The results of GIGAZINE's spring survey, with responses from over 3,500 readers, are now available! And here are the access analytics results for GIGAZINE for April 2026.

Announcement #1: We've compiled the results of the survey you answered as part of the GIGAZINE Spring Giveaway . Based on data from 3,598 GIGAZINE readers who responded, this survey provides a good understanding of the trends among our regular readers. Thank you to everyone who participated!

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We will continue to publish the survey results, so if you're interested, following us on X (formerly Twitter) , Facebook , Threads , and Discord will help you stay updated.

Additionally, we've incorporated the results of the surveys we received during our annual giveaway campaigns into GIGAZINE's advertising media kit. Those interested in commissioning sponsored articles should definitely refer to this information.

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Announcement number two: At the general meeting held on April 12th (Sunday), the editor-in-chief of GIGAZINE officially assumed the position of chairman of the Betsuin-cho Neighborhood Association. Two new vice-chairmen and one new treasurer were also appointed, resulting in a major overhaul. The association immediately began reviewing and correcting last year's financial statements, which were in complete disarray. The collection errors in neighborhood association fees from some shops in the shopping district were also resolved and refunded. At the briefing for neighborhood association chairmen held on the evening of April 24th (Friday) at the Kitashin Hall on the first floor of Oni-Kuru, everyone was overjoyed to learn that new IT-related subsidies would be available this year! However, this joy was short-lived, as at the first festival committee meeting for the Ibaraki Shrine Summer Festival on May 9th (Saturday), it was confirmed that the Betsuin-cho Neighborhood Association had paid significantly more than other neighborhood associations. It was a turbulent start to the new association.

Before considering 'how to proceed,' the understanding is that ' the fence must never be removed until the reason for its construction is understood .' Therefore, in order to accurately grasp the current situation in Betsuin-cho, the Betsuin-cho Residents' Association is investigating, recording, and verifying various past events so that anyone can examine them. A detailed report is included in the community bulletin distributed this week, and the three bulletin boards are also being refurbished.

Announcement #3. The illustration and manga creation workshop at Ibaraki Elementary School's after-school children's classroom will resume on Wednesday, June 3rd. If you are able to attend, please come to the after-school children's classroom on the first floor of Ibaraki Elementary School on that day! Just like last time, you don't need to bring anything and there is no participation fee! If you want to know what the creative club at the after-school children's classroom does, please read the article below.

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So, here is some data that may be helpful when placing an ad on GIGAZINE .

◆April 2026
Number of access requests: 186.42 million
Page views: 48.4 million (an increase of 490,000)
Unique users: 18.83 million (an increase of 970,000)
Data transfer volume: 14.424TB
*These are measurement results from Cloudflare.

Of the total data transfer volume, multimedia files such as images accounted for approximately 12.335 TB, while HTML, RSS, and other similar files accounted for approximately 2.089 TB.

Additionally, the number of articles created in April 2026 was 692.

Next, here are the top 10 most popular articles in April 2026. This is based on analysis results from Google Analytics.

1st Place: YouTube adds a feature that allows viewers to collaboratively stop ad playback.

2nd Place: China tests electro-hydrostatic actuator capable of cutting submarine cables at a depth of 3,500m

3rd Place: 'SUPER ZSNES,' a Super Famicom emulator revived after 20 years, has been completely rewritten from scratch and is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Android, with iOS support planned.

4th Place: A game developer who spent three years developing games with Unity and even made a profit realized it was all a mistake, and uses vibe coding to warn aspiring programmers.

5th Place: The melting of the Antarctic ice could expose mineral resources such as gold, silver, copper, iron, and platinum, which various countries would then seek to acquire.

6th Place: How to build your own RAM from scratch in your backyard to combat rising prices

7th place: Allegations that Intel made significant profits from CPUs that would normally be considered 'defective.'

8th place:The person who submits the claim that 'all lines of code generated by AI, and the resulting bugs and security flaws, will bear full legal responsibility' for the Linux kernel.

9th Place: A 23-year-old amateur solves a math problem that experts couldn't solve for 60 years; the key was how to use ChatGPT.

10th Place: Using the power of science, 'Coca-Cola' is almost perfectly recreated and the recipe is released; those who tasted it raved, 'This is Coca-Cola!'

So, next, to explore the trends among GIGAZINE readers, let's look at them by browser used, as follows:

1st place: Chrome : 63.03% (up 0.61 percentage points)
2nd place: Safari : 18.40% (0.24%pt decrease)
3rd place: Edge : 6.95% (up 0.98 percentage points)
4th place: Firefox : 5.00% (up 0.90 percentage points)
5th place: Safari (in-app) : 3.54% (2.65%pt decrease)
6th place: Android Webview : 2.03% (up 0.35 percentage points)
7th place: Opera : 0.50% (up 0.04 percentage points)
8th place: Samsung Internet : 0.22% (0.01%pt decrease)
9th place: Mozilla Compatible Agent : 0.13% (up 0.01 percentage points)
10th place: (not set) : 0.09% (0.01% pt increase)

Next, here are the top 10 websites that link to GIGAZINE and generate the most traffic to GIGAZINE. Search engines have been 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: Facebook (5th place last month)
6th place: DuckDuckGo (6th place last month)
8th place: MSN (8th place last month)
7th place: Bluesky (7th place last month)
9th place: togetter (Not ranked last month)
10th place: Inoreader (Not ranked last month)

Next, here are the top 10 phrases that led people to GIGAZINE through search:

1st place: AI
2nd place: Presents
3rd place: youtube
4th place: Anime
5th place: Rubber
6th place: claude
7th place:yt-dlp
8th place: Space
9th place: LLM
10th place: Artemis

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