YouTube is testing 'Live broadcast video watching the state of the server supporting GIGAZINE' & GIGAZINE's access analysis results for February 2025



Dear readers, Announcement 1: We are currently testing live streaming of the server on YouTube. Since we are switching various settings, there will be occasional disconnections and other issues. For now, as of 2025/03/14 21:29, Lo-Fi BGM is playing endlessly.

Test distribution of the server supporting GIGAZINE - YouTube


Announcement 2: The editor-in-chief of GIGAZINE will give a lecture on 'Super Intelligence' at ' Machi★Asobi vol.28 ', which is scheduled to be held on May 10th and 11th, 2025. The materials and announcement text have already been submitted, so they should be posted on the official Machi★Asobi website soon. Please wait a little longer...

Announcement No. 3: Episode 7 (part 2) of the popular manga series 'Secret Palace Garden', 'cry for the moon', has been released.

[Free Manga] 'Secret Miyazono' Episode 7 (Part 2) 'Cry for the Moon' Become an android and be with your beloved forever... - GIGAZINE



The synopsis is as follows.

Miyazono Kanon, who has a constitution that makes it difficult for her to make friends, suddenly meets a girl named Miyazono Rion one day, who confesses to her, 'Marry me and become an android just like me!'
At first, Kanon strongly resisted this unexpected encounter and the upheaval of her daily life. However, as they learn more about each other's secrets, they grow closer, and the warm daily life they have finally achieved seems like it would be great if it could continue forever...
Into the sky as we depart.



So, below are some useful data to help you advertise on GIGAZINE .

February 2025
Number of access requests: 175.02 million
Page views: 38.07 million (down 670,000)
Number of unique users: 16.02 million (down 580,000)
Transfer volume: 13.022TB

*Measurements taken by Cloudflare.

Of the total transfer volume, images and other multimedia files accounted for approximately 10.189TB, while HTML, RSS, etc. accounted for approximately 2.833TB.

In addition, the number of articles created in February 2025 was 532.

Next, the top 10 most popular articles in February 2025. These are the results of an analysis by Google Analytics.

1st place: Nintendo sues 'Super Mario' but loses



2nd place:

Experts warn that drying laundry indoors may have adverse effects on health



3. Beavers build a dam that local authorities had been planning for seven years, saving them $1.9 million



4th place: A free game available on Steam for a week was found to contain malware that steals passwords



5. 27,000 salmon escape from Norwegian farm; fishery company offers bounty for escapees



6th place: 'Mr. Nuru' can't get a visa, can't book a hotel, can't even cancel his internet contract, and keeps receiving mail addressed to other people because of his name



7th place: It turns out that simply gluing '3D printed boards' to old military aircraft can save 2.2 billion yen a year in fuel costs



8th place: Designing a water-cooled PC that uses the outdoor unit of a home air conditioner to cool down the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090



9th place:Intel announces that 'AMD and NVIDIA have a large number of vulnerabilities'



10th place: The MP3 patent has expired, so we can use it freely



Next, the worst 10 articles for February 2025. These are the results of an analysis by Google Analytics.

1st place: Meta is reportedly planning a standalone chat AI app to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT - GIGAZINE



2nd place: Apple announces new methods to protect children's safety, adding API that allows developers to check users' age range and a way to change content displayed for children - GIGAZINE



3rd place: Starbucks 'Berry Berry Sakura Milk' tasting review with the exquisite spring-like gorgeous scent of cherry blossoms and the sweet and sour taste of berries - GIGAZINE



4th place: 'AI and human hybrid chatbots' are being introduced to solve the shortage of school counselors - GIGAZINE



5th place: Anti-DeepSeek bipartisan bill 'Ban DeepSeek on Government Devices Bill' submitted to the US House of Representatives - GIGAZINE



6th place: Warner Bros. closes three of its game studios: Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and Warner Bros. Games San Diego - GIGAZINE



7. TikTok starts offering APK files directly to US users who can't use app stores - GIGAZINE



8th place: Reports that X is blocking links to the encrypted messaging service 'Signal' - GIGAZINE



9th place: Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati launches AI startup 'Thinking Machines Lab' focused on AI and human interaction - GIGAZINE



10th place: Facebook's live streaming service will be changed from indefinite storage to 30 days, old videos will be forcibly deleted, so you will need to download them - GIGAZINE



So, next we will look at the trends of GIGAZINE readers by browser they use, as follows.

1st place: Chrome : 59.31% (up 5.31%)
2nd place: Safari : 28.14% (1.82% decrease)
3rd place: Edge : 4.82% (1.11% decrease)
4th place: Safari (in-app) : 3.23% (0.62% decrease)
5th place: Firefox : 2.72% (0.37% decrease)
6. Android Webview : 2.09% (up 1.75%)
7th place: Samsung Internet : 0.32% (0.01% decrease)
8th place: Opera : 0.21% (0.04% decrease)
9th place: Mozilla Compatible Agent : 0.07% (0.01% decrease)
10th place: YaBrowser : 0.01% (no change)

Next, the top 10 sites that linked to GIGAZINE and brought the most traffic to GIGAZINE are as follows. Search engines are excluded.

1st place: X (1st place last month)
2nd place: Google News (2nd place last month)
3rd place: Hatena Bookmark (3rd place last month)
4th place: SmartNews (4th place last month)
5th place: Global stock prices (5th place last month)
6th place: DuckDuckGo (7th last month)
7th place: togetter (out of the ranking)
8th place: livedoor news (6th last month)
9th place: dmenu (9th place last month)
10th place: Facebook (8th place last month)

Next, the top 10 phrases that led to searches on GIGAZINE are as follows.

1st place: gigazine
2nd place: Super Mario loses lawsuit
3rd place: Apple iPhone SE4
4th place: Beaver Dam
5th place: Name
6th place: Laundry
7th place: Microsoft Windows 11
8th place: Circle drawing game
9th place: Steam
10th place: mp3

Next, the top 10 YouTube views in February 2025 are as follows.

No.1
Summon Hatsune Miku on your desktop, change the size, and use the alarm function [Desktop Mate] - YouTube

No.2
I tried running 'Monster Hunter Wilds Benchmark' [GPU: RTX 3060] [Preset: Medium] - YouTube

No.3
What happens if you repeatedly press the Amazon Dash Button? - YouTube

No.4
Sea Shepherd's Ady Gil sinks - YouTube

No.5
I tried riding USJ's new attraction 'Space Fantasy The Ride' - YouTube

No.6
Helsing 'HX-2' - YouTube

No.7
Summon Hatsune Miku on your desktop [Desktop Mate] - YouTube

No.8
When you ask Gemini about the Tiananmen Square incident, the answer appears for a moment and then disappears - YouTube

No.9
Christina Aguilera x Movie 'Paw Patrol The Mighty Movie' Sky Special Video - YouTube

No.10
A movie of a piggy bank with a funny face 'FACE BANK' in action - YouTube


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・Material support (Amazon wish list): https://www.amazon.co.jp/hz/wishlist/ls/378VT986Z3V8T

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