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Revision as of 03:45, 18 May 2012
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The usage share of web browsers 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 websites that use a particular web browser. Web browser usage share varies from region to region as well as through time.
Accuracy
Measuring browser usage in the number of requests (page hits) made by each user agent can be misleading.
Overestimation
Not all requests are generated by a user, as a user agent can make requests at regular time intervals without user input. In this case, the 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 Register reported in June 2008 that traffic from AVG Linkscanner, using an IE6 user-agent, outstripped human link clicks by nearly 10 to 1.[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.[2]
- Occasionally websites are written in such a way that they effectively block certain browsers. One common reason for this is that the website has been tested to work with only a limited number of browsers, and so the site owners enforce that only tested browsers are allowed to view the content, while all other browsers are sent a 'failure' message, and instruction to use another browser[3]. Many of the untested browsers may still be otherwise capable of serving the content. Sophisticated users who are aware of this may then 'spoof' the user-agent in order to gain access to the site.
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 Model (DOM) caching. JavaScript is only executed on pageload from net or disk cache, but not if it is loaded from DOM cache. This can have an impact on JavaScript-based tracking of browser statistics.[4]
- While most browsers generate additional page hits by refreshing web pages when the user navigates back through page history, some browsers (such as Opera) reuse cached content without resending requests to the server.[5][6]
- 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.[6]
- Some ISPs, mainly mobile network operators, have begun stripping the user agent strings.[7]
Regional variations
Web browser usage statistics vary significantly in different geographic regions across the globe. In China, Internet Explorer dominates usage;[8] in Germany, Firefox is the most used browser;[9] in Ukraine, Opera is the most popular;[10] whereas Chrome is the most popular browser in most of South America and India.[11]
Differences in measurement
Net Applications and W3Counter use unique visitors to measure web usage.[12] This has the effect that users visiting a site ten times will only be counted once by these sources, while they are counted ten times by statistics companies that measure page hits.
Net Applications also uses country-level weighting to correct for bias caused by variation in sampling rates across countries.[13]
Summary table
The following tables summarize the usage share of browsers for the indicated month.
| Source | Internet Explorer |
Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Opera |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StatCounter | 34.1% | 24.9% | 31.2% | 7.1% | 1.7% | 1.0% |
| Net Applications | 54.1% | 20.2% | 18.9% | 4.8% | 1.6% | 0.4% |
| W3Counter | 28.9% | 24.1% | 25.9% | 6.5% | 2.2% | 12.4% |
