August Wrap-Up
I’m back in San Francisco after a trip to London for the Happiness Engineer meetup. It’s serious business, but the group has managed to have a little fun along the way.
Our developers have been hard at work, too. In August, we launched the SoundCloud shortcode and WP.me, a URL shortener for WordPress blogs. And at your request, we introduced two new themes: iNove and Sandbox 1.6.1.
Here are last month’s stats:
426,047 blogs were created.
4,560,168 posts were published.
455,423 new users joined.
6,658,426 file uploads.
3,990 gigabytes of new files.
787 terabytes of content transferred from our datacenters.
8,379,530 comments.
7,498,064 logins.
2,153,498 active blogs and 22,855,350 active posts, where “active” means they had a human visitor.
1,267,201,336 pageviews on WordPress.com, and another 1,296,959,079 on self-hosted blogs (2,564,160,415 total across all WordPress blogs we track).
1,567,468,503 words.
Other cool stuff:
You published 11,425 posts to your blogs using the Beta WordPress for BlackBerry app.
Brazil’s Culture Ministry chose BuddyPress as their platform for public debate. The vehicle security service OnStar is using WordPress MU, bbPress and Gravatars on their new community site.
WordCamps in August: WordCamp New Zealand, WordCamp Huntsville, WordCamp Fraser Valley, and WordCamp Beijing.
Upcoming WordCamps in September: WordCamp Los Angeles, WordCamp Romania, WordCamp Philippines, WordCamp Portland, WordCamp Seattle, and WordCamp Birmingham.
Sep 4th at 4:42 pm
Wow! Self-hosted blogs are more popular than WordPress itself!
It’s probably because of the Fail Blog. 
Sep 4th at 4:51 pm
What a great world that represent the statistics for wordpress.
In only one month 426,047 blogs were created.
Mamma mia.
How many blogs there are?
Sep 7th at 11:26 am
There are currently around 9,000,000 blogs in total on WordPress.com.
Sep 4th at 5:01 pm
Looks like the kind of folks I’ve hung out with my entire life.
Rock on!
Sep 4th at 5:02 pm
graets numbers!!!!
Sep 4th at 5:04 pm
Great work this month!
Sep 4th at 5:09 pm
Awesome stuff, keep up the great work! WordPress to grow more…
Sep 4th at 5:45 pm
I can barely wait for newer and better themes, with custom headers. *wink wink* *nudge nudge*
Sep 4th at 5:50 pm
Nice pic! London Eye!
People are so relaxed in this pic as if it is their home and not the middle of the earth and sky!
Sep 4th at 6:16 pm
Please have a WordCamp in Chicago! I would love to participate in it. ^_^
Thank you for your continuing great service. You are the best blogging software I’ve ever used. Keep up the good work!
Oct 1st at 1:29 pm
There was a WordCamp in Chicago this summer
Sep 4th at 7:15 pm
congrats for all the success, guys!
0,4 MM new blogs (including my own) in a month is amazing.
Sep 4th at 7:48 pm
Mesmerizing! o.O
Sep 4th at 8:27 pm
Amazing stats
Sep 4th at 8:33 pm
That looks like such a cool crew to work with! It’s good to see their smiling faces.
Sep 4th at 9:05 pm
I love my iNove theme. Thank you.
Sep 4th at 9:23 pm
Hi there,
I love blogging and I really dig WordPress. You guys rock.
Any chance of there ever being a WordCamp South Africa. What do you guys do on WordCamps anyway?
Where’s the suggestion box?
Cheers,
Mark
Oct 1st at 1:28 pm
There was a WordCamp in South Africa in 2008. You are welcome to contact us through WordCamp.org.
Sep 4th at 9:45 pm
Feels nice to know that I’m part of those statistics.
Sep 4th at 9:55 pm
Beautiful numbers! o.O
Sep 4th at 10:11 pm
Coolio! I never been to London!
Sep 5th at 4:01 am
You are all wonderful….I hope you had fun…because you do serious work. You allow people like me to be heard! F R E E D O M is a gift not to be wasted….
Sep 5th at 4:48 am
Cool, thanks wordpress team!
Sep 5th at 8:41 am
London!
