MCStats serves over 550 requests per second 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
That is over 1.5 billion requests per month and over 50 million requests each day and it will only continue to rise.
Every single server is tracked. To get useful data for plugins, every server needs to be identified and from there
data is stored such as the plugins the server is using (that support MCStats), the amount of players online,
and even the Minecraft version the server is on.
This is no simple task. It requires a lot of power and it also needs room for growth. Right now the service
is entirely funded by myself, Hidendra. MCStats has no sponsors or outside funding other than occasional donations.
MCStats is unrivaled in stat collection for Minecraft plugins. Many of the plugin authors who decided to use
MCStats had an eye-opening experience. Seeing real numbers in a beautiful format is amazing and for some,
it gives them the motivation to continue developing plugins.