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==Historical Usage Share== |
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===Net Applications=== |
===Net Applications (2004 to Present)=== |
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On 2009-08-01, Net Applications began weighting its raw data based on the number of internet users in the countries concerned, using data from the [[CIA]]. The changes were applied retroactively to older data; the table below uses weighted data from 2007 Q4 onwards.<ref>{{cite web |
On 2009-08-01, Net Applications began weighting its raw data based on the number of internet users in the countries concerned, using data from the [[CIA]]. The changes were applied retroactively to older data; the table below uses weighted data from 2007 Q4 onwards.<ref>{{cite web |
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*[[Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer]] - 0.01% |
*[[Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer]] - 0.01% |
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===TheCounter.com=== |
===TheCounter.com (2000 to Present)=== |
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[[Image:Usage share of web browsers from 2000 to 2009 (Source TheCounter.com).gif|center|thumb|480px|Usage share of web browsers history from 2000 to 2009 according to TheCounter.com]] |
[[Image:Usage share of web browsers from 2000 to 2009 (Source TheCounter.com).gif|center|thumb|480px|Usage share of web browsers history from 2000 to 2009 according to TheCounter.com]] |
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===OneStat.com=== |
===OneStat.com (2002 to Present)=== |
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|+ '''Global usage share data from [http://www.onestat.com OneStat.com]''' |
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===StatCounter=== |
===StatCounter (2008 to Present)=== |
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|+ '''Global Stats from [http://gs.statcounter.com StatCounter]''' |
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===ADTECH=== |
===ADTECH (2004 to Present)=== |
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|+ '''Europe usage share data from: [http://adtech.info/ ADTECH]''' |
|+ '''Europe usage share data from: [http://adtech.info/ ADTECH]''' |
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===W3 Counter=== |
===W3 Counter (2007 to Present)=== |
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*Note: W3 Counter only lists the top 10 Browsers by Version. This is one of the reasons why Opera fluctuates between 0.7% and 1.2% in the table below, as some versions only make it into the top 10 occasionally. This site counts the last 25,000 page views from each site making relatively small sites contribute a lot more to the statistics than in an overall count. |
*Note: W3 Counter only lists the top 10 Browsers by Version. This is one of the reasons why Opera fluctuates between 0.7% and 1.2% in the table below, as some versions only make it into the top 10 occasionally. This site counts the last 25,000 page views from each site making relatively small sites contribute a lot more to the statistics than in an overall count. |
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As of July 31, 2009 uncategorised browsers are at 7.17% |
As of July 31, 2009 uncategorised browsers are at 7.17% |
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===AT Internet Institute ( |
===AT Internet Institute (2007 to Present)=== |
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AT Internet Institute was formerly known as XiTi. |
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|+ '''Europe usage share data from: [http://atinternet-institute.com/ AT Internet Institute''] ''' |
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===WebSideStory=== |
===WebSideStory (1990 to 2006)=== |
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|+ '''USA usage share data from: [http://www.websidestory.com WebSideStory]''' |
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===Mail.ru=== |
===Mail.ru (2009 to Present)=== |
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|+ '''[[Russia]] usage share data from: [http://mail.ru Mail.Ru]''' |
|+ '''[[Russia]] usage share data from: [http://mail.ru Mail.Ru]''' |
Revision as of 16:43, 14 August 2009
The usage share of web browsers is the percentage of visitors to a group of websites that use a particular web browser. For example, when it is said that Internet Explorer has 66% usage share, it means that some version of Internet Explorer is used by 66% of visitors that visit a given set of sites.
Typically, the user agent string is used to identify which browser a visitor is using. The concept of browser percentages for the Web audience in general is sometimes called browser penetration.[citation needed]
Accuracy
Measuring browser usage in terms of the number of requests (page hits) made by each user agent can be misleading.
Overestimation
Not all requests are generated by a user, as a user agent can make requests at regular time intervals without user input. In this case, the usage of that user agent would then be overestimated. Some examples:
- A web browser that refreshes the webpage at a regular time interval.
- A feed reader that requests the RSS or Atom feed at a regular time interval.
- Extra files like CSS hacks and JavaScript hacks are often sent to Internet Explorer.
