Usage share of web browsers
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The usage share
of a web browser
is the proportion, often expressed as a percentage, of users of all web browsers who use that particular browser. This figure can only be estimated
, typically by determining the proportion of visitors to a group of website
s that use a particular web browser. Browser usage share varies from place to place as well as through time.
can be misleading.
In China, Internet Explorer dominates usage; in Germany, Firefox is the most used browser; in Belarus, Opera is the most popular; whereas Chrome is browser of choice in South America.
statistics are directly derived from hits (not unique visitors) from 3 million sites using StatCounter totaling more than 15 billion hits per month. No artificial weightings are used.
Note about how numbers are reported:
StatCounter reports desktop and mobile browser share separately, we report them together. For consistency, each desktop browser share has been reduced by multiplying it by the current overall desktop share versus mobile. Similarly, mobile browser shares have each been multiplied by the overall mobile percentage. This avoids having greater than 100% usage share when combining mobile and desktop.
This limits the influence of sites with more than 15,000 monthly visitors on the usage statistics.
W3Counter is not affiliated with the W3C.
On 1 August 2009, 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, and this is reflected in the summary table above.
92% of sites monitored by StatOwl serve predominantly United States market.
projects, including Wikipedia
, Wikimedia Commons
, Wiktionary
, Wikibooks
, Wikiquote
, Wikisource
, Wikinews
, Wikiversity
and others.
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TheCounter.com identifies sixteen versions of six browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Netscape, and Konqueror). Other browsers are categorised as either ‘Netscape compatible’ (including Google Chrome, which may also be categorized as 'Safari' due to its 'Webkit' subtag) or ‘unknown’. Internet Explorer 8 is identified as Internet Explorer 7. Monthly data includes all hits from 2008-02-01 until the end of the month concerned. More than the exact browser type, this data identifies the underlying web rendering engine used by various browsers, and the table below aggregates them in the same column.
Method: Only counts visits to local sites in 23 European countries and then averages the percentages for those 23 European countries independent of population size.
Usage share
Usage share refers to the relative market adoption of various products, for example:*Web browsers*BitTorrent clients*Operating systems*Web search engines*Instant messaging clients-See also:*Market share*Market value*Market power...
of a web browser
Web browser
A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
is the proportion, often expressed as a percentage, of users of all web browsers who use that particular browser. This figure can only be estimated
Estimation
Estimation is the calculated approximation of a result which is usable even if input data may be incomplete or uncertain.In statistics,*estimation theory and estimator, for topics involving inferences about probability distributions...
, typically by determining the proportion of visitors to a group of website
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
s that use a particular web browser. Browser usage share varies from place to place as well as through time.
Accuracy
Measuring browser usage in the number of requests (page hits) made by each user agentUser agent
In computing, a user agent is a client application implementing a network protocol used in communications within a client–server distributed computing system...
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 user's activity might be overestimated. Some examples:- 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 RegisterThe RegisterThe Register is a British technology news and opinion website. It was founded by John Lettice, Mike Magee and Ross Alderson in 1994 as a newsletter called "Chip Connection", initially as an email service...
reported in June 2008 that traffic from AVG Linkscanner, using an IE6Internet Explorer 6Internet Explorer 6 is the sixth major revision of Internet Explorer, a web browser developed by Microsoft for Windows operating systems...
user-agent, outstripped human link clicks by nearly 10 to 1. - A user who revisits a site shortly after changing or upgrading browsers may be double-counted under some methods; overall numbers at the time of a new version's release may be skewed.
Underestimation
It is also possible to underestimate the usage share by using the number of requests, for example:- Opera and Gecko-based browsers since Firefox 1.5 use fast Document Object ModelDocument Object ModelThe Document Object Model is a cross-platform and language-independent convention for representing and interacting with objects in HTML, XHTML and XML documents. Aspects of the DOM may be addressed and manipulated within the syntax of the programming language in use...
(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. - While most browsersWeb browserA web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
generate additional page hits by refreshing web pages when user navigates back through page history, some browsers (such as OperaOpera (web browser)Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,...
) reuse cached content without resending requests to the server. - Generally, the more faithfully a browser implements HTTP's cache specifications, the more it will be under-reported relative to browsers that implement those specifications poorly.
- Some ISPs, mainly mobile network operatorMobile network operatorA mobile network operator , also known as mobile phone operator , carrier service provider , wireless service provider, wireless carrier, or cellular company, or mobile network carrier is a telephone company that provides services for mobile phone subscribers.One essential...
s, have begun stripping the user agent strings.
Regional variations
Web browser usage statistics vary significantly in different geographic regions across the globe.In China, Internet Explorer dominates usage; in Germany, Firefox is the most used browser; in Belarus, Opera is the most popular; whereas Chrome is browser of choice in South America.
Differences in measuring
Net Applications and W3Counter use unique visitors to measure web usage. This has the effect that power users visiting a site ten times will only by counted once but ten times by stats companies that measure page hits. Net Applications also weights its data by geographical location based on CIA factbook of internet users.Summary table
The following tables summarize the usage share of browsers for the indicated month.| Source | Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Firefox | Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Applications | 50.9% | 21.1% | 15.2% | 8.0% | 2.7% | 6.0% |
| Statcounter | 38.9% | 25.0% | 22.0% | 6.6% | 3.1% | 6.7% |
| W3Counter | 35.1% | 26.1% | 20.9% | 6.0% | 2.4% | |
| Wikimedia | 35.5% | 23.8% | 19.3% | 11.0% | 4.8% | 9.2% |
| Clicky | 41.3% | 26.3% | 21.8% | 9.3% | 1.3% | |
| Median Median In probability theory and statistics, a median is described as the numerical value separating the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to... |
38.9% | 25.0% | 20.9% | 8.0% | 2.7% | 6.7% |
| Source | Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Firefox | Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Applications | 51.8% | 21.1% | 14.5% | 7.7% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Statcounter | 38.9% | 25.5% | 21.5% | 6.2% | 3.1% | 7.1% |
| W3Counter | 35.4% | 26.7% | 20.2% | 6.2% | 2.3% | |
| Wikimedia | 36.3% | 24.1% | 18.2% | 10.7% | 4.4% | 9.6% |
| Clicky | 41.9% | 26.9% | 20.9% | 9.0% | 1.2% | |
| Median Median In probability theory and statistics, a median is described as the numerical value separating the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to... |
38.9% | 25.5% | 20.2% | 7.7% | 2.9% | 7.1% |
| Source | Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Firefox | Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Applications | 52.7% | 21.5% | 13.5% | 8.1% | 2.9% | 5.5% |
| StatCounter | 42.5% | 28.0% | 22.1% | 5.2% | 1.7% | 7.0% |
| W3Counter | 35.6% | 27.7% | 19.6% | 6.4% | 2.3% | |
| Wikimedia | 36.8% | 25.0% | 16.8% | 10.8% | 4.2% | 9.8% |
| Clicky | 42.1% | 27.4% | 20.3% | 9.1% | 1.2% | |
| Median Median In probability theory and statistics, a median is described as the numerical value separating the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to... |
42.1% | 27.4% | 19.6% | 8.1% | 2.3% | 7.0% |
StatCounter (July 2008 to present)
StatCounterStatCounter
StatCounter is a web traffic analysis tool. Access to basic services is free and advanced services can cost between $9 and $119 a month. The company is based in Dublin. The statistics from StatCounter are used to compute web usage share for example....
statistics are directly derived from hits (not unique visitors) from 3 million sites using StatCounter totaling more than 15 billion hits per month. No artificial weightings are used.
