@NoelC
Did you consider "Ghostery" add-on for all five major browsers, which blocks statcounter by default?
There is almost 3 mil. users in Firefox and Chrome alone.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ghostery/mlomiejdfkolichcflejclcbmpeaniij