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 18,122 mechanical keyboards.
WhatPulse users have typed the equivalent of 6,472,047,451 tweets!
A top-rated gaming mouse has an average 20-million click life span. WhatPulse users have clicked enough to destroy 24,075 gaming mice.
On average, Linux users type about 3.30% more than Windows users.
On average, Windows users click about 43.60% more than Linux users.
WhatPulse has counted 906,032,715,926 total keys. If you stack an average keyboard key size for that amount, we've gone to the Moon for 36.534 times.
We've counted a whopping 906,032,715,926 keystrokes. If you stack an average keyboard key size for that amount, we've gone to the Mars for 0.062 times.
Our users have clicked enough times to join all the communities on Reddit 3,703,870 times over.
With the average online article consisting of 1,500 words, our users could have typed over 604.058 million of them.
The average WhatPulse user types 750 keys per day.
The average WhatPulse user clicks their mouse 388 times per day.
WhatPulse users have typed the equivalent of the entire text of the Harry Potter series over 167,149 times.
WhatPulse users have collectively moved their mice a total distance of 6,115,994 miles. That's enough to circle the Earth 245.61 times at the equator!
Network Facts
Internet and network activity
Our users have downloaded enough data to fill over 86,100,728 DVDs!
It would take a 56k dial-up modem about 2,902,036 years to transfer the amount of data that WhatPulse users have downloaded/uploaded.
It would take a Google Fiber (1Gbit) Internet connection 159 years to transfer the amount of data that WhatPulse users have consumed.
WhatPulse users have downloaded 385.88PB and uploaded 197.15PB in total. This is just ridonculous.
The average WhatPulse user downloads 12.02GB of data per month.
WhatPulse users have downloaded the same amount of data as 101,168,451 HD movies.
WhatPulse users have downloaded 385.93PB in total. That's enough to stream 118,395,992,392 songs on Spotify.
Uptime Facts
Computer uptime and usage patterns
Combined, WhatPulse users have used their computers for nearly 103,063 years!
Combined, WhatPulse users use enough electricity daily to power 0.58 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 0.002061% on our way to the Andromeda Galaxy.
In the past week, WhatPulse users have spent a total of 905,525 hours on their computers. That's equivalent to over 103 years of non-stop usage!
Application Facts
Software and application usage data
WhatPulse users have used over 1,055,061 unique applications.
Out of all the applications our client has seen, Google Chrome has the most different versions: 7,014!
In the last week, Google Chrome was the most used application, followed by Firefox.
The average WhatPulse user uploads 5.47GB of data per month.
Website Facts
Website and online activity stats
A Pulse is sent to the WhatPulse website about every 1.60 seconds. That's about 53,871 pulses daily.
17,591 people have teamed up in 3,399 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 (68.87%), followed by 2 monitors (25.9%). Only 5.23% have 3 monitors or more. The record is at 9 monitors.
1 out of every 31 WhatPulsers has 32GB or more of RAM in their system.
76.65% of Pulsers use Intel processors compared to 21.13% using AMD. Intel's dominating there.
Most users run Windows (88.93%), but Pulsers are 1.99% 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 27.84GB
Most people (48.58%) use a resolution of 1920x1080. The highest resolution we've recorded is 11520x6480. Buzzinga!
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