- Gecko-based browsers (such as Firefox) can prefetch linked web pages, potentially increasing hits. Link prefetching in Gecko-based browsers is used on pages with enhanced markup, including Google search results.[1]
- A user who revisits a site shortly after changing or upgrading browsers may be double-counted under some methodologies; overall numbers at the time of a new version's release may be skewed.[2]
- Certain anti-virus products fake their user-agent to appear to be popular browsers. This is done to trick attack sites that might display clean content to the scanner, but not to the browser. The Register reported in June 2008 that traffic from AVG Linkscanner, using an IE6 user-agent, outstripped human link clicks by nearly 10 to 1. [3]
- Many types of software, such as Web validators or crawlers, fetch web pages, and send fictitious user-agent strings to appear more like normal traffic.
Underestimation
It is also possible to underestimate the usage share by using the number of requests, for example:
- A graphical browser typically results in more hits than a text browser, as it downloads files referred to by the HTML document (e.g., images, CSS, and JavaScript).
- Many browsers and download managers spoof a different user agent string to the web server to prevent erroneous or malicious browser sniffing which could result in receiving broken or incompatible code, or being completely blocked, and thus increasing the statistics for other browsers (as an example, prior to version 9, the Opera web browser had "Identify as Internet Explorer" as the default user setting)
- Text-based and audio-based browsers do not download any webbugs at all.
- Gecko-based browsers since Firefox 1.5 and Opera use fast Document Object Model (DOM) caching. JavaScript is only executed on pageload from net or disk cache, but not if it is loaded from DOM cache. This can have an impact on JavaScript based tracking of browser statistics.[4]
- Some browser extensions and security programs (such as the popular Firefox extension NoScript) block javascript, flash, applets and some forms of HTML (HTML blocked through ClearClick) for non-whitelisted sites. This may also affect JavaScript based tracking of browser statistics.
- Many browsers accessing a site via one proxy are apt to be counted as only one access, if the proxy caches the result; in particular, it is usual for browsers on mobile phones to access the web via proxies (many of which violate HTTP's specifications for proxies; even if a webbug is designed to work despite proxying, the proxies run by mobile operators may well mislead it).
- While most browsers generate additional page hits by refreshing webpages when user navigates back through page history, some browsers (such as Opera) reuse cached content without resending requests to server.[5][6]
- Generally, the more faithfully a browser implements HTTP's cache specifications, the more it shall be under-reported relative to browsers which implement those specifications poorly.[6]
Summary Table
Source | Month | Internet Explorer |
Firefox | Safari | Chrome | Opera | Source |
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Net Applications | July 2009 | 67.86% | 22.47% | 4.07% | 2.59% | 1.97% | [1] |
The Counter | July 2009 | 73.67% | 18.06% | 4.49% | 0.00% (N/A) | 0.86% | [2] |
OneStat | March 2009 | 79.79% | 15.59% | 2.65% | 0.86% | 0.54% | [3] |
Stat Counter | July 2009 | 59.49% | 30.33% | 2.93% | 2.82% | 3.36% | [4] |