Note about how numbers are reported:
StatCounter reports desktop and mobile browser share separately, we report them together. For consistency, each desktop browser share has been reduced by multiplying it by the current overall desktop share versus mobile. Similarly, mobile browser shares have each been multiplied by the overall mobile percentage. This avoids having greater than 100% usage share when combining mobile and desktop.
| Date |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Firefox | Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Android | Mobile Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desktop | Mobile | Total | Desktop | Mobile | Total | ||||||
| November 2011 | 40.68% | 25.49% | 25.25% | 6.8% | |||||||
| October 2011 | 37.55% | 23.36% | 24.66% | 5.54% | 1.53% | 7.09% | 1.69% | 1.41% | 3.10% | 1.37% | 6.55% |
| September 2011 | 38.85% | 22.02% | 24.98% | 5.22% | 1.42% | 6.64% | 1.55% | 1.51% | 3.06% | 1.34% | 6.74% |
| August 2011 | 38.91% | 21.51% | 25.53% | 4.82% | 1.37% | 6.19% | 1.55% | 1.54% | 3.09% | 1.40% | 7.12% |
| July 2011 | 39.47% | 20.59% | 25.99% | 4.81% | 1.40% | 6.21% | 1.54% | 1.54% | 3.08% | 1.28% | 7.02% |
| June 2011 | 40.73% 19.30% | 26.49% | 4.74% | 1.63% | 6.53% | ||||||
| Date |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Firefox |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2011 | 40.68% | 25.49% | 25.25% | 5.92% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
| October 2011 | 40.18% | 25.00% | 26.39% | 5.93% | 1.81% | 6.55% |
| September 2011 | 41.66% | 23.61% | 26.79% | 5.60% | 1.72% | 6.74% |
| August 2011 | 41.89% | 23.16% | 27.49% | 5.19% | 1.67% | 7.12% |
| July 2011 | 42.45% | 22.14% | 27.95% | 5.17% | 1.66% | 7.02% |
| June 2011 | 43.58% | 20.65% | 28.34% | 5.07% | 1.74% | 6.53% |
| May 2011 | 43.87% | 19.36% | 29.29% | 5.01% | 1.84% | 5.75% |
| April 2011 | 44.52% | 18.29% | 29.67% | 5.04% | 1.91% | 5.21% |
| March 2011 | 45.11% | 17.37% | 29.98% | 5.02% | 1.97% | 4.70% |
| February 2011 | 45.44% | 16.54% | 30.37% | 5.08% | 2.00% | 4.45% |
| January 2011 | 46.00% | 15.68% | 30.68% | 5.09% | 2.00% | 4.30% |
| December 2010 | 46.94% | 14.85% | 30.76% | 4.79% | 2.07% | 4.10% |
| November 2010 | 48.16% | 13.35% | 31.17% | 4.70% | 2.01% | 4.02% |
| October 2010 | 49.21% | 12.39% | 31.24% | 4.56% | 2.00% | 3.81% |
| September 2010 | 49.87% | 11.54% | 31.50% | 4.42% | 2.03% | 3.50% |
| August 2010 | 51.34% | 10.76% | 31.09% | 4.23% | 1.88% | 3.21% |
| July 2010 | 52.68% | 9.88% | 30.69% | 4.09% | 1.91% | 2.86% |
| June 2010 | 52.86% | 9.24% | 31.15% | 4.07% | 1.91% | 2.57% |
| May 2010 | 52.77% | 8.61% | 31.64% | 4.14% | 1.96% | 2.32% |
| April 2010 | 53.26% | 8.06% | 31.74% | 4.23% | 1.82% | 2.18% |
| March 2010 | 54.44% | 7.29% | 31.27% | 4.16% | 1.97% | 1.96% |
| February 2010 | 54.50% | 6.72% | 31.82% | 4.08% | 1.97% | 1.72% |
| January 2010 | 55.25% | 6.04% | 31.64% | 3.76% | 2.00% | 1.56% |
| December 2009 | 55.72% | 5.45% | 31.97% | 3.48% | 2.06% | 1.28% |
| November 2009 | 56.57% | 4.66% | 32.21% | 3.67% | 2.02% | 1.21% |
| October 2009 | 57.96% | 4.17% | 31.82% | 3.47% | 1.88% | 1.15% |
| September 2009 | 58.37% | 3.69% | 31.34% | 3.28% | 2.62% | 1.12% |
| August 2009 | 58.69% | 3.38% | 31.28% | 3.25% | 2.67% | 1.12% |
| July 2009 | 60.11% | 3.01% | 30.50% | 3.02% | 2.64% | 1.05% |
| June 2009 | 59.49% | 2.80% | 30.26% | 2.91% | 3.46% | 0.94% |
| May 2009 | 62.09% | 2.42% | 28.75% | 2.65% | 3.23% | 0.86% |
| April 2009 | 61.88% | 2.07% | 29.67% | 2.75% | 2.96% | 0.86% |
| March 2009 | 62.52% | 1.73% | 29.40% | 2.73% | 2.94% | 0.80% |
| February 2009 | 64.43% | 1.52% | 27.85% | 2.59% | 2.95% | 0.69% |
| January 2009 | 65.41% | 1.38% | 27.03% | 2.57% | 2.92% | 0.67% |
| December 2008 | 67.84% | 1.21% | 25.23% | 2.41% | 2.83% | 0.60% |
| November 2008 | 68.14% | 0.93% | 25.27% | 2.49% | 3.01% | |
| October 2008 | 67.68% | 1.02% | 25.54% | 2.91% | 2.69% | |
| September 2008 | 67.16% | 1.03% | 25.77% | 3.00% | 2.86% | |
| August 2008 | 68.91% | 26.08% | 2.99% | 1.83% | ||
| July 2008 | 68.57% | 26.14% | 3.30% | 1.78% |
StatCounter Mobile
| Date |
Opera Mini Opera Mini Opera Mini is a web browser designed primarily for mobile phones, smartphones and personal digital assistants. Until version 4 it used the Java ME platform, requiring the mobile device to run Java ME applications. From version 5 it is also available as a native application for Android, iOS, Symbian... |
Android | Safari Safari A safari is an overland journey, usually a trip by tourists to Africa. Traditionally, the term is used for a big-game hunt, but today the term often refers to a trip taken not for the purposes of hunting, but to observe and photograph animals and other wildlife.-Etymology:Entering the English... |
Nokia browser | Black Berry BlackBerry BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more... |
UC Browser | Other | ||
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| iPhone IPhone The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007... |
iPod Touch IPod Touch The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line... |
Total | |||||||
| 2011-10 | 21.52% | 20.88% | 18.78% | 4.58% | 23.36% | 12.40% | 9.26% | 4.70% | 7.88% |
| 2011-09 | 22.45% | 19.90% | 16.75% | 4.35% | 20.10% | 16.01% | 10.51% | 0.97% | 9.06% |
