OpenStreetMap
This is a quick count of the various editors used by mappers in 2020. iD is on top with 7.6M edits followed by JOSM with 5.6M. The data was collected by looking at tags->created_by in the changeset database.
| Editor | Count |
|---|---|
| iD | 7636890 |
| JOSM | 5644149 |
| StreetComplete | 414353 |
| MAPS.ME | 160365 |
| Go Map!! | 122639 |
| OsmAnd | 118465 |
| Potlatch | 115427 |
| Vespucci | 100327 |
| Other | 90879 |
| osmapi | 73587 |
| Refill Südtirol | 22612 |
| Services_OpenStreetMap | 16985 |
| Merkaartor | 13137 |
| autoAWS | 11626 |
| All the Things | 10548 |
| caresteouvert.fr | 7930 |
| Go Kaart!! | 7567 |
| FireYak | 6956 |
| OsmHydrant | 6564 |
| MapRoulette | 3206 |
| ArcGIS Editor for OpenStreetMap | 2611 |
| Rosemary | 2067 |
| Gnome Maps | 1437 |
Discussion
Comment from jimkats on 9 November 2020 at 01:07
Those are interesting stats. Thanks for sharing the cumulation.
I see JOSM is used as massively as iD.
Comment from SimonPoole on 9 November 2020 at 09:51
There are regularly updated statistics on editor usage avaliable here https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Editor_usage_stats
It seems as if you are actually using changeset counts and not edits as you claim, this is not only extremely mislieading and distorts actual use of the various apps, changeset counts are simply not a good metric for anything.
Comment from SomeoneElse on 9 November 2020 at 13:11
It’d be interesting to link to the sites / editors behind these. I’m surprised to see a local site for one purpose “Refill Südtirol” so high up the list, for example.
Comment from SimonPoole on 9 November 2020 at 13:26
@SomeoneElse I was actually prompted to have a quick look at the empty changeset numbers, and they have doubled from the usual ~5’000/month since August and the “Refill Südtirol” app is the major culprit (for the increase, the rest are the usual suspects JOSM, maps.me and id).
Generating a list of user ids as I write.
Comment from SimonPoole on 9 November 2020 at 13:33
@SomeoneElse see for example https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/danielbir with > 6000 empty changesets.
Comment from SimonPoole on 9 November 2020 at 13:34
And this is the app https://www.refill.bz.it/?mz=9&mc=46.640008243515915,11.351623535156252 looks harmless, probably just buggy.
Comment from SomeoneElse on 9 November 2020 at 15:32
Thanks - we (the DWG) occasionally get complaints about people trying to “game” editing statistics (by e.g. editing the same thing over and over again) but I don’t remember any about empty changesets.