Where are we, 2 and a half years since we started?
It all started in May 2011, when Google officially announced WebRTC to the world. Since then, a frenzy began. Two and a half years later (give or take a month), I think it is time to look at where we are.
While there are many ways to look at it, I want to focus on two main data points that I have. I think they are interesting.
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My blog has become a place where people come to read about WebRTC. While I am trying on other topics from time to time, the “main attraction” is WebRTC. Where are the people who visit my blog come from?
The statistics above are from Google Analytics from the span of 2013. Most of the visitors come from the US, and then from UK, India, France and Germany. Israel is there as well – being my home-base, it is somewhat comforting (more on that later).
For some reason, China is there, but too low I think. I don’t have much visibility in what Chinese are doing with this technology, which is… interesting.
Countries that didn’t make it to the top-10, but are in the top-20 and have some interesting vendors and activity around WebRTC include Spain, Russia, Netherlands and Sweden.
While we’re at it, looking at the mix for the last two months of 2013 alone, there is not much difference in the top-20, though there are a few movements along the chart.
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More interesting is the list of vendors that I am now monitoring.
This list now includes over 300 vendors…
What can we see here? The top-10 countries with WebRTC vendors are similar to the top-10 countries viewing my blog, though China and Australia are missing.
US is taking the lead, but it seems like the “long tail” of countries in this chart is smaller than that of my viewers.
I would also say that while a lot of the focus is in the US (and San Francisco to be more specific), WebRTC is actually a worldwide phenomenon already.
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There’s much more data that I am now looking at. Some will be available later this month for those who purchased my report. Other bits and pieces will find their way to this blog, or to the research related updates that I am planning to post regularly – but more on that, on another post.
Happy New Year to us all. May 2014 be a year of even more action around WebRTC.
Cool stats! I can confirm that the majority of Twelephone’s traffic (60%) is from the U.S. We are, however, watching an interesting trend on our experimental RTC Roulette site where the majority of its traffic (86%) is coming from Italy.