| 2011-08 | 21.61% | 19.72% | 14.91% | 4.40% | 19.31% | 16.99% | 11.64% | 10.77% | |
| 2011-07 | 22.07% | 18.17% | 15.10% | 4.85% | 19.95% | 17.10% | 12.30% | 10.41% | |
| Date |
Opera Mini Opera Mini Opera Mini is a web browser designed primarily for mobile phones, smartphones and personal digital assistants. Until version 4 it used the Java ME platform, requiring the mobile device to run Java ME applications. From version 5 it is also available as a native application for Android, iOS, Symbian... |
Android | iPhone IPhone The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007... |
Nokia browser | Black Berry BlackBerry BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more... |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-10 | 21.52% | 20.88% | 18.78% | 12.40% | 9.26% | 17.16% |
| 2011-09 | 22.45% | 19.90% | 16.75% | 16.01% | 10.51% | 14.38% |
| 2011-08 | 21.61% | 19.72% | 14.91% | 16.99% | 11.64% | 15.17% |
| 2011-07 | 22.07% | 18.17% | 15.10% | 17.10% | 12.30% | 15.26% |
| 2011-06 | 22.81% | 17.25% | 15.25% | 17.66% | 11.98% | 15.08% |
| 2011-05 | 21.81% | 17.01% | 16.71% | 16.50% | 12.76% | 15.23% |
| 2011-04 | 21.90% | 15.49% | 17.43% | 16.32% | 13.37% | 15.50% |
| 2011-03 | 21.03% | 15.27% | 18.18% | 15.95% | 13.93% | 15.64% |
| 2011-02 | 21.15% | 14.70% | 18.08% | 15.77% | 14.35% | 15.95% |
| 2011-01 | 21.04% | 14.19% | 18.17% | 15.52% | 14.85% | 16.24% |
| 2010-12 | 20.11% | 13.23% | 17.50% | 15.68% | 17.87% | 15.61% |
| 2010-11 | 21.85% | 11.27% | 16.55% | 16.65% | 19.05% | 14.63% |
| 2010-10 | 24.53% | 10.33% | 16.82% | 16.44% | 17.96% | 13.92% |
| 2010-09 | 24.82% | 9.48% | 16.90% | 16.77% | 17.66% | 14.38% |
| 2010-08 | 23.52% | 8.95% | 18.20% | 16.30% | 16.70% | 16.32% |
| 2010-07 | 23.55% | 8.32% | 17.93% | 16.50% | 16.19% | 17.51% |
| 2010-06 | 25.89% | 6.84% | 18.05% | 15.98% | 14.68% | 18.56% |
| 2010-05 | 26.68% | 6.30% | 19.97% | 14.69% | 13.78% | 18.59% |
| 2010-04 | 26.14% | 6.18% | 20.18% | 15.52% | 13.67% | 18.31% |
| 2010-03 | 26.10% | 5.84% | 20.56% | 16.45% | 12.31% | 18.73% |
| 2010-02 | 25.00% | 5.35% | 22.51% | 16.99% | 10.67% | 19.47% |
| 2010-01 | 25.53% | 4.54% | 21.52% | 18.53% | 9.85% | 20.02% |
| 2009-12 | 26.39% | 4.06% | 21.89% | 18.98% | 9.27% | 19.38% |
| 2009-11 | 26.57% | 3.31% | 22.14% | 19.32% | 9.37% | 19.27% |
| 2009-10 | 26.92% | 2.56% | 21.22% | 20.84% | 8.79% | 19.67% |
| 2009-09 | 26.49% | 2.32% | 21.58% | 20.43% | 8.53% | 20.64% |
| 2009-08 | 25.47% | 2.28% | 22.76% | 18.68% | 8.45% | 22.37% |
| 2009-07 | 24.90% | 2.21% | 22.27% | 18.71% | 8.45% | 23.46% |
| 2009-06 | 25.79% | 0.13% | 21.95% | 18.49% | 7.92% | 25.73% |
| 2009-05 | 24.64% | 1.86% | 22.37% | 17.90% | 6.92% | 26.31% |
| 2009-04 | 21.08% | 2.02% | 24.31% | 16.77% | 6.39% | 29.44% |
| 2009-03 | 21.45% | 2.18% | 24.22% | 17.95% | 5.97% | 28.23% |
| 2009-02 | 23.15% | 2.06% | 23.26% | 18.25% | 5.57% | 27.71% |
| 2009-01 | 24.69% | 1.92% | 23.06% | 17.78% | 4.91% | 27.63% |
| 2008-12 | 26.51% | 1.70% | 21.68% | 17.96% | 4.71% | 27.43% |
Clicky (Late September 2009 to present)
| Period |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Firefox |
Chrome |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... |
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| November 2011 | 40.4% | 25.1% | 23.8% | 9.3% | 1.2% | 0.1% |
| October 2011 | 40.6% | 25.6% | 23.0% | 9.5% | 1.3% | 0.1% |
| September 2011 | 41.3% | 26.3% | 21.8% | 9.3% | 1.3% | 0.1% |
| August 2011 | 41.91% | 26.91% | 20.88% | 9.01% | 1.22% | 0.07% |
| July 2011 | 42.06% | 27.35% | 20.25% | 9.07% | 1.20% | 0.08% |
| June 2011 | 42.98% | 27.48% | 19.22% | 9.05% | 1.18% | 0.09% |
| May 2011 | 43.45% | 27.87% | 18.36% | 9.04% | 1.18% | 0.10% |
| April 2011 | 44.21% | 28.08% | 17.21% | 9.17% | 1.22% | 0.11% |
| March 2011 | 44.91% | 28.26% | 16.30% | 9.18% | 1.24% | 0.12% |
| February 2011 | 44.99% | 28.61% | 16.03% | 8.92% | 1.32% | 0.12% |
| January 2011 | 46.00% | 28.74% | 15.25% | 8.62% | 1.27% | 0.12% |
| December 2010 | 47.31% | 28.75% | 14.13% | 8.32% | 1.34% | 0.13% |
| November 2010 | 47.74% | 28.89% | 13.03% | 8.97% | 1.22% | 0.13% |
| October 2010 | 47.74% | 29.67% | 12.69% | 8.46% | 1.26% | 0.16% |
| September 2010 | 48.37% | 29.95% | 11.82% | 8.43% | 1.24% | 0.17% |
| August 2010 | 48.23% | 30.82% | 11.22% | 8.24% | 1.31% | 0.16% |
| July 2010 | 49.26% | 30.88% | 10.53% | 7.87% | 1.26% | 0.18% |
| June 2010 | 49.44% | 31.16% | 10.30% | 7.64% | 1.25% | 0.20% |
| May 2010 | 49.03% | 32.12% | 9.53% | 7.73% | 1.34% | 0.24% |
| April 2010 | 48.90% | 32.73% | 8.94% | 7.81% | 1.39% | 0.22% |
| March 2010 | 49.91% | 32.37% | 8.20% | 7.89% | 1.40% | 0.21% |
| February 2010 | 49.92% | 32.80% | 7.54% | 8.09% | 1.41% | 0.23% |
| January 2010 | 50.71% | 32.89% | 6.85% | 7.79% | 1.51% | 0.23% |
| December 2009 | 50.87% | 33.40% | 6.17% | 7.70% | 1.58% | 0.25% |
| November 2009 | 52.21% | 32.97% | 5.15% | 7.80% | 1.55% | 0.31% |
| October 2009 | 53.10% | 32.71% | 4.66% | 7.68% | 1.45% | 0.37% |
| September 2009 | 54.58% | 31.96% | 4.25% | 7.44% | 1.34% | 0.41% |
W3Counter (May 2007 to present)
This site counts the last 15,000 page views from each of approximately 50,000 websites.This limits the influence of sites with more than 15,000 monthly visitors on the usage statistics.
W3Counter is not affiliated with the W3C.
