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September 2011, web browser usage share.
Source: Median values from summary table.
  Internet Explorer (38.9%)
  Firefox (25.0%)
  Google Chrome (20.9%)
  Safari (8.0%)
  Opera (2.7%)
  Mobile browsers (6.7%)

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 websites 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 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]

Underestimation

It is also possible to underestimate the usage share by using the number of requests, for example:

  • Gecko-based browsers since Firefox 1.5 and Opera use fast Document Object Model (DOM) caching. JavaScript is only executed on pageload from net or disk cache, but not if it is loaded from DOM cache. This can have an impact on JavaScript-based tracking of browser statistics.[3]
  • While most browsers generate additional page hits by refreshing web pages when user navigates back through page history, some browsers (such as Opera) reuse cached content without resending requests to the server.[4][5]
  • 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.[5]
  • Some ISPs, mainly mobile phone carriers, have begun stripping the user agent strings.[6]

Regional variations

File:Countries by most used web browser cropped.png
Most used web browser in March 2011:
  Opera
according to Statcounter

Web browser usage statistics vary significantly in different geographic regions across the globe. In China and South Korea, Internet Explorer (IE) has approx 90% usage share,[7][8] whereas in Germany and Indonesia, Firefox has approx 60% and 80% usage share,[9][10] while in Belarus and Ukraine, Opera is the most popular browser with approximately 50% and 36% usage share.[11][12] Chrome is the most popular browser in Tunisia and Albania with respectively 49% and 52% usage share.[13][14] In Europe, since December 2010, Firefox has replaced IE as the leading browser with 37% usage share.[15] IE's recent decline in Europe is thought to be explained by IE users switching to Chrome.[16]

Summary table

The following table summarizes the usage share of browsers for the indicated month.

Usage share of browsers for April 2011
Source Internet
Explorer
Firefox Chrome Safari Opera
[Note 1]
Mobile Unknown
Net Applications 55.1% 21.6% 11.9% 7.15% 3.3% 4.4%
StatCounter 44.5% 29.7% 18.3% 5.0% 1.9% 5.2%
W3Counter 37.8% 29.5% 15.7% 6.2% 1.3%
Wikimedia 44.52% 29.67% 18.29% 5.04% 1.91% 5.21%
[Note 2]
Median 45.48 27.61 16.04
Usage share of browsers for March 2011
Source Internet
Explorer
Firefox Chrome Safari Opera
[Note 1]
Mobile Unknown
Net Applications 55.9% 21.8% 11.6% 6.6% 3.2% 3.9%
StatCounter 45.1% 30.0% 17.4% 5.1% 2.0% 4.7%
W3Counter 39.3% 30.1% 15.6% 6.0% 2.0% 7.0%
Wikimedia 41.3% 27.1% 13.5% 9.2% 4.2% 6.6%
[Note 2]
Median 43.2% 28.6% 14.6% 6.3% 2.6% 4.7%
  1. ^ a b Opera: NetApp and Wikimedia include Opera Mini.
  2. ^ a b Wikimedia: Safari and Opera numbers include mobile, so the mobile number is counted twice.

Historical usage share

StatCounter (July 2008 to present)

Usage share of web browsers according to StatCounter.

StatCounter statistics are directly derived from hits (not unique visitors) from 3 million sites using StatCounter totaling more than 15 billion hits per month.[17] No artificial weightings are used.

Global stats from StatCounter (Top 5 browsers)
Date
Internet
Explorer

Firefox

Chrome

Safari

Opera

Mobile

April 2011 44.52% 29.67% 18.29% 5.04% 1.91% 5.21%
March 2011 45.11% 29.98% 17.37% 5.02% 1.97% 4.70%
February 2011 45.44% 30.37% 16.54% 5.08% 2.00% 4.45%
January 2011 46.00% 30.68% 15.68% 5.09% 2.00% 4.30%
December 2010 46.94% 30.76% 14.85% 4.79% 2.07% 4.10%
November 2010 48.16% 31.17% 13.35% 4.70% 2.01% 4.02%
October 2010 49.21% 31.24% 12.39% 4.56% 2.00% 3.81%
September 2010 49.87% 31.50% 11.54% 4.42% 2.03% 3.50%
August 2010 51.34% 31.09% 10.76% 4.23% 1.88% 3.21%
July 2010 52.68% 30.69% 9.88% 4.09% 1.91% 2.86%
June 2010 52.86% 31.15% 9.24% 4.07% 1.91% 2.57%
May 2010 52.77% 31.64% 8.61% 4.14% 1.96% 2.32%
April 2010 53.26% 31.74% 8.06% 4.23% 1.82% 2.18%
March 2010 54.44% 31.27% 7.29% 4.16% 1.97% 1.96%
February 2010 54.50% 31.83% 6.71% 4.08% 1.97% 1.72%
January 2010 55.25% 31.64% 6.04% 3.76% 2.00% 1.56%
December 2009 55.72% 31.97% 5.45% 3.48% 2.06% 1.28%
November 2009 56.57% 32.21% 4.66% 3.67% 2.02% 1.21%
October 2009 57.96% 31.82% 4.17% 3.47% 1.88% 1.15%
September 2009 58.37% 31.34% 3.69% 3.28% 2.62% 1.12%
August 2009 58.69% 31.28% 3.38% 3.25% 2.67% 1.12%
July 2009 60.11% 30.50% 3.01% 3.02% 2.64% 1.05%
June 2009 59.49% 30.26% 2.80% 2.91% 3.46% 0.94%
May 2009 62.09% 28.75% 2.42% 2.65% 3.23% 0.86%
April 2009 61.88% 29.67% 2.07% 2.75% 2.96% 0.86%
March 2009 62.52% 29.40% 1.73% 2.73% 2.94% 0.80%
February 2009 64.43% 27.85% 1.52% 2.59% 2.95% 0.69%
January 2009 65.41% 27.03% 1.38% 2.57% 2.92% 0.67%
December 2008 67.84% 25.23% 1.21% 2.41% 2.83% 0.60%
November 2008 68.14% 25.27% 0.93% 2.49% 3.01%
October 2008 67.68% 25.54% 1.02% 2.91% 2.69%
September 2008 67.16% 25.77% 1.03% 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