W3Counter | July 2009 | 52.93% | 31.40% | 3.11% | 3.11% | 1.18% | [5] |
AT Internet | April 2009 | 63.60% | 28.40% | 3.40% | 1.70% | 2.20% | [6] |
Median | July 2009 | 65.73% | 25.44% | 3.26% | 2.59% | 1.58% | --- |
Historical Usage Share
Net Applications (2004 to Present)
On 2009-08-01, Net Applications began weighting its raw data based on the number of internet users in the countries concerned, using data from the CIA. The changes were applied retroactively to older data; the table below uses weighted data from 2007 Q4 onwards.[7]
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape | Mozilla | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome | Source |
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2009 Q2 | 68.06% | 0.68% | 0.06% | 23.00% | 2.05% | 3.67% | 2.13% | 2009 Q2 |
2009 Q1 | 69.13% | 0.51% | 0.06% | 22.67% | 2.18% | 3.58% | 1.56% | 2009 Q1 |
2008 Q4 | 71.99% | 0.41% | 0.07% | 20.78% | 2.15% | 3.11% | 1.16% | 2008 Q4 |
2008 Q3 | 74.93% | 0.43% | 0.07% | 19.07% | 2.06% | 2.73% | 0.37% | 2008 Q3 |
2008 Q2 | 76.24% | 0.48% | 0.08% | 18.16% | 1.97% | 2.73% | 2008 Q2 | |
2008 Q1 | 77.83% | 0.41% | 0.13% | 16.86% | 1.84% | 2.65% | 2008 Q1 | |
2007 Q4 | 79.16% | 0.50% | 0.09% | 15.84% | 1.78% | 2.39% | 2007 Q4 | |
2007 Q3 | 78.85% | 0.76% | 0.11% | 14.69% | 0.51% | 4.80% | 2007 Q3 | |
2007 Q2 | 78.76% | 0.83% | 0.15% | 14.92% | 0.46% | 4.66% | 2007 Q2 | |
2007 Q1 | 79.38% | 0.77% | 0.19% | 14.35% | 0.50% | 4.70% | 2007 Q1 | |
2006 Q4 | 80.69% | 0.86% | 0.23% | 13.50% | 0.56% | 4.06% | 2006 Q4 | |
2006 Q3 | 82.88% | 0.88% | 0.26% | 11.89% | 0.62% | 3.30% | 2006 Q3 | |
2006 Q2 | 84.03% | 0.98% | 0.32% | 10.67% | 0.57% | 3.25% | 2006 Q2 | |
2006 Q1 | 85.01% | 1.09% | 0.36% | 9.77% | 0.53% | 3.10% | 2006 Q1 | |
2005 Q4 | 85.88% | 1.25% | 0.43% | 9.00% | 0.54% | 2.80% | 2005 Q4 | |
2005 Q3 | 86.74% | 1.92% | 0.48% | 7.97% | 0.55% | 2.24% | 2005 Q3 | |
2005 Q2 | 87.24% | 1.62% | 0.59% | 8.08% | 0.52% | 1.89% | 2005 Q2 | |
2005 Q1 | 89.02% | 1.89% | 0.67% | 6.17% | 0.49% | 1.70% | 2005 Q1 | |
2004 Q4 | 91.35% | 2.09% | 0.80% | 3.66% | 0.51% | 1.50% | 2004 Q4 |
Among other browsers, Net Applications gives the following breakdown from the second quarter of 2009:
- Opera Mini - 0.25%
- Playstation - 0.03%
- NetFront - 0.03%
- Blazer - 0.01%
- Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer - 0.01%
TheCounter.com (2000 to Present)
Period | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | Netscape / Mozilla / Firefox | Opera | Safari | Sources |
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2009 Q2 | 70.31% | 0.06% | 20.12% | 0.94% | 6.44% | Apr, May, Jun |
2009 Q1 | 71.25% | 0.08% | 20.01% | 0.92% | 5.47% | Jan, Feb, Mar |
2008 Q4 | 74.24% | 0.07% | 18.66% | 0.89% | 4.52% | Oct, Nov, Dec |
2008 Q3 | 76.33% | 0.07% | 17.97% | 0.84% | 3.76% | Jul, Aug, Sep |
2008 Q2 | 78.30% | 0.06% | 16.36% | 0.81% | 3.41% | Apr, May, Jun |
2008 Q1 | 78.80% | 0.06% | 15.87% | 0.79% | 3.32% | Jan, Feb, Mar |
2007 Q4 | 81.14% | 0.06% | 13.81% | 0.67% | 3.21% | Oct, Nov, Dec |
2007 Q3 | 81.63% | 0.06% | 13.49% | 0.66% | 3.00% | Jul, Aug, Sep |
2007 Q2 | 82.97% | 0.06% | 12.41% | 0.64% | 2.87% | Apr, May, Jun |
2007 Q1 | 83.69% | 0.06% | 11.57% | 0.57% | 2.92% | Jan, Feb, Mar |
2006 Q4 | 84.11% | 0.05% | 11.13% | 0.60% | 2.80% | Nov, Dec |
2006 Q3 | 84.48% | 0.06% | 10.56% | 0.73% | 2.27% | Jul, Aug, Sep |
2006 Q2 | 86.32% | 0.05% | 9.03% | 0.70% | 1.89% | Apr, May, Jun |
2006 Q1 | 90.01% | 0.05% | 6.77% | 0.58% | 1.40% | Jan, Feb, Mar |
