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Readership metrics for the two months until February 7, 2016
by Tilman Bayer 20 Feb '16

20 Feb '16

Hi all, this resumes the usual look at our most important readership metrics. Among other things, this time we observe the annual Christmas slump in pageviews, hail the advent of the mobile singularity (December saw the first ever day with >50% mobile pageviews), and resolve the mystery of the Android app’s installation drop since mid November. As laid out earlier <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2015-September/009773.html>, the main purpose is to raise awareness about how these are developing, call out the impact of any unusual events in the preceding week, and facilitate thinking about core metrics in general. We are still iterating on the presentation; feedback and discussion welcome. After switching away from the weekly schedule (week-over-week and month-over-month changes are now being recorded on the Product page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Product#Reading> at MediaWiki.org) we also skipped an issue and added one week, so this edition of the report covers a timespan of nine weeks. See also the slides from the Reading team’s quarter review meeting <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarter…> on January 20 for an in-depth look at various metrics. Now to the usual data. (All numbers below are averages for December 7, 2015 to February 7, 2016 unless otherwise noted.) Pageviews Total: 529 million/day Context (April 2015-February 2016): (see also the Vital Signs dashboard <https://vital-signs.wmflabs.org/#projects=all/metrics=Pageviews>) Total pageviews saw a sharp drop about a week before Christmas (almost entirely on desktop), coinciding with a drop <http://discovery.wmflabs.org/external/#traffic_by_engine> in Google referrals. But both recovered in early January, even rising above earlier levels, thanks to mobile (cf. below). Historical data from one and two years ago shows a very similar slump in total and desktop pageviews in the second half of December (with a lasting increase in mobile around Christmas, too), so I’m interpreting this as seasonal even though it preceded the actual holidays by a few days. In January 2014, traffic did not fully recover to the levels of November/early December. In January 2015, it rose slightly above them, similar to now. Desktop: 54.3% Mobile web: 44.4% Apps: 1.3% Context (April 2015-February 2016): December 20, 2015 will forever be engraved in Wikimedia history as the first day where mobile pageviews surpassed desktop pageviews (51% vs. 49%). It was a Sunday - as we have known for a long time, mobile usage is higher on weekends. In general, the mobile percentage over a whole week still remains well below 50%. But even as desktop pageviews recovered from the Christmas slump at the beginning of January, the mobile percentage remains roughly 2% higher than before mid-December - quite likely due to a lot of new phones entering usage as Christmas presents. Global North ratio: 78.3% of total pageviews Context (April 2015-February 2016): New app installations Android: 38.4k/day Daily installs per device, from Google Play Context (January 2015-February 2016): As reported earlier, the app was featured twice on Google Play in recent months, and we can now estimate how many additional installs each may have caused. November’s placement in the “new and updated” section appears to have brought in more than 200k installs, and from early December to early January, the apps was featured as one of the “Best Apps of 2015” in many countries, resulting in around 350k additional installs. The preceding reports also described how we noticed a sharp drop in the new install rate around November 12, and started investigating the cause with our contact at Google. After some detective work, it turned out that the app had been benefitting (since April) from a new feature <https://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2015/04/drive-app-installs-thro…> in Google Search showing install buttons for a website’s app next to search results from that site for general search terms. Google ended this experiment in November, causing the app’s baseline install rate to drop significantly (coincidentally around the end of the “new and updated” promotion). Going forward, this means that the ongoing growth rate (installs minus uninstalls) remains much lower than it was during most of 2015. iOS: 4.94k/day Download numbers from App Annie Context (last three months): Like for the Android app, there