1. AutoHotkey User Survey May 19, 2016
Joe Glines @ the-automator.com
Connect with me on LinkedIn
Jackie Sztuk @ JSZapp.com

2. Global study with 408 Completes
58 countries represented!
Nearly ½ in United States

3. How First Heard about AutoHotkey
Half of people find AutoHotkey from performing Internet Search
How did you first hear about AutoHotkey?
N=417

4. Time using AutoHotkey
One in Three respondents have been using AutoHotkey for 5+ years
Approximately how long have you been using AutoHotkey?
N=463

5. AutoHotkey Usage Hotkeys are the most frequently cites use Mean 6.5
Median 6
Mode 3
Below are some of the main uses of AutoHotkey. Please select the options/functionality you regularly rely / use the software
N=463

6. Favorite AutoHotkey Functionality
Nearly 1/3rd of respondent state Hotkeys are favorite functionality
Earlier you selected the following functionality that you use in AutoHotkey.  Which is your favorite / most used functionality?
N=420

7. Willing to Pay for AutoHotkey Support
Would you pay someone else to write a script for you / train you?
N=462
Which of the following reasons best summarize why you would not pay someone?
Which of the following best reflect why you did/would pay someone?
N=335
N=114

8. Preferred IDE for AutoHotkey
Notepad++ and SciTE4AutoHotkey are dominant IDEs
What IDE / editor do you prefer to use with AutoHotkey?
N=463

9. Favorite Functionality for IDE
In your opinion what type of functionality does [question7]have that makes it better than the others?
N=316

10. Sources use for Learning AutoHotkey
AutoHotkey Documentation and Forum heavily relied on
Common mentions
Google search
IRC
Which of the following do you use frequently for learning about AutoHotkey?
N=425

11. Scripts Use / Write in an average week
Most users Use more than 6 per week and write more than 11
Please think about the following questions for an average week
How many different AutoHotkey scripts do you use?
How many different AutoHotkey scripts have you written?
N=419

12. Percent selecting 5 thru 7
AutoHotkey Training
Nearly 1/3rd show significant interest in free monthly webinar
Percent selecting 5 thru 7
 Please state how interested you are in the following AutoHotkey related learning / training (1=Not Interested 7=Extremely Interested)
N=413

13. Competitive Tools Used
PowerShell most common used competitive tool
Over 1/3rd haven’t used other competitive tools.
Common mentions
VBA
Dos / Batch files
MacroExpress
PhraseExpress
What competitive tools do you use / Have you used?
N=425

14. Other Frequently used Programming Languages
JavaScript, SQL and Visual Basic most often cited as also frequently used
Mean 2.2
Median 2
Common mentions
VBA
HTML / CSS
Dos / Batch
LUA
What languages do you frequently program in?
N=434

15. Desired Functionality
If you could choose to add new functionality to AutoHotkey, what would you like added?
N=316

16. Demographics / Corpographics

17. Job Function IT shows strong prominence of Job function N=410
Which best describes your job function?
N=410

18. Gender
Typically women are more likely to complete surveys than men. Given that, what percentage of respondents do you believe “self identify” as Female?
Are you..
N=405

19. Age Group One in two respondents was over 35 N=407
Of the following, which best represents your age?
N=407

20. Years of Work Experience
Over half of respondent have 10+ years of work experience
Approximately 1 in 5 have less than 3 years of work experience
Approximately how many years of work experience do you have?
N=408

21. Company Industry One in Five respondents work at “High Tech” company
Which best describes the industry of your company?
N=396

22. # of Employees at Company
Respondents work at all sizes of companies however there is a dominance of being either Self employed or working for large companies
Which best describes the number of employees at your company? 
N=396

23. Source of Respondents
Not surprisingly the AutoHotkey forum was largest source of respondents
Recruitment from LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter, Stack Overflow was poor
N=475

24. Can follow-up with additional questions
Over 2/3rds of respondents were willing to have follow-up conversations around their responses. (Shows High involvement / interest in AutoHotkey & the study)
If there are questions about your responses, may we contact you with follow-up questions?
N=402

25. Drawing for Amazon Gift Card Ben: Coraopolis, PA, United States ID=369
Conclusion
Drawing for Amazon Gift Card
Ben: Coraopolis, PA, United States ID=369