| Wikimedia | 30.1% | 25.8% | 29.7% | 6.9% | 4.3% | 3.1% |
| Clicky | 36.8% | 24.7% | 27.8% | 9.1% | 1.5% | 0.1% |
| Average | 35.9% | 23.1% | 25.8% | 6.7% | 2.1% | 6.4% |
| Source | Internet Explorer |
Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Opera |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StatCounter | 34.8% | 25.0% | 30.9% | 6.7% | 1.8% | 0.8% |
| Net Applications | 53.8% | 20.6% | 18.6% | 5.1% | 1.6% | 0.4% |
| W3Counter | 30.0% | 25.3% | 24.3% | 6.4% | 2.1% | 11.9% |
| Wikimedia | 28.0% | 21.8% | 24.0% | 5.7% | 3.8% | 16.8% |
| Clicky | 39.0% | 24.4% | 26.7% | 8.6% | 1.4% | 0.1% |
| Average | 37.1% | 23.4% | 24.9% | 6.5% | 2.1% | 6.0% |
Historical usage share
StatCounter (July 2008 to present)
StatCounter statistics are directly derived from hits (not unique visitors) from 3 million sites using StatCounter totaling more than 15 billion hits per month.[14] 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 [Note 1] |
Chrome | Firefox | Safari | Opera | Android | Mobile Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desktop | Mobile | Total | Desktop | Mobile | Total | ||||||
| April 2012 | 30.81% | 28.24% | 22.49% | 6.45% | 2.27% | 8.72% | 1.55% | 2.06% | 3.62% | 2.04% | 9.58% |
| March 2012 | 31.68% | 28.09% | 22.73% | 6.12% | 2.15% | 8.27% | 1.62% | 2.06% | 3.68% | 1.90% | 8.99% |
| February 2012 | 32.70% | 27.24% | 22.76% | 6.19% | 2.16% | 8.35% | 1.85% | 2.06% | 3.70% | 1.93% | 8.53% |
| January 2012 | 34.27% | 25.99% | 22.68% | 6.06% | 1.92% | 7.98% | 1.78% | 2.06% | 3.84% | 1.71% | 8.49% |
| December 2011 | 35.54% | 25.08% | 23.24% | 5.59% | 1.82% | 7.41% | 1.82% | 1.95% | 3.77% | 1.63% | 8.04% |
| November 2011 | 37.81% | 23.90% | 23.48% | 5.51% | 1.67% | 7.18% | 1.69% | 1.56% | 3.26% | 1.42% | 6.95% |
| October 2011 | 37.55% | 23.36% | 24.66% | 5.54% | 1.53% | 7.07% | 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% | |||||
- ^ 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.
| Date |
Internet Explorer |
Chrome |
Firefox |
Safari |
Opera |
Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | 34.07% | 31.23% | 24.87% | 7.13% | 1.72% | 9.58% |
| March 2012 | 34.81% | 30.87% | 24.98% | 6.72% | 1.78% | 8.99% |
| February 2012 | 35.75% | 29.84% | 24.88% | 6.77% | 2.02% | 8.53% |
| January 2012 | 37.45% | 28.40% | 24.78% | 6.62% | 1.95% | 8.49% |
| December 2011 | 38.65% | 27.27% | 25.27% | 6.08% | 1.98% | 8.04% |
| November 2011 | 40.63% | 25.69% | 25.23% | 5.92% | 1.82% | 6.95% |
| 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 | Android | Safari | Nokia browser | Black Berry |
UC Browser | Other | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iPhone | iPod Touch | Total | |||||||
| 2012-03 | 22.86% | 21.16% | 21.10% | 3.76% | 24.86% | 11.86% | 6.18% | 6.35% | 6.73% |
| 2012-02 | 21.70% | 22.67% | 21.06% | 4.30% | 25.36% | 11.24% | 6.53% | 5.90% | 6.58% |
| 2012-01 | 23.34% | 21.39% | 19.51% | 4.40% | 23.91% | 11.72% | 6.68% | 5.39% | 7.53% |
| 2011-12 | 24.22% | 20.22% | 18.41% | 4.18% | 22.59% | 12.92% | 7.53% | 4.94% | 7.58% |
| 2011-11 | 22.49% | 20.41% | 19.53% | 4.55% | 24.08% | 11.94% | 8.20% | 5.11% | 7.77% |
| 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% | 21.10% | 16.01% | 10.51% | 1.19% | 8.84% |
