Facts about WhatPulse
Discover fascinating insights and statistics about how WhatPulse users around the world interact with their computers. These facts are generated from real data collected by our community.
Keyboard & Mouse Facts
Keyboard and mouse usage statistics
WhatPulse users have typed enough keys to destroy 18,637 mechanical keyboards.
WhatPulse users have typed the equivalent of 6,656,121,713 tweets!
A top-rated gaming mouse has an average 20-million click life span. WhatPulse users have clicked enough to destroy 24,669 gaming mice.
On average, Linux users type about 8.85% more than Windows users.
On average, Windows users click about 38.62% more than Linux users.
WhatPulse has counted 931,799,703,535 total keys. If you stack an average keyboard key size for that amount, we've gone to the Moon for 37.573 times.
We've counted a whopping 931,799,703,535 keystrokes. If you stack an average keyboard key size for that amount, we've gone to the Mars for 0.064 times.
Our users have clicked enough times to join all the communities on Reddit 3,795,198 times over.
With the average online article consisting of 1,500 words, our users could have typed over 621.238 million of them.
The average WhatPulse user types 728 keys per day.
The average WhatPulse user clicks their mouse 373 times per day.
WhatPulse users have typed the equivalent of the entire text of the Harry Potter series over 171,902 times.
WhatPulse users have collectively moved their mice a total distance of 7,385,128 miles. That's enough to circle the Earth 296.58 times at the equator!
Network Facts
Internet and network activity
Our users have downloaded enough data to fill over 91,631,823 DVDs!
It would take a 56k dial-up modem about 3,109,687 years to transfer the amount of data that WhatPulse users have downloaded/uploaded.
It would take a Google Fiber (1Gbit) Internet connection 170 years to transfer the amount of data that WhatPulse users have consumed.
WhatPulse users have downloaded 410.66PB and uploaded 214.09PB in total. This is just ridonculous.
The average WhatPulse user downloads 11.75GB of data per month.
WhatPulse users have downloaded the same amount of data as 107,667,485 HD movies.
WhatPulse users have downloaded 410.72PB in total. That's enough to stream 126,001,719,849 songs on Spotify.
Uptime Facts
Computer uptime and usage patterns
Combined, WhatPulse users have used their computers for nearly 106,816 years!
Combined, WhatPulse users use enough electricity daily to power 0.59 villages for a week.
Windows users have the most average uptime, followed by Linux users and Mac users have the least average uptime.
Even when combining all our uptime together, we're only 0.002136% on our way to the Andromeda Galaxy.
In the past week, WhatPulse users have spent a total of 956,859 hours on their computers. That's equivalent to over 109 years of non-stop usage!
Application Facts
Software and application usage data
WhatPulse users have used over 1,092,108 unique applications.
Out of all the applications our client has seen, Google Chrome has the most different versions: 7,164!
In the last week, Google Chrome was the most used application, followed by Firefox.
The average WhatPulse user uploads 5.35GB of data per month.
Website Facts
Website and online activity stats
A Pulse is sent to the WhatPulse website about every 1.68 seconds. That's about 51,395 pulses daily.
17,682 people have teamed up in 3,412 teams and are fighting injustice together! (or just combining their stats, who knows)
The most popular day for pulsing is Monday The least popular day is Saturday.
Hardware Facts
Hardware and system information
A single monitor setup is the most popular (68.84%), followed by 2 monitors (25.92%). Only 5.24% have 3 monitors or more. The record is at 9 monitors.
1 out of every 29 WhatPulsers has 32GB or more of RAM in their system.
76.13% of Pulsers use Intel processors compared to 21.47% using AMD. Intel's dominating there.
Most users run Windows (88.77%), but Pulsers are 2.07% more likely to use Mac OS than the general population.
The MacBook Pro is the most popular amongst Apple computers.
The average amount of RAM in WhatPulse user's systems is 28.93GB
Most people (48.37%) use a resolution of 1920x1080. The highest resolution we've recorded is 11520x6480. Buzzinga!
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