| Date | Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Firefox | Chrome | Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Other Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... |
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| October 2011 | 34.3% | 26.2% | 22.2% | 6.4% | 2.4% | |
| September 2011 | 35.1% | 26.1% | 20.9% | 6.0% | 2.4% | |
| August 2011 | 35.4% | 26.7% | 20.2% | 6.2% | 2.3% | |
| July 2011 | 35.6% | 27.7% | 19.6% | 6.4% | 2.3% | |
| June 2011 | 36.3% | 28.2% | 18.7% | 6.3% | 2.5% | |
| May 2011 | 37.7% | 28.3% | 16.8% | 6.4% | 2.2% | |
| April 2011 | 37.8% | 29.5% | 15.7% | 6.2% | 1.3% | |
| March 2011 | 39.3% | 30.1% | 15.6% | 6.0% | 2.0% | |
| February 2011 | 40.2% | 30.5% | 15.2% | 6.0% | 2.0% | |
| January 2011 | 40.0% | 31.1% | 14.2% | 5.9% | 2.0% | |
| December 2010 | 41.3% | 30.3% | 13.5% | 5.9% | 2.0% | |
| November 2010 | 40.1% | 30.2% | 12.4% | 5.7% | 1.9% | |
| October 2010 | 41.6% | 29.9% | 11.9% | 5.5% | 1.9% | |
| September 2010 | 43.3% | 30.4% | 11.4% | 5.5% | 1.6% | |
| August 2010 | 43.2% | 31.2% | 10.7% | 4.2% | 1.4% | |
| July 2010 | 44.4% | 31.4% | 9.8% | 1.9% | 2.1% | |
| June 2010 | 45.5% | 31.8% | 9.2% | 3.5% | 2.1% | |
| May 2010 | 45.7% | 32.2% | 8.4% | 5.3% | 2.0% | |
| April 2010 | 46.9% | 31.6% | 8.0% | 5.4% | 2.1% | |
| March 2010 | 47.9% | 32.3% | 7.4% | 5.5% | 2.1% | |
| February 2010 | 48.7% | 32.1% | 6.8% | 5.6% | 2.1% | |
| January 2010 | 49.7% | 32.3% | 6.3% | 5.4% | 2.1% | |
| December 31, 2009 | 50.3% | 32.3% | 5.5% | 5.1% | 2.1% | |
| November 30, 2009 | 51.2% | 32.0% | 4.7% | 5.2% | 1.2% | |
| October 31, 2009 | 51.3% | 32.1% | 4.2% | 5.1% | 2.0% | |
| September 30, 2009 | 51.8% | 31.9% | 3.7% | 5.0% | 2.0% | |
| August 31, 2009 | 52.4% | 32.1% | 3.6% | 4.9% | 1.9% | |
| July 31, 2009 | 53.1% | 31.7% | 3.3% | 4.6% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| June 30, 2009 | 57.1% | 31.6% | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1.0% | |
| May 31, 2009 | 57.5% | 31.4% | 3.1% | 2.0% | 1.0% | |
| April 30, 2009 | 57.6% | 31.6% | 2.9% | 2.0% | 1.0% | |
| March 31, 2009 | 57.8% | 31.5% | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1.1% | |
| February 28, 2009 | 58.1% | 31.3% | 2.7% | 2.0% | 1.1% | |
| January 31, 2009 | 58.4% | 31.1% | 2.7% | 2.0% | 1.1% | |
| December 31, 2008 | 58.6% | 31.1% | 2.9% | 2.1% | 1.1% | |
| November 30, 2008 | 59.0% | 30.8% | 3.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | |
| October 31, 2008 | 59.4% | 30.6% | 3.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | |
| September 30, 2008 | 57.3% | 32.5% | 2.7% | 2.0% | 1.0% | |
| August 31, 2008 | 58.7% | 31.4% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 0.9% | |
| July 31, 2008 | 60.9% | 29.7% | 2.4% | 2.0% | 1.0% | |
| June 30, 2008 | 61.7% | 29.1% | 2.5% | 2.0% | 0.9% | |
| May 31, 2008 | 61.9% | 28.9% | 2.7% | 2.0% | 0.9% | |
| April 30, 2008 | 62.0% | 28.8% | 2.8% | 2.0% | 0.9% | |
| March 31, 2008 | 62.0% | 28.8% | 2.8% | 2.0% | 0.9% | |
| February 29, 2008 | 62.0% | 28.7% | 2.8% | 2.0% | 0.9% | |
| January 31, 2008 | 62.2% | 28.7% | 2.7% | 2.0% | 0.52% | |
| December 1, 2007 | 62.8% | 28.0% | 2.6% | 2.0% | 0.56% | |
| November 10, 2007 | 63.0% | 27.8% | 2.5% | 2.0% | 0.59% | |
| October 30, 2007 | 65.5% | 26.3% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 0.59% | |
| September 20, 2007 | 66.6% | 25.6% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 0.61% | |
| August 30, 2007 | 66.7% | 25.5% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 0.62% | |
| July 30, 2007 | 66.9% | 25.1% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 0.67% | |
| June 30, 2007 | 66.9% | 25.1% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 0.70% | |
| May 30, 2007 | 67.1% | 24.8% | 2.4% | 1.8% | 0.68% | |
| Date | Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Firefox | Chrome | Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Other Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... |
Net Applications (2004 Q4 to present)
Net Applications bases its usage share on statistics from 40,000 websites having around 160 million unique visitors per month. The mean site has 1.3 thousand unique visitors per day.On 1 August 2009, 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, and this is reflected in the summary table above.
| Period | Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Firefox | Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera | Android | Mobile | ||||
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| Desktop | Mobile | Total | Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Opera Mini Opera Mini Opera Mini is a web browser designed primarily for mobile phones, smartphones and personal digital assistants. Until version 4 it used the Java ME platform, requiring the mobile device to run Java ME applications. From version 5 it is also available as a native application for Android, iOS, Symbian... |
Total | ||||||
| 2011 September | 50.94% | 21.05% | 15.17% | 4.70% | 3.32% | 8.02% | 1.56% | 1.13% | 2.69% | 0.96% | 5.98% |
| 2011 August | 51.79% | 21.13% | 14.52% | 4.34% | 3.38% | 7.72% | 1.57% | 1.32% | 2.89% | 1.00% | 6.37% |
| Period |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Firefox |
Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Opera mini Opera Mini Opera Mini is a web browser designed primarily for mobile phones, smartphones and personal digital assistants. Until version 4 it used the Java ME platform, requiring the mobile device to run Java ME applications. From version 5 it is also available as a native application for Android, iOS, Symbian... |
Other |
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| 2011 July | 52.71% | 21.47% | 13.49% | 8.10% | 1.65% | 1.25% | 1.31% |
| 2011 June | 53.86% | 21.67% | 13.11% | 7.48% | 1.73% | 1.25% | 0.90% |
| 2011 May | 54.27% | 21.71% | 12.52% | 7.28% | 2.03% | 1.27% | 0.90% |
| 2011 April | 55.11% | 21.63% | 11.94% | 7.15% | 2.14% | 1.11% | 0.91% |
| Period |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Firefox |
Chrome |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Opera Mini Opera Mini Opera Mini is a web browser designed primarily for mobile phones, smartphones and personal digital assistants. Until version 4 it used the Java ME platform, requiring the mobile device to run Java ME applications. From version 5 it is also available as a native application for Android, iOS, Symbian... |
Netscape Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared... |
Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... |
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| 2011 Q2 | 54.36% | 21.67% | 12.51% | 7.30% | 1.97% | 1.21% | 0.79% | 0.03% |
| 2011 Q1 | 56.19% | 22.11% | 11.07% | 6.43% | 2.20% | 1.02% | 0.75% | 0.03% |
| 2010 Q4 | 58.27% | 22.80% | 9.23% | 5.59% | 2.24% | 0.96% | 0.67% | 0.03% |
| 2010 Q3 | 60.29% | 22.93% | 7.53% | 5.17% | 2.40% | 0.88% | 0.52% | 0.02% |
| 2010 Q2 | 60.01% | 24.24% | 7.00% | 4.78% | 2.33% | 0.73% | 0.49% | 0.12% |
| 2010 Q1 | 61.43% | 24.40% | 5.67% | 4.55% | 2.37% | 0.61% | 0.52% | 0.15% |
| 2009 Q4 | 63.67% | 24.46% | 4.04% | 4.41% | 2.29% | 0.45% | 0.32% | 0.11% |
