Template:Web browsers by year
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This is a table of personal computer web browsers by year of release of major version, in chronological order, with the approximate number of worldwide Internet users in millions. Note that Internet user data is related to the entire market, not the versions released in that year. The increased growth of the Internet in the 1990s and 2000s means that current browsers with small market shares have more total users than the entire market early on. For example, 90% market share in 1997 would be roughly 60 million users, but by the start of 2007 9% market share would equate to over 90 million users.[1]
| Year | Web browsers | Internet users (in millions)[1][2] |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | WorldWideWeb (Nexus) | 4 |
| 1992 | ViolaWWW, Erwise, MidasWWW, MacWWW (Samba) | 7 |
| 1993 | Mosaic, Cello,[3] Lynx 2.0, Arena, AMosaic 1.0 | 10 |
| 1994 | IBM WebExplorer, Netscape Navigator, SlipKnot 1.0, MacWeb, IBrowse, Agora (Argo), Minuet | 21 |
| 1995 | Internet Explorer 1, Netscape Navigator 2.0, OmniWeb, UdiWWW,[4] Internet Explorer 2, Grail | 16-40 |
| 1996 | Arachne 1.0, Internet Explorer 3.0, Netscape Navigator 3.0, Opera 2.0, PowerBrowser 1.5,[5] Cyberdog, Amaya 0.9,[6] AWeb, Voyager |
36-74 |
| 1997 | Internet Explorer 4.0, Netscape Navigator 4.0, Netscape Communicator 4.0, Opera 3.0,[7] Amaya 1.0[6] | 70-119 |
| 1998 | iCab, Mozilla | 147-186 |
| 1999 | Amaya 2.0,[6] Mozilla M3, Internet Explorer 5.0 | 248-279 |
| 2000 | Konqueror, Netscape 6, Opera 4,[8] Opera 5,[9] K-Meleon 0.2, Amaya 3.0,[6] Amaya 4.0[6] | 361-393 |
| 2001 | Internet Explorer 6, Galeon 1.0, Opera 6,[10] Amaya 5.0[6] | 513-494 |
| 2002 | Netscape 7, Mozilla 1.0, Phoenix 0.1, Links 2.0, Amaya 6.0,[6] Amaya 7.0[6] | 587-673 |
| 2003 | Opera 7,[11] Safari 1.0, Epiphany 1.0, Amaya 8.0[6] | 719-783 |
| 2004 | Firefox 1.0, Netscape Browser, OmniWeb 5.0 | 817-909 |
| 2005 | Safari 2.0, Netscape Browser 8.0, Opera 8,[12] Epiphany 1.8, Amaya 9.0,[6] AOL Explorer 1.0, Maxthon 1.0, Shiira 1.0 | 1018-1021 |
| 2006 | SeaMonkey 1.0, K-Meleon 1.0, Galeon 2.0, Camino 1.0, Firefox 2.0, Avant 11, iCab 3, Opera 9,[13] Internet Explorer 7, Sputnik | 1093-1146 |
| 2007 | Maxthon 2.0, Netscape Navigator 9, NetSurf 1.0, Flock 1.0, Safari 3.0, Conkeror | 1319-1357 |
| 2008 | Konqueror 4, Safari 3.1, Opera 9.5,[14] Firefox 3, Amaya 10.0,[6] Flock 2, Chrome 1, Amaya 11.0[6] | 1574-1586 |
| 2009 | Internet Explorer 8, Chrome 2-3, Safari 4, Opera 10,[15] SeaMonkey 2, Camino 2, Firefox 3.5 | 1802 |
| 2010 | K-Meleon 1.5.4, Firefox 3.6, Chrome 4-8, Opera 10.50,[16] Safari 5, xxxterm, Opera 11 | 1971 |
| 2011 | Chrome 9-16, Firefox 4-8, Internet Explorer 9, Maxthon 3.0, SeaMonkey 2.1-2.3, Opera 11.50, Safari 5.1 | 2095 |
References
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- ^ "Internet users". The World Bank Group. 15 December 2010. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER/countries/1W?display=graph. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
- ^ Brennan, Elaine (Sun, 13 Jun 1993). "World Wibe Web Browser: Ms-Windows (Beta) (1/149)". Humanist Archives Vol. 7. http://www.digitalhumanities.org/humanist/Archives/Virginia/v07/0048.html. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ Großmann, Prof. Dr. Hans Peter. "Department of Information Resource Management". University of Ulm. http://www.uni-ulm.de/uni/veroeff/fb/93-95/126.html.en. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
- ^ "Oracle Introduces PowerBrowser". Oracle Corporation. 18 June 1996. http://www.ncns.com/browser.html. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Release history". W3C. http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/New.html. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ^ "Opera Software Releases 3.60" (Press release). Opera Software. 1998-05-12. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/1999/05/19990512.dml. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ "Opera 4.0 for Windows Released" (Press release). Opera Software. 2000-06-27. http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2000/06/27/. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ^ "The Browser War Lights Up in Europe" (Press release). Opera Software. 2000-12-06. http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2000/12/06_2/. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ^ "Opera 6.0 for Windows launched after record-breaking beta" (Press release). Opera Software. 2001-11-29. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2001/11/20011129.dml. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ "Opera 7 Ready to Rock the Web" (Press release). Opera Software. 2003-01-28. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2003/01/28/. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ "Speed, Security and Simplicity: Opera 8 Web Browser Released Today" (Press release). Opera Software. 2005-04-19. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/04/19/. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ "Your Web, Your Choice: Opera 9 Gives You the Control" (Press release). Opera Software. 2006-06-20. http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2006/06/20/. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ^ "Opera redefines Web browsing yet again" (Press release). Opera Software. 2008-06-12. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2008/06/12/. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ^ "Turbocharge your Web experience with Opera 10" (Press release). Opera Software. 2009-09-01. http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2009/09/01/. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "The world's fastest browser for Windows" (Press release). Oslo, Norway: Opera Software. 2010-03-02. http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2010/03/02/. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