2005 Q4 | 87.25% | 0.07% | 8.60% | 0.71% | 1.83% | Oct, Nov, Dec |
2005 Q3 | 87.58% | 0.07% | 8.42% | 0.67% | 1.60% | Jul, Aug, Sep |
2005 Q2 | 90.90% | 0.09% | 6.02% | 0.51% | 0.99% | Apr, May, Jun |
2005 Q1 | 90.77% | 0.11% | 5.73% | 0.54% | 1.00% | Jan, Feb, Mar |
2004 Q4 | 90.98% | 0.18% | 5.10% | 0.68% | 0.77% | Oct, Nov, Dec |
2004 Q3 | 92.70% | 0.20% | 3.57% | 0.65% | 0.73% | Jul, Aug, Sep |
2004 Q2 | 95.04% | 0.32% | 2.37% | 0.51% | 0.67% | Apr, May, Jun |
2004 Q1 | 94.28% | 0.36% | 2.70% | 0.52% | Jan, Feb, Mar | |
2003 Q2 | 94.43% | 1.45% | 2.22% | 0.66% | Apr, May, Jun | |
2003 Q1 | 94.18% | 1.77% | 2.15% | 0.65% | Jan, Feb, Mar | |
2002 Q4 | 93.94% | 2.31% | 1.67% | 0.83% | Oct, Nov, Dec | |
2002 Q3 | 93.32% | 3.04% | 1.36% | 0.94% | Jul, Aug, Sep | |
2002 Q2 | 92.47% | 4.13% | 1.13% | 0.82% | Apr, May, Jun | |
2002 Q1 | 92.40% | 4.67% | 0.93% | 0.52% | Jan, Feb, Mar | |
2001 Q4 | 90.83% | 5.23% | 0.71% | 0.36% | Oct, Nov, Dec | |
2001 Q3 | 88.43% | 6.49% | 0.26% | 0.31% | Jul, Aug, Sep | |
2001 Q2 | 87.99% | 7.46% | 0.27% | 0.28% | Apr, May, Jun | |
2001 Q1 | 86.80% | 9.84% | 0.30% | 0.22% | Jan, Feb, Mar | |
2000 Q4 | 83.95% | 12.61% | 0.14% | 0.14% | Oct, Nov, Dec | |
2000 Q3 | 82.76% | 14.35% | 0.04% | 0.14% | Jul, Aug, Sep | |
2000 Q2 | 80.30% | 17.54% | 0.02% | 0.12% | Apr, May, Jun | |
2000 Q1 | 79.09% | 19.25% | 0.00% | 0.13% | Jan, Feb, Mar | |
Period | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | Netscape / Mozilla / Firefox | Opera | Safari | Sources |
OneStat.com (2002 to Present)
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | Netscape | Mozilla / Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome | Source |
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March 2009 | 79.59% | 0.31% | 15.59% | 0.54% | 2.65% | 0.86% | 2009-04-04 | |
November 2008 | 81.36% | 0.32% | 14.67% | 0.55% | 2.42% | 0.54% | 2008-11-24 | |
February 2008 | 83.27% | 0.14% | 13.76% | 0.55% | 2.18% | 2008-02-18 | ||
June 2007 | 84.66% | 0.11% | 12.72% | 0.61% | 1.79% | 2007-07-02 | ||
January 2007 | 85.81% | 0.13% | 11.69% | 0.58% | 1.64% | 2007-01-22 | ||
November 2006 | 85.24% | 0.11% | 12.15% | 0.69% | 1.61% | 2006-11-06 | ||
October 2006 | 85.85% | 0.12% | 11.49% | 0.69% | 1.61% | 2006-10-09 | ||
July 2006 | 83.05% | 0.16% | 12.93% | 1.00% | 1.84% | 2006-07-09 | ||
May 2006 | 85.17% | 0.15% | 11.79% | 0.79% | 2.02% | 2006-05-15 | ||
January 2006 | 85.82% | 0.16% | 11.23% | 0.77% | 1.88% | 2006-01-31 | ||
November 2, 2005 | 85.45% | 0.26% | 11.51% | 0.77% | 1.75% | 2005-11-02 | ||
April 27, 2005 | 86.63% | 1.08% | 8.69% | 1.03% | 1.26% | 2005-04-27 | ||
February 28, 2005 | 87.28% | 1.11% | 8.45% | 1.09% | 1.21% | 2005-02-28 | ||
November 22, 2004 | 88.90% | 7.35% | 1.33% | 0.91% | 2004-11-22 | |||
May 28, 2004 | 93.9% | 2.1% | 1.02% | 0.71% | 2004-05-28 | |||
January 19, 2004 | 94.8% | 1.8% | 0.8% | 0.48% | 2004-01-19 | |||
July 28, 2003 | 95.4% | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 0.25% | 2003-07-28 | |
February 3, 2003 | 95.2% | 1.0% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.11% | 2003-02-03 | |
December 16, 2002 | 95.0% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 2002-12-16 | ||
September 30, 2002 | 94.9% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 2002-09-30 | ||
June 21, 2002 | 95.3% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 2002-06-24 | ||
April 29, 2002 | 96.6% | 2.1% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 2002-04-29 | |||