| 2011-08 | 21.61% | 19.72% | 14.91% | 4.40% | 19.31% | 16.99% | 11.64% | 10.73% | |
| 2011-07 | 22.07% | 18.17% | 15.10% | 4.85% | 19.95% | 17.10% | 12.30% | 10.41% | |
| Date |
Opera | Android | iPhone | Nokia browser | Black Berry |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Firefox |
Chrome |
Safari |
Opera |
Mozilla |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | 36.81% | 24.69% | 27.80% | 9.11% | 1.49% | 0.10% |
| March 2012 | 37.46% | 24.53% | 27.26% | 9.28% | 1.37% | 0.10% |
| February 2012 | 37.72% | 24.64% | 26.70% | 9.45% | 1.40% | 0.09% |
| January 2012 | 38.59% | 24.74% | 25.75% | 9.55% | 1.28% | 0.09% |
| December 2011 | 39.96% | 24.98% | 24.52% | 9.17% | 1.28% | 0.09% |
| November 2011 | 40.41% | 25.14% | 23.85% | 9.27% | 1.24% | 0.09% |
| October 2011 | 40.57% | 25.60% | 22.98% | 9.49% | 1.27% | 0.09% |
| September 2011 | 41.26% | 26.32% | 21.76% | 9.33% | 1.26% | 0.07% |
| 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% | 0.07% |
| 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% | 0.11% |
| February 2011 | 44.99% | 28.61% | 16.03% | 8.92% | 1.33% | 0.12% |
| January 2011 | 46.00% | 28.74% | 15.25% | 8.62% | 1.27% | 0.12% |
| December 2010 | 47.31% | 28.75% | 14.13% | 8.34% | 1.34% | 0.13% |
| November 2010 | 47.74% | 28.91% | 13.03% | 8.97% | 1.22% | 0.13% |
| October 2010 | 47.76% | 29.67% | 12.69% | 8.46% | 1.26% | 0.16% |
| September 2010 | 48.37% | 29.97% | 11.82% | 8.43% | 1.24% | 0.17% |
| August 2010 | 48.23% | 30.82% | 11.24% | 8.24% | 1.31% | 0.16% |
| July 2010 | 49.26% | 30.88% | 10.53% | 7.89% | 1.26% | 0.18% |
| June 2010 | 49.44% | 31.16% | 10.30% | 7.64% | 1.26% | 0.20% |
| May 2010 | 49.03% | 32.12% | 9.53% | 7.73% | 1.35% | 0.24% |
| April 2010 | 48.90% | 32.73% | 8.94% | 7.82% | 1.39% | 0.22% |
| March 2010 | 49.91% | 32.37% | 8.22% | 7.89% | 1.40% | 0.21% |
| February 2010 | 49.92% | 32.81% | 7.54% | 8.09% | 1.41% | 0.23% |
| January 2010 | 50.73% | 32.89% | 6.85% | 7.79% | 1.51% | 0.23% |
| December 2009 | 50.87% | 33.43% | 6.17% | 7.70% | 1.58% | 0.25% |
| November 2009 | 52.21% | 32.97% | 5.16% | 7.80% | 1.55% | 0.31% |
| October 2009 | 53.10% | 32.71% | 4.66% | 7.70% | 1.46% | 0.37% |
| September 2009 | 54.58% | 31.96% | 4.25% | 7.44% | 1.34% | 0.43% |
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 | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Opera | Other Mozilla |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | 28.9% | 24.1% | 25.9% | 6.5% | 2.2% | |
| March 2012 | 30.0% | 24.3% | 25.3% | 6.4% | 2.1% | |
| February 2012 | 30.7% | 24.4% | 25.1% | 6.5% | 2.2% | |
| January 2012 | 30.9% | 24.8% | 24.6% | 6.5% | 2.5% | |
| December 2011 | 31.2% | 25.5% | 23.8% | 6.3% | 2.6% | |
| November 2011 | 32.9% | 25.5% | 22.8% | 6.2% | 2.4% | |
| 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 | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Opera | Other Mozilla |
Net Applications (2004 Q4 to present)
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Net Applications bases its usage share on statistics from 40,000 websites having around 160 million unique visitors per month. The mean site has 1300 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.[15] The table below uses weighted data from 2007 Q4 onwards, and this is reflected in the summary table above.