was a notable bump around Christmas, but also an even larger spike on January 14 - the reason is not clear to us. App user retention Android: 16.8% (Ratio of app installs opened again 7 days after installation, among all installed during the previous week. 1:100 sample) Context (last four months): Retention for installations since around Christmas appears to be higher; but the data is quite noisy. iOS: N/A (Ratio of app installs opened again 7 days after installation, among all installed during the previous week. From iTunes Connect, opt-in only = ca. 20-30% of all users) As reported earlier, we encountered data quality issues with this metric. We eventually received an explanation from Apple last week, but it doesn’t look very satisfactory for our purposes. We are now working <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126693> to measure retention ourselves via EventLogging, like we do on Android. Unique app users Android: 1.206 million / day Context (last four months): A clearly visible and lasting increase around Christmas, which again indicates that the retention rates for the install peak around that time were higher than during the install peaks caused by the Google Play promotions (even though they resulted in more installs initially). iOS: 303 k / day Context (last four months): Similar to Android, a clearly visible and lasting increase around Christmas. ---- For reference, the queries and source links used are listed below (access is needed for each). Unless otherwise noted, all content of this report is © Wikimedia Foundation and released under the CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/> license. Most of the above charts are available on Commons, too <https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles&offset=20…> . hive (wmf)> SELECT SUM(view_count)/(7000000*9) AS avg_daily_views_millions FROM wmf.projectview_hourly WHERE agent_type = 'user' AND CONCAT(year,"-",LPAD(month,2,"0"),"-",LPAD(day,2,"0")) BETWEEN "2015-12-07" AND "2016-02-07"; hive (wmf)> SELECT year, month, day, CONCAT(year,"-",LPAD(month,2,"0"),"-",LPAD(day,2,"0")) as date, sum(IF(access_method <> 'desktop', view_count, null)) AS mobileviews, SUM(view_count) AS allviews FROM wmf.projectview_hourly WHERE year > 0 AND agent_type = 'user' GROUP BY year, month, day ORDER BY year, month, day LIMIT 1000; hive (wmf)> SELECT access_method, SUM(view_count)/7 FROM wmf.projectview_hourly WHERE agent_type = 'user' AND CONCAT(year,"-",LPAD(month,2,"0"),"-",LPAD(day,2,"0")) BETWEEN "2015-12-07" AND "2016-02-07" GROUP BY access_method; hive (wmf)> SELECT SUM(IF (FIND_IN_SET(country_code, 'AD,AL,AT,AX,BA,BE,BG,CH,CY,CZ,DE,DK,EE,ES,FI,FO,FR,FX,GB,GG,GI,GL,GR,HR,HU,IE,IL,IM,IS,IT,JE,LI,LU,LV,MC,MD,ME,MK,MT,NL,NO,PL,PT,RO,RS,RU,SE,SI,SJ,SK,SM,TR,VA,AU,CA,HK,MO,NZ,JP,SG,KR,TW,US') > 0, view_count, 0))/SUM(view_count) FROM wmf.projectview_hourly WHERE agent_type = 'user' AND CONCAT(year,"-",LPAD(month,2,"0"),"-",LPAD(day,2,"0")) BETWEEN "2015-12-07" AND "2016-02-07"; hive (wmf)> SELECT year, month, day, CONCAT(year,"-",LPAD(month,2,"0"),"-",LPAD(day,2,"0")), SUM(view_count) AS all, SUM(IF (FIND_IN_SET(country_code, 'AD,AL,AT,AX,BA,BE,BG,CH,CY,CZ,DE,DK,EE,ES,FI,FO,FR,FX,GB,GG,GI,GL,GR,HR,HU,IE,IL,IM,IS,IT,JE,LI,LU,LV,MC,MD,ME,MK,MT,NL,NO,PL,PT,RO,RS,RU,SE,SI,SJ,SK,SM,TR,VA,AU,CA,HK,MO,NZ,JP,SG,KR,TW,US') > 0, view_count, 0)) AS Global_North_views FROM wmf.projectview_hourly WHERE year > 0 AND agent_type='user' GROUP BY year, month, day ORDER BY year, month, day LIMIT 1000; https://console.developers.google.com/storage/browser/pubsite_prod_rev_0281… (“overview”) https://www.appannie.com/dashboard/252257/item/324715238/downloads/?breakdo… (select “Total”) SELECT LEFT(timestamp, 8) AS date, SUM(IF(event_appInstallAgeDays = 0, 1, 0)) AS day0_active, SUM(IF(event_appInstallAgeDays = 7, 1, 0)) AS day7_active FROM log.MobileWikiAppDailyStats_12637385 WHERE userAgent LIKE '%-r-%' AND userAgent NOT LIKE '%Googlebot%' GROUP BY date ORDER BY DATE; (with the retention rate calculated as day7_active divided by day0_active from seven days earlier, of course) https://analytics.itunes.apple.com/#/retention?app=324715238 hive (wmf)> SELECT CONCAT(year,"-",LPAD(month,2,"0"),"-",LPAD(day,2,"0")) as date, unique_count AS Android_DAU FROM wmf.mobile_apps_uniques_daily WHERE platform = 'Android'; hive (wmf)> SELECT CONCAT(year,"-",LPAD(month,2,"0"),"-",LPAD(day,2,"0")) as date, unique_count AS iOS_DAU FROM wmf.mobile_apps_uniques_daily WHERE platform = 'iOS'; -- Tilman Bayer Senior Analyst Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB