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | Netscape | Mozilla / Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome | Source |
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape | Mozilla / Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome | Source |
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March 2009 | 72.69% | 0.49% | 20.40% | 0.38% | 4.53% | 1.05% | Onestat.com pressbox |
November 2008 | 75.54% | 0.50% | 18.74% | 0.39% | 3.95% | 0.62% | Onestat.com pressbox |
June 2007 | 75.69% | 0.17% | 19.65% | 0.61% | 3.77% | Onestat.com pressbox | |
January 2007 | 78.13% | 0.18% | 16.11% | 0.73% | 3.68% | Onestat.com pressbox |
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape | Mozilla / Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome | Source |
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March 2009 | 65.55% | 0.56% | 23.09% | 0.75% | 7.36% | 1.32% | Onestat.com pressbox |
November 2008 | 69.67% | 0.56% | 20.38% | 0.76% | 7.56% | 0.92% | Onestat.com pressbox |
June 2007 | 75.76% | 0.13% | 16.47% | 0.69% | 5.72% | Onestat.com pressbox | |
January 2007 | 79.00% | 0.14% | 14.13% | 0.71% | 4.70% | Onestat.com pressbox |
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape | Mozilla / Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome | Source |
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March 2009 | 80.91% | 0.36% | 15.16% | 0.60% | 1.94% | 0.85% | Onestat.com pressbox |
November 2008 | 83.77% | 0.34% | 11.45% | 0.60% | 1.76% | 0.43% | Onestat.com pressbox |
June 2007 | 86.00% | 0.10% | 11.22% | 0.53% | 1.61% | Onestat.com pressbox | |
January 2007 | 86.72% | 0.10% | 10.86% | 0.49% | 1.78% | Onestat.com pressbox |
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape | Mozilla / Firefox | Opera | Safari | Source |
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June 2007 | 66.42% | 0.24% | 26.32% | 4.05% | 1.86% | Onestat.com pressbox |
January 2007 | 65.71% | 0.24% | 26.68% | 4.28% | 1.77% | Onestat.com pressbox |
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape | Mozilla / Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome | Source |
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March 2009 | 71.57% | 0.46% | 23.48% | 0.54% | 2.90% | 0.86% | Onestat.com pressbox |
November 2008 | 71.50% | 0.51% | 23.45% | 0.56% | 3.23% | 0.59% | Onestat.com pressbox |
StatCounter (2008 to Present)
Date | Internet Explorer | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome | Source |
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June 2009 | 59.49% | 30.26% | 3.46% | 2.91% | 2.80% | StatCounter Global Stats Top 5 browsers |
May 2009 | 62.09% | 28.75% | 3.23% | 2.65% | 2.42% | StatCounter Global Stats Top 5 browsers |
April 2009 | 61.88% | 29.67% | 2.96% | 2.75% | 2.07% | StatCounter Global Stats Top 5 browsers |
March 2009 | 62.52% | 29.4% | 2.94% | 2.73% | 1.73% | StatCounter Global Stats Top 5 browsers |
February 2009 | 64.43% | 27.85% | 2.95% | 2.59% | 1.52% | StatCounter Global Stats Top 5 browsers |
January 2009 | 65.41% | 27.03% | 2.92% | 2.57% | 1.38% | StatCounter Global Stats Top 5 browsers |
December 2008 | 67.84% | 25.23% | 2.83% | 2.41% | 1.21% | StatCounter Global Stats Top 5 browsers |
November 2008 | 68.14% | 25.27% | 3.01% | 2.49% | 0.93% | StatCounter Global Stats Top 5 browsers |
October 2008 | 67.68% | 25.54% | 2.69% | 2.91% | 1.02% | StatCounter Global Stats Top 5 browsers |
September 2008 | 67.16% | 25.77% | 2.86% | 3% | 1.03% | StatCounter Global Stats Top 5 browsers |