Mobile browser stats from StatCounter
Date
Opera Mini iPhone Nokia browser Android Black
Berry
Other
2011-04 21.90% 17.43% 16.32% 15.49% 13.37% 15.50%
2011-03 21.03% 18.18% 15.95% 15.27% 13.93% 15.64%
2011-02 21.15% 18.08% 15.77% 14.70% 14.35% 15.95%
2011-01 21.04% 18.17% 15.52% 14.19% 14.85% 16.24%
2010-12 20.11% 17.50% 15.68% 13.23% 17.87% 15.61%
2010-11 21.85% 16.55% 16.65% 11.27% 19.05% 14.63%
2010-10 24.53% 16.82% 16.44% 10.33% 17.96% 13.92%
2010-09 24.82% 16.90% 16.77% 9.48% 17.66% 14.38%
2010-08 23.52% 18.20% 16.30% 8.95% 16.70% 16.32%
2010-07 23.55% 17.93% 16.50% 8.32% 16.19% 17.51%
2010-06 25.89% 18.05% 15.98% 6.84% 14.68% 18.56%
2010-05 26.68% 19.97% 14.69% 6.30% 13.78% 18.59%
2010-04 26.14% 20.18% 15.52% 6.18% 13.67% 18.31%
2010-03 26.10% 20.56% 16.45% 5.84% 12.31% 18.73%
2010-02 25.00% 22.51% 16.99% 5.35% 10.67% 19.47%
2010-01 25.53% 21.52% 18.53% 4.54% 9.85% 20.02%
2009-12 26.39% 21.89% 18.98% 4.06% 9.27% 19.38%
2009-11 26.57% 22.14% 19.32% 3.31% 9.37% 19.27%
2009-10 26.92% 21.22% 20.84% 2.56% 8.79% 19.67%
2009-09 26.49% 21.58% 20.43% 2.32% 8.53% 20.64%
2009-08 25.47% 22.76% 18.68% 2.28% 8.45% 22.37%
2009-07 24.90% 22.27% 18.71% 2.21% 8.45% 23.46%
2009-06 25.79% 21.95% 18.49% 0.13% 7.92% 25.73%
2009-05 24.64% 22.37% 17.90% 1.86% 6.92% 26.31%
2009-04 21.08% 24.31% 16.77% 2.02% 6.39% 29.44%
2009-03 21.45% 24.22% 17.95% 2.18% 5.97% 28.23%
2009-02 23.15% 23.26% 18.25% 2.06% 5.57% 27.71%
2009-01 24.69% 23.06% 17.78% 1.92% 4.91% 27.63%
2008-12 26.51% 21.68% 17.96% 1.70% 4.71% 27.43%

StatCounter Europe (July 2008 to present)

Europe usage share of web browsers according to StatCounter. Since December 2010, Firefox has been the most used browser.[18]
European stats from StatCounter (Top 5 browsers)
Date
Firefox

