LJ Index, March 2006

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  1. Percentage of persons 12 to 24 who prefer MP3 players to radio: 85
  2. Percentage of persons 12 to 24 who listen to satellite radio: 2
  3. Thousands of persons in the U.S. who downloaded a podcast during 2004: 820
  4. Millions of persons in the U.S. who downloaded a podcast during 2005: 4.8
  5. Percentage of podcast listeners in the U.S. who download on a weekly basis: 20
  6. Conservative estimate of podcast listeners in the U.S. by 2010, in millions: 45
  7. Aggressive estimate of podcast listeners in the U.S. by 2010, in millions: 75
  8. Number of Google results for 'podcasting' on September 25, 2004: 24
  9. Millions of Google results for 'podcasting' on December 6, 2005: 78
  10. Thousands of Ubuntu/Gnome Linux desktops deployed in schools by Macedonia: 5
  11. Number of schools to which the new Macedonian Linux desktops are going: 468
  12. Number of computer labs also getting Linux desktops: 182
  13. Percentage of surveyed Micro Center customers who are receptive to purchasing a Linux desktop: 75
  14. Position of Red Hat in list of popular Linux distributions: 1
  15. Position of Debian among fastest-growing Linux distributions: 1
  16. Red Hat share of Linux Web servers: 34
  17. Debian share of Linux Web servers: 25
  18. Fedora share of Linux Web servers: 16
  19. SUSE share of Linux Web servers: 11
  20. Millions of active Debian sites: 1.2

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Sources: 1-7, Bridge Ratings; 8-9, Doc Searls; 11-13, The GNOME Journal; 14, Linspire & Micro Centers; 14-20, Netcraft.

http://www.bridgeratings.com/press_11.12.05.PodProj.htm

http://www.linspire.com/lindows_news_pressreleases_archives.php?id=169

http://www.gnomejournal.org/article/33/macedonia-deploys-5000-gnome-in-public-schools

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2005/12/05/strong_growth_for_debian.html