User blog comment:Kirkburn/Technical Update: December 2, 2014/@comment-4129195-20141204181419/@comment-126761-20141204183434

For future reference, please remember that it's best to report potential bugs to Special:Contact/bug, not here.

The stats issue is likely a temporary glitch with the data - please do let us know if it continues.

With regards the second search box, we'll likely make some tweaks to the Special:Search page in the future.