No one knows how many users @obsdmd has I think it's around 5-10 million people but I'm not sure? Anyone can download the app and start using it without creating an account or talking to anyone, and there are no analytics built-in 🤷‍♂️

Jul 18, 2025 · 12:11 AM UTC

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it's my favorite app however only problem currently is that my note with 70,000+ words crashes frequently. although not much is omitted or deleted besides the last one or two words. i also don't use any plugins (i have community plugins turned off).
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open a bug on the forum, ideally with a dummy file we can use to reproduce the issue
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Just curious: you guys do any sort of telemetry? If not... can be amazing and a good option, right now, I'm no Joplin.
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Nope, no telemetry, but the mobile app stores do have some data
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Can you not just track the amount of updates served when you push an update?
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GitHub counts this stat, but it doesn't include mobile, people who turn of auto-update, and doesn't really measure active users
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Give us the option once installed to donate £1 for long term belief - I would x
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If @obsdmd has a million fans, then I am one of them. If @obsdmd has ten fans, then I am one of them. If @obsdmd has only one fan then that is me. If @obsdmd has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against @obsdmd, then I am against the world.
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Same with most of the @OSSCapital portfolio. I think we have around 200M+ users across all the core projects.
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Based
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the mysterious empire of obsdmd: no users, all vibes
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obsidian is lovely software
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We're all grateful to be able to use it though :)
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do you not track the number of downloads from the website?
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I'm using it!
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Obsidian is one app that I would trust to collect analytics on me. But that trust partly comes from it not collecting analytics on me
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and what is number of downloads? does it tell is anything? :)
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absolute chads. I haven’t used a more useful piece of software—esp now that it has built in browser.
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One user, checking in, @kepano ! 9,999,999 to go!
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VC nightmare fuel
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how do you get user insight into what's working vs. not working? or do you just guess / communicate with users?
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im building hovernotes.io for those millions

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it's a great piece of software
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I’m one is your very happy customers!! Thank you for an amazing product. It just works
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Obsidian is the best. One of the few pieces of software that I can't live without.
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thank you @kepano, it's my favourite software in my phone. i use it everyday. it's the first app i download when i get a new phone. and i just use the basic note features, haha
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if only it was open-source 😔
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Replying to @kepano @WebInspectInc @obsdmd
Best app in The world 👍
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Makes sennse. You have no need to know the size of the user base as you won't ever have to answer this question from an investor
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You could also count/log the requests to the update check server, as each check has an instance id in the url. I think having basic proof of your install base volume is useful for a commercial app because one day you will get an offer to buy it.
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You are not even tracking the number of downloads?
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based but also kind of a shame
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Obsidian’s user count is Schrödinger’s stat—real and unknowable at the same time.
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So based!
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GIF
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