| 2009 Q3 | 66.80% | 23.06% | 2.86% | 4.13% | 2.07% | 0.30% | 0.50% | 0.09% |
| 2009 Q2 | 68.06% | 23.00% | 2.13% | 3.67% | 2.05% | 0.25% | 0.68% | 0.06% |
| 2009 Q1 | 69.13% | 22.67% | 1.56% | 3.58% | 2.18% | 0.23% | 0.51% | 0.06% |
| 2008 Q4 | 71.99% | 20.78% | 1.16% | 3.11% | 2.15% | 0.24% | 0.41% | 0.07% |
| 2008 Q3 | 74.93% | 19.07% | 0.37% | 2.73% | 2.06% | 0.23% | 0.43% | 0.07% |
| 2008 Q2 | 76.24% | 18.16% | 2.73% | 1.97% | 0.20% | 0.48% | 0.08% | |
| 2008 Q1 | 77.83% | 16.86% | 2.65% | 1.84% | 0.17% | 0.41% | 0.13% | |
| 2007 Q4 | 79.16% | 15.84% | 2.39% | 1.78% | 0.12% | 0.50% | 0.09% | |
| 2007 Q3 | 78.85% | 14.69% | 4.80% | 0.51% | 0.76% | 0.11% | ||
| 2007 Q2 | 78.76% | 14.92% | 4.66% | 0.46% | 0.83% | 0.15% | ||
| 2007 Q1 | 79.38% | 14.35% | 4.70% | 0.50% | 0.77% | 0.19% | ||
| 2006 Q4 | 80.69% | 13.50% | 4.06% | 0.56% | 0.86% | 0.23% | ||
| 2006 Q3 | 82.88% | 11.89% | 3.30% | 0.62% | 0.88% | 0.26% | ||
| 2006 Q2 | 84.03% | 10.67% | 3.25% | 0.57% | 0.98% | 0.32% | ||
| 2006 Q1 | 85.01% | 9.77% | 3.10% | 0.53% | 1.09% | 0.36% | ||
| 2005 Q4 | 85.88% | 9.00% | 2.80% | 0.54% | 1.25% | 0.43% | ||
| 2005 Q3 | 86.74% | 7.97% | 2.24% | 0.55% | 1.92% | 0.48% | ||
| 2005 Q2 | 87.24% | 8.08% | 1.89% | 0.52% | 1.62% | 0.59% | ||
| 2005 Q1 | 89.02% | 6.17% | 1.70% | 0.49% | 1.89% | 0.67% | ||
| 2004 Q4 | 91.35% | 3.66% | 1.50% | 0.51% | 2.09% | 0.80% | ||
| Period |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Firefox |
Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Opera Mini Opera Mini Opera Mini is a web browser designed primarily for mobile phones, smartphones and personal digital assistants. Until version 4 it used the Java ME platform, requiring the mobile device to run Java ME applications. From version 5 it is also available as a native application for Android, iOS, Symbian... |
Netscape Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared... |
Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... |
StatOwl.com (September 2008 to present)
| Period |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... , Firefox |
Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Gecko Gecko (layout engine) Gecko is a free and open source layout engine used in many applications developed by Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Corporation , as well as in many other open source software projects.... |
Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared... |
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| October 2011 | 52.59% | 20.06% | 15.01% | 11.13% | 0.36% | 0.17% | |
| September 2011 | 53.79% | 20.18% | 13.79% | 10.81% | 0.37% | 0.21% | |
| August 2011 | 53.81% | 20.61% | 13.64% | 10.75% | 0.39% | 0.15% | |
| July 2011 | 55.26% | 20.29% | 12.58% | 10.68% | 0.37% | 0.13% | |
| June 2011 | 56.23% | 20.85% | 12.04% | 9.77% | 0.46% | ||
| May 2011 | 57.48% | 20.43% | 11.06% | 9.88% | 0.49% | ||
| April 2011 | 57.08% | 21.40% | 10.85% | 9.47% | 0.53% | ||
| March 2011 | 60.27% | 19.57% | 9.60% | 9.62% | 0.42% | ||
| February 2011 | 60.92% | 19.21% | 9.13% | 9.59% | 0.40% | 0.42% | |
| January 2011 | 61.28% | 19.57% | 8.80% | 9.40% | 0.39% | 0.31% | |
| December 2010 | 60.98% | 20.14% | 8.61% | 9.33% | 0.40% | 0.24% | |
| November 2010 | 62.13% | 19.69% | 7.46% | 9.42% | 0.37% | 0.18% | |
| October 2010 | 62.54% | 19.76% | 7.17% | 9.03% | 0.36% | 0.15% | |
| September 2010 | 62.68% | 20.51% | 6.99% | 8.83% | 0.36% | 0.15% | |
| August 2010 | 62.66% | 20.94% | 6.83% | 8.83% | 0.35% | 0.14% | |
| July 2010 | 61.73% | 21.66% | 6.95% | 8.94% | 0.36% | 0.11% | |
| June 2010 | 63.37% | 21.26% | 6.24% | 8.52% | 0.33% | ||
| May 2010 | 64.17% | 21.12% | 5.59% | 8.31% | 0.37% | ||
| April 2010 | 64.55% | 21.35% | 5.23% | 8.12% | 0.40% | ||
| March 2010 | 66.34% | 19.90% | 4.39% | 8.59% | 0.31% | ||
| February 2010 | 66.99% | 19.48% | 3.98% | 9.00% | 0.24% | 0.06% | |
| January 2010 | 66.33% | 20.31% | 3.87% | 8.94% | 0.26% | 0.06% | |
| December 2009 | 66.12% | 20.82% | 3.51% | 8.73% | 0.30% | 0.07% | |
| November 2009 | 67.74% | 20.15% | 2.88% | 8.56% | 0.28% | 0.10% | |
| October 2009 | 68.38% | 20.32% | 2.56% | 8.09% | 0.27% | 0.14% | |
| September 2009 | 67.25% | 21.12% | 2.41% | 8.46% | 0.28% | 0.21% | |
| August 2009 | 68.37% | 21.32% | 2.21% | 7.29% | 0.28% | 0.23% | |
| July 2009 | 69.29% | 21.06% | 2.05% | 6.77% | 0.30% | 0.24% | |
| June 2009 | 71.44% | 19.48% | 1.93% | 6.30% | 0.33% | 0.22% | |
| May 2009 | 71.35% | 20.26% | 1.64% | 5.95% | 0.31% | 0.21% | |
| April 2009 | 71.38% | 20.46% | 1.43% | 5.80% | 0.31% | 0.19% | |
| March 2009 | 72.03% | 20.00% | 1.19% | 5.91% | 0.30% | 0.10% | |
| February 2009 | 74.04% | 18.64% | 0.97% | 5.57% | 0.27% | 0.10% | |
| January 2009 | 73.05% | 19.39% | 0.96% | 5.72% | 0.29% | 0.12% | |
| December 2008 | 70.89% | 20.87% | 0.95% | 6.32% | 0.33% | 0.13% | |
| November 2008 | 72.07% | 19.78% | 0.68% | 6.57% | 0.29% | 0.13% | |
| October 2008 | 73.45% | 18.88% | 0.57% | 6.22% | 0.26% | 0.16% | |
| September 2008 | 74.53% | 18.14% | 0.52% | 5.98% | 0.22% | 0.17% |
92% of sites monitored by StatOwl serve predominantly United States market.
Wikimedia (April 2009 to present)
Wikimedia traffic analysis reports are based on server logs of about 4 billion page requests per month, based on the user agent information that accompanied the requests. These server logs cover requests to all the Wikimedia FoundationWikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is an American non-profit charitable organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, and organized under the laws of the state of Florida, where it was initially based...
projects, including Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
, Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons is an online repository of free-use images, sound and other media files. It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation....
, Wiktionary
Wiktionary
Wiktionary is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in 158 languages...
, Wikibooks
Wikibooks
Wikibooks is a Wiki hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation for the creation of free content textbooks and annotated texts that anyone can edit....
, Wikiquote
Wikiquote
Wikiquote is one of a family of wiki-based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, running on MediaWiki software. Based on an idea by Daniel Alston and implemented by Brion Vibber, the goal of the project is to produce collaboratively a vast reference of quotations from prominent people, books,...
, Wikisource
Wikisource
Wikisource is an online digital library of free content textual sources on a wiki, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its aims are to host all forms of free text, in many languages, and translations. Originally conceived as an archive to store useful or important historical texts, it has...
, Wikinews
Wikinews
Wikinews is a free-content news source wiki and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The site works through collaborative journalism. Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has distinguished Wikinews from Wikipedia by saying "on Wikinews, each story is to be written as a news story as opposed to an...
