DA normally doesn't like my VPN so I can't usually browse there (has gotten better lately), so that's interesting to see the numbers of it and which skins are downloaded.
On the Google trends data, the earlier 2008-2009 jump and start in the increase in popularity makes sense. Windows XP was released in 2001, and had system requirements like a 233 MHz processor and 64 MB of memory. Somewhat with Vista but mainly with Windows 7 is when "giga-" was a more mainstream thing (minimum 1 GB processor and 1 GB memory): "What is this giga thing? Does my system have enough of this and that thing?". Also just visually, Vista/Win7 was the introduction of Aero and a public nudge of "my Windows computer can have some style to it". That is a perfect combination for something like Rainmeter.
Also on the Github download data: about 10 million downloads for Rainmeter in 2024 combined, where Windows Terminal had about 7 million for 2024 (Powertoys is up at about 35 million for 2024, but has its' prominent "Update available" bar). Different userbases and purposes of course but is something to see.
On the Google trends data, the earlier 2008-2009 jump and start in the increase in popularity makes sense. Windows XP was released in 2001, and had system requirements like a 233 MHz processor and 64 MB of memory. Somewhat with Vista but mainly with Windows 7 is when "giga-" was a more mainstream thing (minimum 1 GB processor and 1 GB memory): "What is this giga thing? Does my system have enough of this and that thing?". Also just visually, Vista/Win7 was the introduction of Aero and a public nudge of "my Windows computer can have some style to it". That is a perfect combination for something like Rainmeter.
Also on the Github download data: about 10 million downloads for Rainmeter in 2024 combined, where Windows Terminal had about 7 million for 2024 (Powertoys is up at about 35 million for 2024, but has its' prominent "Update available" bar). Different userbases and purposes of course but is something to see.
Statistics: Posted by Alex88 — Yesterday, 8:55 pm