Why make this site?

My inspiration for creating this project came from visiting Worldometers.com. I was captivated by the real-time updates and comprehensive statistics provided on various global metrics. Witnessing live data on such a broad scale sparked my fascination and motivated me to develop a similar platform for dynamic, real-time statistical insights.

How are you running this site?

This website is hosted using Amazon Web Services (AWS), leveraging a variety of AWS services to ensure reliability, scalability, and security. The site itself is hosted in an S3 bucket, which provides a highly durable and available storage solution for the static content. Updates to the site's code are seamlessly integrated through AWS CodePipeline, a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) service that automates the build, test, and deployment phases, ensuring that the latest changes are quickly and safely deployed.

For domain management, I utilize Amazon Route 53, a scalable Domain Name System (DNS) web service, which ensures high availability and low latency routing of user requests to the website.

Additionally, I employ Amazon CloudFront, a global content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to users with low latency and high transfer speeds. CloudFront also provides HTTPS support, adding an extra layer of security by encrypting the data in transit between the users and the CDN.

To further enhance the website's performance and reliability, I am considering the use of an Elastic Load Balancer (ELB). The ELB would distribute incoming traffic across multiple targets, such as EC2 instances or containers, in multiple Availability Zones, ensuring that no single instance becomes a bottleneck and that the site remains highly available even under heavy traffic loads.

Overall, the combination of these AWS services provides a robust infrastructure that supports the smooth and efficient operation of the website, delivering an optimal experience to users around the globe.

What does "today" and "this year" mean?

Each counter is calculated according to your local timezone. The "today" counter represents a 24-hour period starting at 12:00 AM and ending at 11:59 PM. The annual calculations are based on a standard 365-day calendar.