Download numbers on Bedrock Graphics are meant to count people getting a file, not clicks, retries or bots. Here is exactly what we count, what we store and how to opt out.
We count a verified download when the file was actually handed over: your browser was sent to the stored file, the file was sent in full, or, for a Utilities project that links to the publisher's site, you confirmed the destination and it opened.
Verified counting has not started on this site yet. Until it does, project pages show the earlier counter, which counts every download request and can include automated traffic.
When verified counting starts, the earlier total is kept as a fixed starting number and the date is shown here. From then on, totals grow only with verified downloads.
Faking or manipulating downloads breaks rule R-PROH-8.
Creators see these numbers in their analytics; they are not shown publicly.
We run in count-only mode. Each counted event stores the page or project, the version, the time, the type of request and the outcome. It stores no visitor identifier and no details about you, such as your country, the site you came from or your device.
To tell a repeat from a new download, the server keeps a short-lived key, derived from your IP address and browser with a secret that changes daily, in temporary memory only. It expires within about a day and is never written to our database or logs.
For signed-in members, page views record only that a member viewed the page, never which member. Your IP address and your browser's full identity string are never stored with any statistic.
| Data | Kept for |
|---|---|
| Raw page view and download events | 90 days |
| Raw hearts, ratings, comments and follows | 90 days |
| Search statistics | 90 days |
| Daily totals per project, creator and site | 25 months |
| Daily activity of signed-in members | 25 months |
| Lifetime download total per project and version | As long as the project exists |
Older raw events are deleted once their daily totals are complete. Daily totals contain counts only, never visitor keys.
Google Analytics runs only if you allow analytics cookies, and you can change that choice in . It sees only visitors who allowed it and measures differently, so its numbers will not match the counts on this site.
Links shared by creators can carry a ref tag that only our own statistics read. Our own campaign links use utm_ tags, which Google Analytics also reads. A link never carries both.
If you opt out, your visits and downloads still count toward the totals, but they are stored count-only in every mode: no visitor key and no details. The short-lived duplicate check still applies, so a double click still counts once.
The button stores an essential cookie named bg_stats_optout on this browser for 365 days. It holds only the value 1, our server reads it on each request, and it is not shared with anyone. It is an essential cookie because it records a choice you made, like the cookie that remembers your consent. Clearing your cookies removes it. Browsers that send Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track are opted out in the same way without the cookie.