| Period |
Internet Explorer |
Firefox |
Chrome |
Safari |
Opera |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Q1 | 53.16% | 20.80% | 18.83% | 5.03% | 1.67% | 0.51% |
| 2011 Q4 | 52.32% | 22.10% | 18.43% | 5.09% | 1.60% | 0.46% |
| 2011 Q3 | 55.29% | 22.63% | 15.28% | 4.74% | 1.69% | 0.37% |
| Period |
Internet Explorer |
Firefox |
Chrome |
Safari |
Opera |
Opera Mini |
Netscape |
Mozilla |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Firefox |
Chrome |
Safari |
Opera |
Opera Mini |
Netscape |
Mozilla |
StatOwl.com (September 2008 to present)
| Period |
Internet Explorer |
Mozilla, Firefox |
Chrome |
Safari |
Opera |
Gecko |
Netscape Navigator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2012 | 51.81% | 18.98% | 16.77% | 10.93% | 0.38% | 0.15% | |
| December 2011 | 51.42% | 19.73% | 16.78% | 10.69% | 0.39% | 0.16% | |
| November 2011 | 51.17% | 20.15% | 16.13% | 11.29% | 0.38% | 0.16% | |
| 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.[16]
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.[17] These server logs cover requests to all the Wikimedia Foundation projects, including Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikiversity and others.[18]
| Period | Internet Explorer |
Chrome |
Firefox |
Safari | Opera | Android |
Mobile Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desktop | Mobile | Total | Desktop | Mobile | Total | ||||||
| April 2012 | 25.88% | 24.99% | 21.79% | 5.82% | 8.27% | 14.09% | 3.71% | 1.33% | 5.04% | 3.18% | 13.90% |
| March 2012 | 27.95% | 23.96% | 21.82% | 5.73% | 7.91% | 13.64% | 3.81% | 1.42% | 5.23% | 3.14% | 13.50% |
| February 2012 | 28.61% | 23.60% | 21.81% | 5.86% | 7.66% | 13.52% | 3.81% | 1.33% | 5.14% | 3.11% | 13.20% |
| January 2012 | 29.51% | 22.20% | 22.30% | 5.87% | 7.58% | 13.45% | 3.94% | 1.21% | 5.15% | 3.21% | 13.40% |
| December 2011 | 29.15% | 22.20% | 23.50% | 6.13% | 6.39% | 12.52% | 4.05% | 1.25% | 5.30% | 2.87% | 12.50% |
| November 2011 | 32.68% | 21.60% | 23.64% | 5.89% | 5.46% | 11.35% | 3.99% | 1.01% | 5.00% | 1.99% | 9.40% |
| October 2011 | 34.16% | 20.60% | 23.56% | 5.90% | 5.32% | 11.22% | 3.93% | 1.02% | 4.95% | 1.93% | 9.30% |
| September 2011 | 35.51% | 19.32% | 23.81% | 5.75% | 5.22% | 10.97% | 3.82% | 0.94% | 4.76% | 1.82% | 9.20% |
| August 2011 | 36.25% | 18.22% | 24.06% | 5.50% | 5.24% | 10.74% | 3.52% | 0.86% | 4.38% | 1.74% | 9.60% |
| July 2011 | 36.78% | 16.81% | 24.98% | 5.44% | 5.31% | 10.75% | 3.32% | 0.90% | 4.22% | 1.71% | 9.80% |
| June 2011 | 38.20% | 16.50% | 25.36% | 5.40% | 4.54% | 9.94% | 3.57% | 0.82% | 4.39% | 1.39% | 8.50% |
| May 2011 | 39.53% | 15.62% | 25.88% | 5.54% | 4.05% | 9.59% | 3.64% | 0.75% | 4.39% | 1.18% | 7.50% |
| April 2011 | 38.71% | 14.71% | 26.08% | 5.91% | 3.89% | 9.80% | 4.07% | 0.71% | 4.78% | 1.11% | 7.20% |
| March 2011 | 41.27% | 13.52% | 27.05% | 5.61% | 3.57% | 9.18% | 3.45% | 0.70% | 4.15% | 0.99% | 6.60% |
| February 2011 | 41.66% | 12.58% | 27.63% | 5.54% | 3.68% | 9.22% | 3.52% | 0.71% | 4.23% | 0.98% | 6.80% |
| January 2011 | 41.56% | 11.75% | 28.71% | 5.53% | 3.73% | 9.26% | 3.55% | 0.70% | 4.25% | 0.90% | 6.90% |
| Period |
Internet Explorer |
Firefox |
Chrome |
Safari |
Opera |
Mozilla |
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% |
Older reports
TheCounter.com (2000 to 2009)
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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.
