So some time ago (about 5 yrs or so), when I began blogging, there was a new stat tracking software that was new and holy that I sported. Now that I'm back into blogging after a year or two break I've gone back to my roots and had myself a mint.

I've tried Google Analytics and don't really like that it only updates once every 24 hours and it isn't very customizable. I have also tried my hosting provider's stats engine and I don't like it's lack of user interface and it's a complete pain to check stats and referrals.

Sorry for the small fonts in the image above. I run a screen resolution of 1680x1050...thus making the details hard to see. You can see a live demo at Designologue.com. Resize your browser window...notice this glory as it unfolds. Watch it update stats in real time. No additional plug-ins have been installed. This is the straight up default install...but still powerful.

Mint is a sweet stat tracking program. The API is documented and is available to third-party programmers, which in turn means that some pretty sweet pepper, kind of like plug-ins, has been produced...including the Twitter interface shown in the right panel above.

I like numbers, and even moreso, I like knowing what you like to read and/or are interested in. The only kicker is that you have to have a hosted site with access to a SQL database to run this software...but it works great with Joomla!...thus, I'm happy. And the install only took 10 minutes. Anyone else with me? What stat tracking program/software do you use?