{"id":871,"date":"2013-08-20T17:00:33","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blender.org\/?page_id=871"},"modified":"2025-08-07T17:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:04:42","slug":"website","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/about\/website\/","title":{"rendered":"Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-box is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"website-credits\">Website Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mb-0\"><strong>Design &amp; Implementation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pablo Vazquez<br>Francesco Siddi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mt-3 mb-0\"><strong>System Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan McGrath<br>Sergey Sharybin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mt-3 mb-0\"><strong>Supervision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ton Roosendaal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mt-3 mb-0\"><strong>Additional Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/themes\/bthree\/assets\/images\/blender_awesome_in_space.jpg?x66828\">Space image<\/a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AidyBurrows3D\">Aidy Burrows<\/a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gleb_alexandrov\">Gleb Alexandrov<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/themes\/bthree\/assets\/images\/placeholder_background_small.jpg?x66828\">Header background image<\/a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artificial3d\">Andy Goralczyk<\/a><br>Blender \u2018favicon\u2019 image by Jakub Steiner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading mt-3\" id=\"issue\">Found an issue on blender.org?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Please report any website-related bugs on <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/infrastructure\/blender-org\/issues\/new\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/projects.blender.org\/infrastructure\/blender-org\/issues\/new\">projects.blender.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column text-left is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-box is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"external-mirrors\">External Mirrors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With over 18 million downloads per year, we thank the following mirrors for providing fast Blender downloads around the globe:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/download.blender.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Netherlands - Blender Foundation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mirrors.iu13.net\/blender\/\" target=\"_blank\">USA - Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de\/blender\/\" target=\"_blank\">Germany - RWTH Aachen University<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mirrors.dotsrc.org\/blender\/\" target=\"_blank\">Denmark - Dotsrc<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ftp.nluug.nl\/pub\/graphics\/blender\/\" target=\"_blank\">Netherlands - Vereniging NLUUG<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to contribute a mirror, please get in touch via email at foundation[at]blender[dot]org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-box mt-3 has-white-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#3d3d3d\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sponsors\">Sponsors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns mb-0 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"pt-2\">Web servers by <a title=\"Dell EMC\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dellemc.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-872\" alt=\"Dell EMC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo_DellEMC.png\" height=\"25\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;max-width:200px\"><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"pt-2\">CDN for builder website by <a title=\"CDN77\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdn77.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" alt=\"XS4ALL\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cdn77_logo_light.png\" width=\"120\"><\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-box is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Website Content License<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless specified otherwise, the content on this website is available to share and use under the <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike <\/a>license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attribution: <strong>Blender Foundation &#8211; www.blender.org<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artwork created with Blender on this site might require&nbsp; crediting of the artists too &#8211; this then is clearly marked as such. If you have questions about using material of blender.org, contact foundation at blender.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Privacy Statement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Blender Foundation is committed to protect your privacy on blender.org. No third party will track you here.&nbsp;You will not find third-party advertisements on any blender.org website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/privacy-policy\/\">Read the full Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-box is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" open><summary>2020<\/summary>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/news\/blender-by-the-numbers-2020\/\">Blender by the Numbers 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" open><summary>2019<\/summary>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/press\/blender-by-the-numbers-2019\/\">Blender by the Numbers 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2017<\/summary>\n<p>The official Blender release is now being downloaded over 16K times per day, half a million times per month, for a total of 6.5 million times last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/media-exposure\/over-half-a-million-downloads-per-month\/\">Read the announcement<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-28-at-14.37.14.png\">Geographic overview of of Blender website visitors.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69a8fee71fbb4&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69a8fee71fbb4\" class=\"wp-block-image wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blender_org_stats_july_2017.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2016<\/summary>\n<p>Download a Google Analytics pdf with <a href=\"http:\/\/download.blender.org\/institute\/2016Analytics.pdf\">one year&nbsp;download&nbsp;stats<\/a> of the Sept 2015 &#8211; Sept 2016 period.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6 million unique downloads!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Summary: About&nbsp;7M download events were registered (6M unique). In that period we did three releases. (release candidates and test builds are not monitored&nbsp;via this analytics, only actual releases).<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2015<\/summary>\n<p>Google Analytics overview of a month (April) of Blender downloads.<br>We serve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/media-exposure\/almost-half-a-million-downloads-per-month\/\">almost half a million downloads<\/a> per month!<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2011<\/summary>\n<p>Google Analytics for 1 year period, until April 17 2011:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blender.org\/bf\/stats\/www.blender.org-countries.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.blender.org\/bf\/stats\/www.blender.org-countries.pdf<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blender.org\/bf\/stats\/www.blender.org-lang.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.blender.org\/bf\/stats\/www.blender.org-lang.pdf<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blender.org\/bf\/stats\/www.blender.org-OS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.blender.org\/bf\/stats\/www.blender.org-OS.pdf<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blender.org\/bf\/stats\/www.blender.org-browsers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.blender.org\/bf\/stats\/www.blender.org-browsers.pdf<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blender.org\/bf\/stats\/www.blender.org-screen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.blender.org\/bf\/stats\/www.blender.org-screen.pdf<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blender.org\/bf\/stats\/www.blender.org-sources.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.blender.org\/bf\/stats\/www.blender.org-sources.pdf<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blender.org\/bf\/stats\/www.blender.org-referrals.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.blender.org\/bf\/stats\/www.blender.org-referrals.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is only for the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blender.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.blender.org<\/a>&nbsp;hits, not for all the other sites (like download, svn, trackers, blogs, wiki,&nbsp;shop, etc)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2009<\/summary>\n<p>Since mid 2008, the blender.org domains run on 5 servers, with a monthly traffic of about 8 TB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time for new download stats!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>download.blender.org, 01-2008 to 01-2009, 59 TB transfered, in average 32% is binaries,&nbsp;<strong>1.57M<\/strong> Blender downloads<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USA mirror, mirror.cs.umn.edu, 04-2008 to 04-2009, 20 TB transferred,&nbsp;<strong>1.48M<\/strong>&nbsp;binaries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>German mirror, blendertestbuilds.de, 05-2008 to 05-2009, 17 TB transfered,&nbsp;<strong>240k<\/strong>&nbsp;binaries (mirror also does movies).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asian mirror, xenoncore.net,&nbsp;<strong>90k<\/strong>&nbsp;downloads<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>graphicall.org, testing builds,&nbsp;<strong>90k<\/strong>&nbsp;per year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that downloads via blender.org are over&nbsp;<strong>3.4 Million<\/strong>&nbsp;per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further you can find Blender on many sharing sites, such as download.com, majorgeeks.com, apphit.comm, filehippo.com, freewarefiles.com, softpedia.com\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lots of thanks to our mirrors! 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