and the fact we can make our blog truly unique and as individual as we all are. Great job on the creation and kudo’s on the stats.
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