, Wikiversity
Wikiversity
Wikiversity is a Wikimedia Foundation project, which supports learning communities, their learning materials, and resulting activities. It differs from more structured projects such as Wikipedia in that it instead offers a series of tutorials, or courses, for the fostering of learning, rather than...
and others.
| Period | Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Firefox |
Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Android |
Mobile Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desktop | Mobile | Total | Desktop | Mobile | Total | ||||||
| October 2011 | 34.16% | 23.56% | 20.60% | 5.90% | 5.32% | 11.22% | 3.93% | 1.02% | 4.95% | 1.93% | 9.30% |
| September 2011 | 35.51% | 23.81% | 19.32% | 5.75% | 5.22% | 10.97% | 3.82% | 0.94% | 4.76% | 1.82% | 9.20% |
| August 2011 | 36.25% | 24.06% | 18.22% | 5.50% | 5.24% | 10.74% | 3.52% | 0.86% | 4.38% | 1.74% | 9.60% |
| July 2011 | 36.78% | 24.98% | 16.81% | 5.44% | 5.31% | 10.75% | 3.32% | 0.90% | 4.22% | 1.71% | 9.80% |
| June 2011 | 38.20% | 25.36% | 16.50% | 5.40% | 4.54% | 9.94% | 3.57% | 0.82% | 4.39% | 1.39% | 8.50% |
| May 2011 | 39.53% | 25.88% | 15.62% | 5.54% | 4.05% | 9.59% | 3.64% | 0.75% | 4.39% | 1.18% | 7.50% |
| April 2011 | 38.71% | 26.08% | 14.71% | 5.91% | 3.89% | 9.80% | 4.07% | 0.71% | 4.78% | 1.11% | 7.20% |
| March 2011 | 41.27% | 27.05% | 13.52% | 5.61% | 3.57% | 9.18% | 3.45% | 0.70% | 4.15% | 0.99% | 6.60% |
| February 2011 | 41.66% | 27.63% | 12.58% | 5.54% | 3.68% | 9.22% | 3.52% | 0.71% | 4.23% | 0.98% | 6.80% |
| January 2011 | 41.56% | 28.71% | 11.75% | 5.53% | 3.73% | 9.26% | 3.55% | 0.70% | 4.25% | 0.90% | 6.90% |
| Period |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Firefox |
Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... |
Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2010 | 42.12% | 28.82% | 11.18% | 5.70% | 3.67% | 0.52% | 6.4% |
| November 2010 | 44.46% | 29.17% | 10.29% | 5.61% | 3.37% | 0.53% | 4.9% |
| October 2010 | 44.72% | 29.67% | 9.71% | 5.57% | 3.48% | 0.53% | 4.7% |
| September 2010 | 46.45% | 29.33% | 9.00% | 5.49% | 3.19% | 0.54% | 4.5% |
| August 2010 | 47.22% | 29.49% | 8.36% | 5.31% | 2.88% | 0.59% | 4.6% |
| July 2010 | 47.74% | 30.43% | 7.52% | 5.18% | 2.89% | 0.53% | 4.5% |
| June 2010 | 47.50% | 30.90% | 7.39% | 4.95% | 3.43% | 0.59% | 3.9% |
| May 2010 | 48.25% | 30.87% | 6.93% | 4.99% | 3.46% | 0.62% | 3.5% |
| April 2010 | 48.96% | 30.84% | 6.37% | 5.09% | 3.40% | 0.69% | 3.3% |
| March 2010 | 50.43% | 30.44% | 5.75% | 5.14% | 3.30% | 0.62% | 3.0% |
| February 2010 | 50.29% | 30.96% | 5.28% | 5.27% | 3.29% | 0.60% | 3.0% |
| January 2010 | 51.01% | 30.85% | 4.81% | 5.13% | 3.18% | 0.56% | 3.1% |
| December 2009 | 52.24% | 30.45% | 4.34% | 5.14% | 3.08% | 0.57% | 3.0% |
| November 2009 | 54.43% | 29.96% | 3.73% | 4.96% | 2.82% | 0.63% | 2.3% |
| October 2009 | 54.72% | 30.17% | 3.41% | 4.82% | 2.76% | 0.65% | 2.2% |
| September 2009 | 55.77% | 29.78% | 3.12% | 4.72% | 2.62% | 0.67% | 2.2% |
| August 2009 | 55.60% | 30.25% | 2.97% | 4.57% | 2.97% | 0.71% | 2.3% |
| July 2009 | 54.55% | 31.52% | 2.77% | 4.51% | 2.38% | 0.70% | 2.4% |
| June 2009 | 56.35% | 30.82% | 2.45% | 4.04% | 2.61% | 0.64% | 2.1% |
| May 2009 | 57.30% | 30.43% | 2.28% | 3.76% | 2.65% | 0.66% | 2.0% |
| April 2009 | 57.37% | 30.71% | 1.93% | 3.86% | 2.57% | 0.68% | 1.9% |
TheCounter.com (2000 to 2009)
| Period |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Netscape Netscape (web browser) Netscape 7 was a series of proprietary cross-platform Internet suites created by Netscape Communications Corporation and then in-house by AOL to continue the Netscape series after Netscape 6. There were three main editions released from the Netscape 7 series; being Netscape 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2... , Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... , Firefox |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared... |
Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q4 | 66.42% | 21.13% | 10.05% | 1.00% | 0.05% | Oct, Nov, Dec |
| 2009 Q3 | 69.07% | 20.59% | 8.10% | 0.89% | 0.06% | Jul, Aug, Sep |
| 2009 Q2 | 70.31% | 20.12% | 6.44% | 0.94% | 0.06% | Apr, May, Jun |
| 2009 Q1 | 71.25% | 20.01% | 5.47% | 0.92% | 0.08% | Jan, Feb, Mar |
| 2008 Q4 | 74.24% | 18.66% | 4.52% | 0.89% | 0.07% | Oct, Nov, Dec |
| 2008 Q3 | 76.33% | 17.97% | 3.76% | 0.84% | 0.07% | Jul, Aug, Sep |
| 2008 Q2 | 78.30% | 16.36% | 3.41% | 0.81% | 0.06% | Apr, May, Jun |
| 2008 Q1 | 78.80% | 15.87% | 3.32% | 0.79% | 0.06% | Jan, Feb, Mar |
| 2007 Q4 | 81.14% | 13.81% | 3.21% | 0.67% | 0.06% | Oct, Nov, Dec |
| 2007 Q3 | 81.63% | 13.49% | 3.00% | 0.66% | 0.06% | Jul, Aug, Sep |
| 2007 Q2 | 82.97% | 12.41% | 2.87% | 0.64% | 0.06% | Apr, May, Jun |
| 2007 Q1 | 83.69% | 11.57% | 2.92% | 0.57% | 0.06% | Jan, Feb, Mar |
| 2006 Q4 | 84.11% | 11.13% | 2.80% | 0.60% | 0.05% | Nov, Dec |
| 2006 Q3 | 84.48% | 10.56% | 2.27% | 0.73% | 0.06% | Jul, Aug, Sep |
| 2006 Q2 | 86.32% | 9.03% | 1.89% | 0.70% | 0.05% | Apr, May, Jun |
| 2006 Q1 | 90.01% | 6.77% | 1.40% | 0.58% | 0.05% | Jan, Feb, Mar |
| 2005 Q4 | 87.25% | 8.60% | 1.83% | 0.71% | 0.07% | Oct, Nov, Dec |
| 2005 Q3 | 87.58% | 8.42% | 1.60% | 0.67% | 0.07% | Jul, Aug, Sep |
| 2005 Q2 | 90.90% | 6.02% | 0.99% | 0.51% | 0.09% | Apr, May, Jun |
| 2005 Q1 | 90.77% | 5.73% | 1.00% | 0.54% | 0.11% | Jan, Feb, Mar |
| 2004 Q4 | 90.98% | 5.10% | 0.77% | 0.68% | 0.18% | Oct, Nov, Dec |
| 2004 Q3 | 92.70% | 3.57% | 0.73% | 0.65% | 0.20% | Jul, Aug, Sep |
| 2004 Q2 | 95.04% | 2.37% | 0.67% | 0.51% | 0.32% | Apr, May, Jun |
| 2004 Q1 | 94.28% | 2.70% | 0.52% | 0.36% | Jan, Feb, Mar | |
| 2003 Q4 | Oct, Nov, Dec | |||||
| 2003 Q3 | Jul, Aug, Sep | |||||
| 2003 Q2 | 94.43% | 2.22% | 0.66% | 1.45% | Apr, May, Jun | |
| 2003 Q1 | 94.18% | 2.15% | 0.65% | 1.77% | Jan, Feb, Mar | |
| 2002 Q4 | 93.94% | 1.67% | 0.83% | 2.31% | Oct, Nov, Dec | |
| 2002 Q3 | 93.32% | 1.36% | 0.94% | 3.04% | Jul, Aug, Sep | |
| 2002 Q2 | 92.47% | 1.13% | 0.82% | 4.13% | Apr, May, Jun | |
| 2002 Q1 | 92.40% | 0.93% | 0.52% | 4.67% | Jan, Feb, Mar | |
| 2001 Q4 | 90.83% | 0.71% | 0.36% | 5.23% | Oct, Nov, Dec | |
| 2001 Q3 | 88.43% | 0.26% | 0.31% | 6.49% | Jul, Aug, Sep | |
| 2001 Q2 | 87.99% | 0.27% | 0.28% | 7.46% | Apr, May, Jun | |
| 2001 Q1 | 86.80% | 0.30% | 0.22% | 9.84% | Jan, Feb, Mar | |
| 2000 Q4 | 83.95% | 0.14% | 0.14% | 12.61% | Oct, Nov, Dec | |
| 2000 Q3 | 82.76% | 0.04% | 0.14% | 14.35% | Jul, Aug, Sep | |
| 2000 Q2 | 80.30% | 0.02% | 0.12% | 17.54% | Apr, May, Jun | |
| 2000 Q1 | 79.09% | 0.00% | 0.13% | 19.25% | Jan, Feb, Mar | |
| Period |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Netscape Netscape (web browser) Netscape 7 was a series of proprietary cross-platform Internet suites created by Netscape Communications Corporation and then in-house by AOL to continue the Netscape series after Netscape 6. There were three main editions released from the Netscape 7 series; being Netscape 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2... , Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... , Firefox |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared... |
Sources |
OneStat.com (2002-04 to 2009-03)