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Android app now requires "run at startup" permission?
by Legoktm 19 Feb '16

19 Feb '16

Hi, When I upgrade from 2.1.137-fdroid to 2.1.141-fdroid (I fell a little behind in staying up to date), the Android Wikipedia app requests the "run at startup" permission. Is this intentional? Why does the app need to run at startup? Thanks, -- Legoktm

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(no subject)
by Josephine Lim 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

Hi all, I've been working on a project to improve the categorization of pictures in the Upload to Commons Android app <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115101> as part of the Outreachy Dec '15 program, which is soon drawing to an end. To summarize, 3 new features have been implemented in this app: 1. If a picture with geolocation is uploaded, nearby category suggestions are offered (based on the categories of other Commons images with similar coordinates) 2. If a picture with no geolocation is uploaded, nearby category suggestions are offered based on the user's current location. This is optional and only works if enabled in Settings. 3. Category search (when typing in the search field) has been made more flexible, whereas previously this was done solely by prefix search. E.g. now searching for 'latte' should be able to return 'iced latte'. The latest version of the app is v1.11 and can be downloaded at <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.free.nrw.commons>. Please feel free to leave feedback or bug reports at <https://github.com/nicolas-raoul/apps-android-commons/issues>. I have had an amazing time working on this app as part of the Outreachy program, and I greatly appreciate all the support and help that the WMF community has given me. :) Cheers! -- Regards, Josephine

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Re: [WikimediaMobile] Update on Upload to Commons Android App project
by Bahodir Mansurov 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

Thank you! I use regularly use this app and improvements are always welcome. On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:48:53 -0500, Josephine Lim <josephinelim86(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > I've been working on a project to improve the categorization of > pictures in the Upload to Commons Android app > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115101> as part of the Outreachy > Dec '15 program, which is soon drawing to an end. To summarize, 3 new > features have been implemented in this app: > > 1. If a picture with geolocation is uploaded, nearby category > suggestions are offered (based on the categories of other Commons > images with similar coordinates) > > 2. If a picture with no geolocation is uploaded, nearby category > suggestions are offered based on the user's current location. This is > optional and only works if enabled in Settings. > > 3. Category search (when typing in the search field) has been made > more flexible, whereas previously this was done solely by prefix > search. E.g. now searching for 'latte' should be able to return 'iced > latte'. > > The latest version of the app is v1.11 and can be downloaded at > <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.free.nrw.commons>. > Please feel free to leave feedback or bug reports at > <https://github.com/nicolas-raoul/apps-android-commons/issues>. > > I have had an amazing time working on this app as part of the > Outreachy program, and I greatly appreciate all the support and help > that the WMF community has given me. :) > > > Cheers! > > -- Baha