Sep 5th at 9:34 am
Nice Stats With Nice Pic
Sep 5th at 9:37 am
what’s really amazing is how few of those blogs viewed are added to by the views of my blog! Maybe i should write more about p*rn, idols, stars and their babies or Michael jackson
Sep 5th at 9:46 am
WordPress happiness in London.
Sep 5th at 9:51 am
It’s great to see some of the faces behind the monitor – on my home turf – hope your beers tasted better than they look….rather flat.
I really appreciate all the great work you guys do to make WordPress such an enjoyable experience. Cheers!
Sep 5th at 10:00 am
WordPress makes blogging real easy. It’s quite a thing you guys have achieved. Thank you.
Sep 5th at 10:18 am
That’s not London – it’s too sunny!
Glad you all had a great time.
And the numbers continue to amaze. Just out of curiosity, has the “official” stats page (/stats/) been abandoned permanently? Always found that fascinating.
Sep 5th at 10:27 am
More simple themes, please!
Sep 5th at 1:23 pm
Amazing WP..
Sep 5th at 1:59 pm
Serious and relax. Nice face, beautiful scene. Great stats!
Sep 5th at 3:19 pm
Amazing!
Sep 5th at 5:07 pm
are you cheering w/ tea-&-lemmon? Anyway: Hoorrai WP!
Sep 5th at 5:38 pm
funtastic number!!!
Sep 5th at 6:07 pm
this number is really impressive!
Sep 5th at 6:46 pm
wp rocks
Sep 5th at 8:03 pm
wonderfull idea…
Sep 5th at 8:11 pm
As a retiree, I no longer have an occupation. Instead now, I have a preoccupation! Thanks.
Sep 5th at 8:27 pm
please get us cool themes really often…we are bored of these same themes..as the developers took a break..we need a change too..please…
Sep 5th at 9:23 pm
Great job! Thanks.
Sep 5th at 10:24 pm
Awesome stats!
Sep 6th at 12:53 am
Why do I feel so old looking at that photo!!!???!!!
Keep up the good work
Sep 6th at 1:12 am
Good stuff here.
Sep 6th at 3:05 am
What a nice group! Handsome boys, beautiful girls, all smashing.
Sep 6th at 3:48 am
nice to see faces and numbers too. more power to you guys!
Sep 6th at 4:51 am
WP rocks keep up the good work!
Sep 6th at 5:32 am
Thanks WordPress you really are the best blogging resource!
Sep 6th at 11:29 am
GO WordPress!!!!
Sep 6th at 2:35 pm
Cools faces! Amazing stats!! You people rock and I envy u.
You provided me an excellent opportunity to collect my interests and summarize them.
Keep nice work up. 3 column themes are hard to find. More three column, wide width
and custom header themes to would be more helpful.
Sep 6th at 5:33 pm
We contributed 4 posts to that huge-a-normous number. Do we make you proud?
Sep 6th at 6:03 pm
Awesome team… works hard and parties harder!!!!
Sep 6th at 6:08 pm
A very nice picture of some very nice people. The gal in white in the middle looks like my beautiful daughter-in-law, who works for a computer software company. Have a great time!
Sep 6th at 6:20 pm
WordPress is oding well as ever
Sep 6th at 7:29 pm
Nice view!!)
Sep 6th at 10:04 pm
Well done!
Sep 7th at 12:47 am
cool building
Sep 7th at 12:53 am
any plans of a wordcamp in Indonesia?
Oct 1st at 1:25 pm
There was one earlier this year
Sep 7th at 2:17 am
Please have a followers gadget. That would be cool. Nice stats though!
Sep 7th at 2:48 am
ha! i’ve been waiting all month long to see these wonderful numbers!
glad that you guys had fun in London!
btw, where is the bear?
Sep 7th at 10:42 am
The bear was at a top-secret meetup elsewhere.
Sep 7th at 3:28 am
Keep up the good work. I’ll stay tuned in!
Sep 7th at 4:47 am
Thanks, thanks thanks!!! You guys offer a very good service
Sep 7th at 4:51 am
Thats great…. thanks to all wordpress team members
Sep 7th at 6:40 am
Great to hear that – and hope you had a lot of fun during your “sessions”. Keep on rocking the streets, WP Team
Sep 7th at 7:44 am
wow…! great job! Hebat euy…!