| Period |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... , Firefox |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Netscape Netscape (web browser) Netscape 7 was a series of proprietary cross-platform Internet suites created by Netscape Communications Corporation and then in-house by AOL to continue the Netscape series after Netscape 6. There were three main editions released from the Netscape 7 series; being Netscape 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2... |
Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | 79.59% | 15.59% | 2.65% | 0.86% | 0.54% | 0.31% | |
| November 2008 | 81.36% | 14.67% | 2.42% | 0.54% | 0.55% | 0.32% | |
| February 2008 | 83.27% | 13.76% | 2.18% | 0.55% | 0.14% | ||
| June 2007 | 84.66% | 12.72% | 1.79% | 0.61% | 0.11% | ||
| January 2007 | 85.81% | 11.69% | 1.64% | 0.58% | 0.13% | ||
| November 2006 | 85.24% | 12.15% | 1.61% | 0.69% | 0.11% | ||
| October 2006 | 85.85% | 11.49% | 1.61% | 0.69% | 0.12% | ||
| July 2006 | 83.05% | 12.93% | 1.84% | 1.00% | 0.16% | ||
| May 2006 | 85.17% | 11.79% | 2.02% | 0.79% | 0.15% | ||
| January 2006 | 85.82% | 11.23% | 1.88% | 0.77% | 0.16% | ||
| November 2005 | 85.45% | 11.51% | 1.75% | 0.77% | 0.26% | ||
| April 2005 | 86.63% | 8.69% | 1.26% | 1.03% | 1.08% | ||
| February 2005 | 87.28% | 8.45% | 1.21% | 1.09% | 1.11% | ||
| November 2004 | 88.90% | 7.35% | 0.91% | 1.33% | |||
| May 2004 | 93.9 % | 2.1 % | 0.71% | 1.02% | |||
| January 2004 | 94.8 % | 1.8 % | 0.48% | 0.8 % | |||
| July 2003 | 95.4 % | 1.6 % | 0.25% | 0.6 % | 1.9 % | 0.6 % | |
| February 2003 | 95.2 % | 1.2 % | 0.11% | 0.7 % | 1.9 % | 1.0 % | |
| December 2002 | 95.0 % | 1.1 % | 0.8 % | 1.9 % | 1.1 % | ||
| September 2002 | 94.9 % | 0.8 % | 0.9 % | 1.8 % | 1.2 % | ||
| June 2002 | 95.3 % | 0.4 % | 0.7 % | 1.5 % | 1.9 % | ||
| April 2002 | 96.6 % | 0.5 % | 0.7 % | 2.1 % |
| Period |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... , Firefox |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Netscape Netscape (web browser) Netscape 7 was a series of proprietary cross-platform Internet suites created by Netscape Communications Corporation and then in-house by AOL to continue the Netscape series after Netscape 6. There were three main editions released from the Netscape 7 series; being Netscape 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | 72.69% | 20.40% | 4.53% | 1.05% | 0.38% | 0.49% |
| November 2008 | 75.54% | 18.74% | 3.95% | 0.62% | 0.39% | 0.50% |
| June 2007 | 75.69% | 19.65% | 3.77% | 0.61% | 0.17% | |
| January 2007 | 78.13% | 16.11% | 3.68% | 0.73% | 0.18% |
| Period |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... , Firefox |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Netscape Netscape (web browser) Netscape 7 was a series of proprietary cross-platform Internet suites created by Netscape Communications Corporation and then in-house by AOL to continue the Netscape series after Netscape 6. There were three main editions released from the Netscape 7 series; being Netscape 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | 65.55% | 23.09% | 7.36% | 1.32% | 0.75% | 0.56% |
| November 2008 | 69.67% | 20.38% | 7.56% | 0.92% | 0.76% | 0.56% |
| June 2007 | 75.76% | 16.47% | 5.72% | 0.69% | 0.13% | |
| January 2007 | 79.00% | 14.13% | 4.70% | 0.71% | 0.14% |
| Period |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... , Firefox |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Netscape Netscape (web browser) Netscape 7 was a series of proprietary cross-platform Internet suites created by Netscape Communications Corporation and then in-house by AOL to continue the Netscape series after Netscape 6. There were three main editions released from the Netscape 7 series; being Netscape 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | 80.91% | 15.16% | 1.94% | 0.85% | 0.60% | 0.36% |
| November 2008 | 83.77% | 11.45% | 1.76% | 0.43% | 0.60% | 0.34% |
| June 2007 | 86.00% | 11.22% | 1.61% | 0.53% | 0.10% | |
| January 2007 | 86.72% | 10.86% | 1.78% | 0.49% | 0.10% |
| Period |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... , Firefox |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Netscape Netscape (web browser) Netscape 7 was a series of proprietary cross-platform Internet suites created by Netscape Communications Corporation and then in-house by AOL to continue the Netscape series after Netscape 6. There were three main editions released from the Netscape 7 series; being Netscape 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | 66.42% | 26.32% | 1.86% | 4.05% | 0.24% | |
| January 2007 | 65.71% | 26.68% | 1.77% | 4.28% | 0.24% |
| Period |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... , Firefox |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Netscape Netscape (web browser) Netscape 7 was a series of proprietary cross-platform Internet suites created by Netscape Communications Corporation and then in-house by AOL to continue the Netscape series after Netscape 6. There were three main editions released from the Netscape 7 series; being Netscape 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | 71.57% | 23.48% | 2.90% | 0.86% | 0.54% | 0.46% |
| November 2008 | 71.50% | 23.45% | 3.23% | 0.59% | 0.56% | 0.51% |
ADTECH (Europe, 2004 to 2009-Q4)
| Period |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Firefox |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... |
Netscape Netscape Netscape Communications is a US computer services company, best known for Netscape Navigator, its web browser. When it was an independent company, its headquarters were in Mountain View, California... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2009 | 63.6% | 26.7% | 3.6% | 2.8% | 1.7% | 0.7% | |
| Q1 2009 | 67.7% | 25.3% | 2.6% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 1.1% | |
| Q1 2008 | 76.2% | 18.1% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 2.6% | ||
| Q4 2007 | 76.0% | 18.0% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 2.9% | ||
| July 2007 | 77.5% | 15.5% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 3.9% | ||
| February 2007 | 77.34% | 14.34% | 1.63% | 0.85% | 5.11% | ||
| February–April 2006 | 83.36% | 12.38% | 1.67% | 0.77% | 0.82% | 0.38% | |
| September 2005 | 83.31% | 12.41% | 1.40% | 0.90% | 1.06% | 0.61% | |
| June 2005 | 85.10% | 10.11% | 1.34% | 1.21% | 1.05% | 0.60% | |
| March 2005 | 86.73% | 8.96% | 1.12% | 1.14% | 0.71% | ||
| February 2005 | 87.57% | 7.85% | 1.05% | 1.26% | 0.76% | ||
| January 2005 | 87.13% | 7.43% | 1.70% | 1.33% | 0.85% | ||
| November 30, 2004 | 89.47% | 5.51% | 1.01% | 2.50% | 0.92% | ||
| November 16, 2004 | 90.56% | 4.56% | 1.07% | 2.38% | 0.89% | ||
| September 2004 | 92.63% | 2.91% | 1.00% | 2.10% | 0.82% | ||
| August 2004 | 93.08% | 2.15% | 0.89% | 2.18% | 0.95% | ||
| July 2004 | 93.08% | 1.64% | 0.99% | 2.62% | 0.97% | ||
| January–April 2004 | 94.72% | 0.73% | 2.50% | 1.49% |
AT Internet Institute (Europe, 2007-07 to 2010-06)
AT Internet Institute was formerly known as XiTi.Method: Only counts visits to local sites in 23 European countries and then averages the percentages for those 23 European countries independent of population size.