August 2008 | 68.91% | 26.08% | 1.83% | 2.99% | StatCounter Global Stats Top 5 browsers | |
July 2008 | 68.57% | 26.14% | 1.78% | 3.3% | StatCounter Global Stats Top 5 browsers | |
Date | Internet Explorer | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome | Source |
ADTECH (2004 to Present)
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape | Mozilla | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Source |
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March 2009 | 67.7% | 1.1% | 25.3% | 1.4% | 2.6% | 2009-04-01 | |
Q1 2008 | 76.2% | 2.6% | 18.1% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 2008-04-08 | |
Q4 2007 | 76.0% | 2.9% | 18.0% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 2008-01-31 | |
July 2007 | 77.5% | 3.9% | 15.5% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 2007-08-23 | |
February 2007 | 77.34% | 5.11% | 14.34% | 0.85% | 1.63% | 2007-03-20 | |
February–April 2006 | 83.36% | 0.38% | 0.82% | 12.38% | 0.77% | 1.67% | 2006-06-13 |
September 2005 | 83.31% | 0.61% | 1.06% | 12.41% | 0.90% | 1.40% | 2005-11-14 |
June 2005 | 85.10% | 0.60% | 1.05% | 10.11% | 1.21% | 1.34% | 2005-06-27 |
March 2005 | 86.73% | 0.71% | 1.14% | 8.96% | 1.12% | 2005-04-21 | |
February 2005 | 87.57% | 0.76% | 1.26% | 7.85% | 1.05% | ||
January 2005 | 87.13% | 0.85% | 1.33% | 7.43% | 1.70% | ||
November 30, 2004 | 89.47% | 0.92% | 2.50% | 5.51% | 1.01% | 2004-12-02 | |
November 16, 2004 | 90.56% | 0.89% | 2.38% | 4.56% | 1.07% | ||
September 2004 | 92.63% | 0.82% | 2.10% | 2.91% | 1.00% | 2004-10-19 | |
August 30, 2004 | 93.08% | 0.95% | 2.18% | 2.15% | 0.89% | 2004-12-02 | |
August 2004 | 92.78% | 0.91% | 2.82% | 1.69% | 1.06% | 2004-10-19 | |
July 2004 | 93.08% | 0.97% | 2.62% | 1.64% | 0.99% | ||
January–April 2004 | 94.72% | 1.49% | 2.50% | 0.73% | 2004-06-02 | ||
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape | Mozilla | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Source |
W3 Counter (2007 to Present)
- Note: W3 Counter only lists the top 10 Browsers by Version. This is one of the reasons why Opera fluctuates between 0.7% and 1.2% in the table below, as some versions only make it into the top 10 occasionally. This site counts the last 25,000 page views from each site making relatively small sites contribute a lot more to the statistics than in an overall count.
As of July 31, 2009 uncategorised browsers are at 7.17%
Date | Internet Explorer | Mozilla | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome | Source |
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Jul 31, 2009 | 52.93% | 1.10% | 31.40% | 1.18% | 3.11% | 3.11% | 2009-07-31 |
Jun 30, 2009 | 56.92% | 0.64% | 31.27% | 2.12% | 2009-06-30 | ||
May 31, 2009 | 57.40% | 31.04% | 2.19% | 0.57% | 2009-05-31 | ||
Apr 30, 2009 | 57.42% | 0.58% | 31.22% | 0.57% | 1.69% | 2009-04-30 | |
Mar 31, 2009 | 57.63% | 0.62% | 31.07% | 0.59% | 1.76% | 2009-03-31 | |
Feb 28, 2009 | 57.56% | 0.60% | 30.92% | 1.16% | 1.91% | 2009-02-28 | |
Jan 31, 2009 | 57.90% | 0.56% | 30.70% | 0.67% | 2.44% | 2009-01-31 | |
Dec 31, 2008 | 58.08% | 0.51% | 30.71% | 0.71% | 2.58% | 2008-12-31 | |
Nov 30, 2008 | 58.57% | 30.40% | 1.23% | 2.70% | 2008-11-30 | ||
Oct 31, 2008 | 59.05% | 30.13% | 1.36% | 2.77% | 2008-10-31 | ||
Sept 30, 2008 | 57.03% | 32.07% | 1.56% | 2.51% | 2008-09-30 | ||
Aug 31, 2008 | 58.46% | 31.40% | 1.55% | 1.80% | 2008-08-31 | ||
Jul 31, 2008 | 60.65% | 0.58% | 29.68% | 1.08% | 1.90% | 2008-07-31 | |