| Period |
Internet Explorer |
Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox |
Safari |
Opera |
Netscape Navigator |
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 |
Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox |
Safari |
Opera |
Netscape Navigator |
Sources |
OneStat.com (2002-04 to 2009-03)
| Period |
Internet Explorer |
Mozilla, Firefox |
Safari |
Chrome |
Opera |
Netscape |
Netscape Navigator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Mozilla, Firefox |
Safari |
Chrome |
Opera |
Netscape |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Mozilla, Firefox |
Safari |
Chrome |
Opera |
Netscape |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Mozilla, Firefox |
Safari |
Chrome |
Opera |
Netscape |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Mozilla, Firefox |
Safari |
Chrome |
Opera |
Netscape |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Mozilla, Firefox |
Safari |
Chrome |
Opera |
Netscape |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Firefox |
Safari |
Chrome |
Opera |
Mozilla |
Netscape |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Netscape | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome | 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 | Netscape, Mozilla | 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 | Netscape Navigator | Internet Explorer | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1998 | 64% | 32.2% | Primary Browser in 12 Months | |
| April 1998 | 70% | 22.7% | Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months | |
| October 1997 | 59.67% | 15.13% | Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months | |
| April 1997 | 81.13% | 12.13% | Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months | |
| October 1996 | 80.45% | 12.18% | Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months | |
| April 1996 | 89.36% | 3.76% | Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months | |
| April 1995 | 9% | 54% | Hal Berghel's Cybernautica - "A Web Monopoly" | |
| October 1994 | 68% | 18% | Result Graph - Browser | |
| January 1994 | 97% | General Results Graphs |
EWS Web Server at UIUC (1996 Q2 to 1998)
| Date | Mosaic | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 Q4 | 50.43% | 46.87% | Oct 1998, Nov 1998, Dec 1998 | |
| 1998 Q3 | 47.90% | 48.97% | Jul 1998, Aug 1998, Sep 1998 | |
| 1998 Q2 | 43.17% | 53.57% | Apr 1998, May 1998, Jun 1998 | |
| 1998 Q1 | 39.67% | 57.63% | Jan 1998, Feb 1998, Mar 1998 | |
| 1997 Q4 | 35.53% | 62.23% | Oct 1997, Nov 1997, Dec 1997 | |
| 1997 Q3 | 32.40% | 64.93% | Jul 1997, Aug 1997, Sep 1997 | |
| 1997 Q2 | 0.37% | 27.67% | 69.77% | Apr 1997, May 1997, Jun 1997 |
| 1997 Q1 | 0.60% | 22.87% | 74.33% | Jan 1997, Feb 1997, Mar 1997 |
| 1996 Q4 | 1.20% | 19.07% | 77.13% | Oct 1996, Nov 1996, Dec 1996 |
| 1996 Q3 | 2.47% | 13.97% | 80.37% | Jul 1996, Aug 1996, Sep 1996 |
| 1996 Q2 | 6.93% | 9.60% | 82.77% | Apr 1996, May 1996, Jun 1996 |
ZD Market Intelligence (USA, 1997-01 to 1998-01)
| Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | 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 | Netscape Navigator | 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 | Netscape Navigator | 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 | Netscape Navigator | 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 | Netscape Navigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 23% | 51% | Behind the numbers: Browser market share |
| 1996 | 16% | 55% |
See also
- Browser wars
- Comparison of web browsers
- Layout engine
- List of web browsers
- Timeline of web browsers
- Usage share, Market share
- Usage share of operating systems
- Usage share of BitTorrent clients
- Usage share of Instant Messaging clients
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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."