| Date | Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Netscape Netscape (web browser) Netscape 7 was a series of proprietary cross-platform Internet suites created by Netscape Communications Corporation and then in-house by AOL to continue the Netscape series after Netscape 6. There were three main editions released from the Netscape 7 series; being Netscape 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2... |
Firefox | Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
Chrome Google Chrome Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or... |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | 53.8% | 30.6% | 2.4% | 6.8% | 5.7% | 2010-6 | |
| March 2010 | 57.1% | 29.6% | 2.2% | 5.2% | 5.3% | 2010-3 | |
| September 2009 | 62.0% | 28.4% | 2.2% | 4.3% | 2.8% | 2009-11 | |
| 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 (USA, 1999-02 to 2006-06)
| Date | Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Netscape Netscape (web browser) Netscape 7 was a series of proprietary cross-platform Internet suites created by Netscape Communications Corporation and then in-house by AOL to continue the Netscape series after Netscape 6. There were three main editions released from the Netscape 7 series; being Netscape 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2... , Mozilla Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite is a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. It is based on the source code of Netscape Communicator... |
Firefox | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | 86.64% | 9.95% | July 19, 2006 | |
| January 5, 2006 | 87.63% | 8.88% | Jan. 12, 2006 | |
| November 4, 2005 | 88.16% | 1.61% | 8.13% | November 10, 2005 |
| September 23, 2005 | 88.46% | 1.69% | 7.86% | September 27, 2005 |
| April 29, 2005 | 88.86% | 2.23% | 6.75% | May 10, 2005 |
| February 18, 2005 | 89.85% | 2.47% | 5.69% | Feb. 28, 2005 |
| January 14, 2005 | 90.28% | 2.64% | 4.95% | |
| December 3, 2004 | 91.80% | 2.83% | 4.06% | |
| November 5, 2004 | 92.89% | 2.95% | 3.03% | |
| October 8, 2004 | 93.21% | 3.05% | 2.66% | December 13, 2004 |
| June 4, 2004 | 95.48% | 3.53% | ||
| August 26, 2002 | 95.97% | 3.39% | August 28, 2002 | |
| October 25, 2001 | 89.03% | 10.47% | October 31, 2001 | |
| April 25, 2001 | 86.61% | 13.10% | May 1, 2001 | |
| February 21, 2001 | 87.71% | 12.01% | February 22, 2001 | |
| June 18, 2000 | 86.08% | 13.90% | ||
| August 2, 1999 | 75.31% | 24.68% | August 9, 1999 | |
| April 6, 1999 | 68.75% | 29.46% | April 7, 1999 | |
| March 1, 1999 | 66.90% | 31.21% | March 2, 1999 | |
| February 8, 1999 | 64.60% | 33.43% | February 22, 2001 |
GVU WWW user survey (1994-01 to 1998-10)
| Date | Mosaic Mosaic (web browser) Mosaic is the web browser credited with popularizing the World Wide Web. It was also a client for earlier protocols such as FTP, NNTP, and gopher. Its clean, easily understood user interface, reliability, Windows port and simple installation all contributed to making it the application that opened... |
Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared... |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
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 |
EWS Web Server at UIUC (1996 Q2 to 1998)
| Date | Mosaic Mosaic (web browser) Mosaic is the web browser credited with popularizing the World Wide Web. It was also a client for earlier protocols such as FTP, NNTP, and gopher. Its clean, easily understood user interface, reliability, Windows port and simple installation all contributed to making it the application that opened... |
Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared... |
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 |
ZD Market Intelligence (USA, 1997-01 to 1998-01)
| Date | Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared... |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1998 | 39% | 54% | Behind the numbers: Browser market share |
| January 1997 | 21% | 63% |
Zona Research (USA, 1997-01 to 1998-07)
| Date | Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared... |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | 45% | 54% | Behind the numbers: Browser market share |
| September 1997 | 36% | 62% | |
| January 1997 | 28% | 70% |
AdKnowledge (1998-01 to 1998-06)
| Date | Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared... |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | 46% | 52% | Behind the numbers: Browser market share |
| March 1998 | 42% | 57% | |
| January 1998 | 36% | 61% |
Dataquest (1995 to 1997)
| Date | Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared... |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 39.4% | 57.6% | Browser wars: High price, huge rewards |
| 1996 | 20% | 73% | |
| 1995 | 2.9% | 80.1% |
International Data Corporation (US, 1996 to 1997)
| Date | Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared... |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 23% | 51% | Behind the numbers: Browser market share |
| 1996 | 16% | 55% |
See also
- Browser warsBrowser warsBrowser wars is a metaphorical term that refers to competitions for dominance in usage share in the web browser marketplace. The term is often used to denote two specific rivalries: the competition that saw Microsoft's Internet Explorer replace Netscape's Navigator as the dominant browser during...
- Comparison of web browsersComparison of web browsersThe following tables compare general and technical information for a number of web browsers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.-Historical web browsers:...
- Layout engineLayout engineA web browser engine, , is a software component that takes marked up content and formatting information and displays the formatted content on the screen. It "paints" on the content area of a window, which is displayed on a monitor or a printer...
- List of web browsers
- Timeline of web browsers
- Usage shareUsage shareUsage share refers to the relative market adoption of various products, for example:*Web browsers*BitTorrent clients*Operating systems*Web search engines*Instant messaging clients-See also:*Market share*Market value*Market power...
, Market shareMarket shareMarket share is the percentage of a market accounted for by a specific entity. In a survey of nearly 200 senior marketing managers, 67 percent responded that they found the "dollar market share" metric very useful, while 61% found "unit market share" very useful.Marketers need to be able to... - Usage share of operating systems
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.
- 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."