Jun 30, 2008 | 61.43% | 0.60% | 29.02% | 1.13% | 2.02% | 2008-06-30 | |
May 31, 2008 | 61.56% | 0.62% | 28.86% | 1.15% | 2.16% | 2008-05-31 | |
Apr 30, 2008 | 61.66% | 0.58% | 28.79% | 1.14% | 2.31% | 2008-04-30 | |
Mar 31, 2008 | 61.66% | 0.61% | 28.39% | 1.11% | 2.50% | 2008-03-31 | |
Feb 29, 2008 | 61.67% | 0.65% | 28.38% | 1.07% | 2.54% | 2008-02-29 | |
Jan 31, 2008 | 61.79% | 0.52% | 28.39% | 1.02% | 2.42% | 2008-01-31 | |
Dec 1, 2007 | 62.36% | 0.56% | 27.77% | 1.41% | 1.84% | 2007-12-01 | |
Nov 10, 2007 | 62.55% | 0.59% | 27.56% | 1.39% | 1.95% | 2007-11-10 | |
Oct 30, 2007 | 62.41% | 0.60% | 27.70% | 1.35% | 1.99% | 2007-10-30 | |
Sept 20, 2007 | 66.22% | 0.61% | 25.45% | 1.22% | 1.76% | 2007-09-20 | |
Aug 30, 2007 | 66.20% | 0.61% | 25.43% | 1.22% | 1.76% | 2007-08-30 | |
July 30, 2007 | 66.41% | 0.65% | 25.11% | 1.16% | 1.75% | 2007-07-30 | |
June 30, 2007 | 66.20% | 0.71% | 25.08% | 0.69% | 1.81% | 2007-06-30 | |
May 30, 2007 | 66.69% | 0.73% | 24.55% | 1.22% | 1.85% | 2007-05-30 | |
Date | Internet Explorer | Mozilla | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome | Source |
AT Internet Institute (2007 to Present)
AT Internet Institute was formerly known as XiTi.
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome | Source |
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April 2009 | 63.6% | 0.6% | 28.4% | 2.2% | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2009-5 |
March 2009 | 64.6% | 0.6% | 27.8% | 2.2% | 3.3% | 1.4% | |
February 2009 | 65.6% | 0.5% | 27.4% | 2.1% | 3.0% | 1.3% | |
January 2009 | 58.1% | 0.6% | 32.5% | 4.1% | 3.0% | 1.5% | 2009-1 |
December 2008 | 58.5% | 0.6% | 32.3% | 4.5% | 2.7% | 1.3% | |
November 2008 | 59.5% | 0.6% | 31.1% | 5.1% | 2.5% | 1.1% | 2008-12-22 |
October 2008 | 59.2% | 0.6% | 31.1% | 5.4% | 2.4% | 1.1% | |
September 2008 | 60.2% | 0.4% | 31.2% | 4.8% | 2.4% | 1.0% | 2008-10-10 |
August 2008 | 59.4% | 0.3% | 33.0% | 4.5% | 2.6% | ||
July 2008 | 60.4% | 0.3% | 32.2% | 4.5% | 2.4% | ||
June 2008 | 60.5% | 0.3% | 31.4% | 5.1% | 2.5% | ||
May 2008 | 61.7% | 0.4% | 30.7% | 4.7% | 2.4% | ||
April 2008 | 64.5% | 0.5% | 28.9% | 3.6% | 2.4% | ||
March 2008 | 65.0% | 0.5% | 28.8% | 3.3% | 2.3% | 2008-04-30 | |
February 2008 | 65.6% | 0.5% | 28.5% | 3.2% | 2.2% | ||
January 2008 | 66.1% | 0.5% | 28.0% | 3.2% | 2.1% | ||
December 2007 | 66.1% | 0.5% | 28.0% | 3.3% | 2.0% | ||
November 2007 | 66.9% | 0.5% | 27.3% | 3.2% | 1.9% | ||
October 2007 | 67.5% | 0.4% | 27.0% | 3.1% | 1.8% | ||
September 2007 | 66.6% | 0.3% | 27.7% | 3.4% | 1.8% | 2007-10-30 | |
July 2-8, 2007 | 66.5% | 0.3% | 27.8% | 3.5% | 1.7% | 2007-07-18 |
WebSideStory (1990 to 2006)
Mail.ru (2009 to Present)
Date | Internet Explorer | Opera | Firefox | Google Chrome | Mozilla SeaMonkey | Safari | Netscape | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
June 29 2009 | 52.44% | 24.69% | 19.34% | 1.95% | 1.23% | 0.35% | 0.01% | Current today's data |
June 9 2009 | 53.03% | 24.33% | 18.84% | 2.24% | 1.16% | 0.40% | Accessed on June 9 | |
Date | Internet Explorer | Opera | Firefox | Google Chrome | Mozilla SeaMonkey | Safari | Netscape | Source |
1998 and earlier
GVU WWW User Survey
Date | Mosaic | Netscape Navigator | Internet Explorer | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|
October 1998 | 64% | 32.2% | Primary Browser in 12 Months | |
April 1998 | 70% | 22.7% | Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months | |
October 1997 | 59.67% | 15.13% | Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months | |