Sep 7th at 5:33 pm
Great for wordpress
Sep 7th at 6:21 pm
I love WordPress, have been using it for years. Keep the good times coming!
Sep 7th at 9:22 pm
I love wordpress and all you team members for making it so great!
Sep 8th at 2:56 am
All the best for this team. Hooray!
Sep 8th at 2:57 am
wow word press very good
Sep 8th at 2:58 am
wow wordpress very good
Sep 8th at 10:28 am
I’m brazilian and I didn’t even know about the Culture Minister’s choice. What a smart man!
Wordpress rocking… as usual.
Sep 8th at 3:25 pm
What awesome stats – brilliant job, everyone! Is there any WordCamp being planned for Johannesburg, South Africa?
Oct 1st at 1:34 pm
There was a WordCamp in South Africa in 2008, but none currently scheduled in 2009. Feel free to contact us through WordCamp.org.
Sep 8th at 6:45 pm
Keep up the good work WordPress! My one complaint (if it weren’t for this problem, WordPress would be next-to-perfect…):
Why don’t you allow Javascript on WordPress.com blogs? Blogger does! What ‘security issues’ do they have? Not many, from what I can see. Isn’t there anyway to keep WordPress.com blogs safe without disabling javascript and flash? (Which is just about one of the most important things you can have with a blog…no wonder so many people are hosting their own WordPress.org blogs!)
Please hear us out, WordPress: We want Javascript back and we want it now! Do something about this, so WordPress.com can remain the ultimate best choice for bloggers!
Sep 8th at 8:58 pm
Go Word Press
Sep 8th at 10:33 pm
Glady everyone is back safe and sound! I love being a part of the family!
Sep 9th at 1:00 am
Most Excellent!
Sep 9th at 3:31 am
How about a WordCamp Burning Man next year? You up for it Matt? You should do it for the t-shirts alone!
Sep 9th at 4:37 am
9,000,000 blogs total on WordPress and Club Penguin always seems to be taking over the WordPress Blogs of the Day.
Sep 9th at 11:30 am
Cool and good job, thanks wordpress team!
Sep 9th at 1:54 pm
That sure is great
And so nice looking people at the picture 
Sep 9th at 2:09 pm
I love me some WordPress.
Sep 9th at 2:15 pm
This is great to see
Sep 9th at 9:06 pm
Yeah im included in that
Sep 10th at 12:15 pm
is this London Eye?
God!!! How I want to get there!!
Sep 10th at 4:09 pm
Cool, glad we’re here! Thanks WordPress.
Sep 11th at 12:53 am
You are all wonderful I love some WordPress I alway you team members for making it so great
Sep 11th at 12:08 pm
Fantastic! WordPress is great, awesome; which is why it is so popular!
Sep 11th at 2:58 pm
What a happy bunch! You are all precious, Blessings, tons of them! We appreciate your commitment and hard work for WP.
Sep 11th at 10:51 pm
thats terrific! GO WP!!
Sep 12th at 5:16 am
Thanks for fixing the spell check. That was the best thing you guys did all year.
Now for the next big fix—put in a great serach engine (the current one is not world class)..so that others and us can find the articles on our site. This would increase traffic to the site and help worldpress numbers too.
Thanks
Sep 12th at 7:01 pm
increase the blog space for us a nd give dedicated GALLERY options to upload some good stuff in our blog….
Sep 13th at 12:09 pm
Great numbers, big thanks to the WP dev team. I love writing into my wordpress BLOG.
Sep 13th at 10:32 pm
As a real newbie (as of today my first blog) – I am very impressed. Way to go WP
Sep 14th at 12:32 am
great.. good job.. thank you very much wordpress!
Sep 14th at 3:34 am
Amazing!!!
I’m one of those who create a new account in august (i had 2 almost dead blog hosted in blogger).
I’m really happy that i choose WP for my new blog.
Keep improving and keep up the good work!!
Sep 14th at 4:43 am
Thank you WP. You make our life simple and complete.