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Update on Upload to Commons Android App project
by Josephine Lim 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

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Re: [WikimediaMobile] Contributing to Wikipedia Android App(GSoC 2016)
by Dmitry Brant 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Hi Donald, Thanks for your interest in our Android app! To get started with contributing, check out this wiki page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Wikipedia_Android_app_ha… It contains all the information you'll need for setting up a build environment, setting up an account on our code review system, and links to our bug and feature tracker. If you have any questions or issues, don't hesitate to ask (via email, or on IRC at #wikimedia-mobile on freenode). Looking forward to your contributions! On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Donaldson Epignosis <epignosisd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Guys, > > My name is Donald, I am 23, and also a second year undergraduate student > from Nigeria. I am interested in contributing to the Wikimedia > foundation[WMF] with intentions to eventually enrol in the GSoC 2016 > program if the Foundation would be participating . > > I am particularly interested in the Wikipedia Android App development, I > have over 3 years worth of Android development experience which I acquired > before I enrolled into a university. > > I am very inspired about the work you guys do at Wikimedia, I am a heavy > user of your softwares, they have made a huge impact in my life and I am so > excited about contributing to this amazing project . I would appreciate any > advice from the team on where best to start. > > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > > -- Dmitry Brant Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner (Android) Wikimedia Foundation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering

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Contributing to Wikipedia Android App(GSoC 2016)
by Donaldson Epignosis 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Hello Guys, My name is Donald, I am 23, and also a second year undergraduate student from Nigeria. I am interested in contributing to the Wikimedia foundation[WMF] with intentions to eventually enrol in the GSoC 2016 program if the Foundation would be participating . I am particularly interested in the Wikipedia Android App development, I have over 3 years worth of Android development experience which I acquired before I enrolled into a university. I am very inspired about the work you guys do at Wikimedia, I am a heavy user of your softwares, they have made a huge impact in my life and I am so excited about contributing to this amazing project . I would appreciate any advice from the team on where best to start. Thank you.

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[Apps] New Android production release
by Dmitry Brant 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Hi all, We've just released an updated version of the Wikipedia Android app[1][2], rolling out as we speak to the Google Play store! Here are the highlights from this update: * Support for animated images throughout the app (image gallery, lead images, search results, etc). * When saving media from the gallery, the files are now downloaded in their original form and resolution to your device's external memory, and made available in the device's Gallery app. * Improved memory consumption in the app when browsing lots of pages and images. * Improvements to the networking layer and stability. * Fixed account creation without an email address. * Fixed ability to copy large amounts of text to the clipboard. * Numerous miscellaneous bug and crash fixes. Thanks to the following contributors for their patches: * Yuvi Panda * Dan Garry (Deskana) * Justin Du (MtDu) * You?[3] [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en [2] https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.… [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Wikipedia_Android_app_ha… Cheers, -- Dmitry Brant Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner (Android) Wikimedia Foundation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering

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Someone please announce/explain T119235 (RESTBase for Wiktionary)
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

All my requests were ignored: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119235#1951362 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T123142#2025816 https://en.wiktionary.org/api/rest_v1/?doc#!/Page_content/get_page_definiti… appeared but nobody bothered to tell people and plans for the thing seem to be unknowable (or secret). Nemo

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[OFFLINE] Kiwix for iOS 1.4 released
by Emmanuel Engelhart 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

Hi A new version of Kiwix for iOS has been released: 1.4. This version is thought to work on iPhones, iPads and iPods running iOS9+. Here are the last improvements: * New search interface * Better download/content manager * Better support of multi-core CPUs * Better support of chucked ZIM files If you love please, please leave a feedback on iTunes! Regards Kelson -- Kiwix - Wikipedia Offline & more * Web: http://www.kiwix.org * Twitter: https://twitter.com/KiwixOffline * more: http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Communication

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