April 1997 | 81.13% | 12.13% | Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months | |
October 1996 | 80.45% | 12.18% | Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months | |
April 1996 | 89.36% | 3.76% | Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months | |
April 1995 | 9% | 54% | Hal Berghel's Cybernautica - "A Web Monopoly" | |
October 1994 | 68% | 18% | Result Graph - Browser | |
January 1994 | 97% | General Results Graphs |
Dataquest
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | Source |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | 39.4% | 57.6% | Browser wars: High price, huge rewards |
1996 | 20% | 73% | |
1995 | 2.9% | 80.1% |
EWS Web Server at UIUC
Date | Mosaic | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|
1998 Q4 | 50.43% | 46.87% | Oct 1998, Nov 1998, Dec 1998 | |
1998 Q3 | 47.90% | 48.97% | Jul 1998, Aug 1998, Sep 1998 | |
1998 Q2 | 43.17% | 53.57% | Apr 1998, May 1998, Jun 1998 | |
1998 Q1 | 39.67% | 57.63% | Jan 1998, Feb 1998, Mar 1998 | |
1997 Q4 | 35.53% | 62.23% | Oct 1997, Nov 1997, Dec 1997 | |
1997 Q3 | 32.40% | 64.93% | Jul 1997, Aug 1997, Sep 1997 | |
1997 Q2 | 0.37% | 27.67% | 69.77% | Apr 1997, May 1997, Jun 1997 |
1997 Q1 | 0.60% | 22.87% | 74.33% | Jan 1997, Feb 1997, Mar 1997 |
1996 Q4 | 1.20% | 19.07% | 77.13% | Oct 1996, Nov 1996, Dec 1996 |
1996 Q3 | 2.47% | 13.97% | 80.37% | Jul 1996, Aug 1996, Sep 1996 |
1996 Q2 | 6.93% | 9.60% | 82.77% | Apr 1996, May 1996, Jun 1996 |
International Data Corporation
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | Source |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | 23% | 51% | Behind the numbers: Browser market share |
1996 | 16% | 55% |
ZD Market Intelligence
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | Source |
---|---|---|---|
January 1998 | 39% | 54% | Behind the numbers: Browser market share |
January 1997 | 21% | 63% |
Zona Research
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | Source |
---|---|---|---|
July 1998 | 45% | 54% | Behind the numbers: Browser market share |
September 1997 | 36% | 62% | |
January 1997 | 28% | 70% |
AdKnowledge
Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | Source |
---|---|---|---|
June 1998 | 46% | 52% | Behind the numbers: Browser market share |
March 1998 | 42% | 57% | |
January 1998 | 36% | 61% |
See also
References
- ^ "Google feature list".
- ^ Gregg Keizer (2008-06-23). "Firefox 3.0 boosts Mozilla's market share". Computerworld. IDG. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
- ^ Cade Metz (2008-06-26). "AVG disguises fake traffic as IE6". The Register. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Using_Firefox_1.5_caching
- ^ "Opera Cache Contexts vs Security".
- ^ a b "HTTP History Lists and Back Button".
- ^ "Country Level Weighting". Net Applications. 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
External links
- Chuck Upsdell's Browser Stats lists web stats from many different stats sources and gives the approximate current usage share of the most popular layout engines.
- Clicky Web Analytics lists data from over eighty thousand unique web sites
- StatCounter Global Stats tracks the market share of search engines, browsers and operating systems including mobile from over 4 billion monthly page views.
- W3Schools' Browser Statistics lists the web stats only from the W3 Schools site, which gives the approximate usage share of browsers among "people with an interest for web technologies."