Internet
Explorer

Chrome

Opera

Safari

April 2011 36.84% 35.27% 18.14% 4.22% 4.93%
March 2011 37.12% 35.92% 17.19% 4.31% 4.88%
February 2011 37.56% 36.44% 16.28% 4.27% 4.87%
January 2011 37.92% 36.91% 15.47% 4.23% 4.91%
December 2010 38.11% 37.52% 14.58% 4.57% 4.62%
November 2010 38.50% 38.91% 13.09% 4.27% 4.64%
October 2010 38.66% 39.52% 12.29% 4.39% 4.55%
September 2010 38.97% 40.26% 11.32% 4.48% 4.32%
August 2010 37.94% 42.01% 10.81% 4.33% 4.11%
July 2010 37.98% 42.61% 10.13% 4.55% 3.89%
June 2010 38.09% 43.18% 9.60% 4.40% 3.90%
May 2010 38.61% 43.32% 8.89% 4.41% 3.88%
April 2010 38.72% 44.10% 8.27% 4.15% 3.80%
March 2010 38.28% 45.32% 7.36% 4.32% 3.76%
February 2010 38.99% 45.50% 6.52% 4.29% 3.67%
January 2010 39.86% 44.91% 5.78% 4.33% 3.68%
December 2009 40.80% 44.84% 5.06% 4.44% 3.40%
November 2009 40.12% 46.57% 4.43% 4.27% 3.52%
October 2009 39.87% 47.78% 3.99% 4.05% 3.37%
September 2009 39.26% 46.44% 3.59% 6.64% 3.14%
August 2009 39.62% 46.01% 3.36% 7.12% 2.95%
July 2009 39.70% 46.69% 3.05% 6.84% 2.81%
June 2009 38.79% 45.97% 2.78% 8.69% 2.64%
May 2009 38.59% 46.65% 2.49% 8.75% 2.52%
April 2009 39.04% 47.89% 2.05% 7.63% 2.53%
March 2009 38.54% 49.13% 1.73% 7.34% 2.43%
February 2009 37.69% 50.29% 1.49% 7.29% 2.38%
January 2009 37.71% 50.48% 1.38% 7.25% 2.30%
December 2008 36.70% 51.84% 1.25% 7.35% 2.25%
November 2008 33.74% 55.08% 0.91% 7.77% 2.30%
October 2008 33.41% 56.52% 0.98% 6.38% 2.52%
September 2008 33.77% 56.35% 1.04% 6.20% 2.45%
August 2008 35.53% 58.31% 3.49% 2.47%
July 2008 35.52% 58.19% 3.69% 2.37%

Net Applications (2004 Q4 to present)

Usage share of web browsers history from 2004 Q4 to 2011 Q1 according to Net Applications

Netapplications bases its usage share on statistics from 40,000 websites having around 160 million unique visitors.

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.[19] The table below uses weighted data from 2007 Q4 onwards, and this is reflected in the summary table above. This has the effect of weighting heavy population centers such as Asia with 4 billion people higher.[20]

Global usage share data from: Net Applications
Period
Internet
Explorer

Firefox

Chrome

Safari

Opera

Opera
mini


Netscape
Navigator


2011 April 55.11% 21.63% 11.94% 7.15% 2.14% 1.11% 0.73%
2011 March 55.92% 21.80% 11.57% 6.61% 2.15% 1.06% 0.68%
2011 February 56.77% 21.74% 10.93% 6.36% 2.15% 1.12% 0.71%
Global usage share data from: Net Applications
Period
Internet
Explorer

Firefox

Chrome

Safari

Opera

Opera
Mini


Netscape

Mozilla

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

W3Counter (May 2007 to present)

This site counts the last 15,000 page views from each of approximately 45,000 websites. This limits the influence of sites with more than 15,000 visitors on the usage statistics. W3Counter is not affiliated with the W3C.

Global Web Stats from W3Counter
Date Internet Explorer Firefox Chrome Safari Opera Other Mozilla
April 2011 37.8% 29.5% 15.7% 6.2%
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

StatOwl.com (September 2008 to present)

USA usage share data from StatOwl.com
Period
Internet
Explorer

Mozilla,
Firefox
Chrome

Safari

Opera

Gecko

Netscape
Navigator

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% 0.4% 0.42%
January 2011 61.28% 19.57% 8.8% 9.4% 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.[21]

Clicky (Late September 2009 to present)

Global usage share data from GetClicky.com
Period
Internet
Explorer

Firefox

Chrome

Safari

Opera

Mozilla

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%

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.[22] These server logs cover requests to all the Wikimedia Foundation projects, including Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikiversity and others.[23]

Usage share data from Wikimedia visitor log analysis report
Period
Internet
Explorer

Firefox

Chrome

Safari

Opera

Android

Mobile
Desktop Mobile Total Desktop Mobile Total Other Total
March 2011 41.27% 27.05% 13.52% 5.61% 3.57% 9.18% 3.45% 0.70% 4.15% 0.99% 1.34% 6.60%
February 2011 41.66% 27.63% 12.58% 5.54% 3.68% 9.22% 3.52% 0.71% 4.23% 0.98% 1.39% 6.80%
January 2011 41.56% 28.71% 11.75% 5.53% 3.73% 9.26% 3.55% 0.70% 4.25% 0.90% 1.57% 6.90%
Usage share data from Wikimedia visitor log analysis report
Period
Internet
Explorer

Firefox

Chrome

Safari

Opera

Mozilla

Mobile
March 2011 41.27% 27.05% 13.52% 5.61% 3.45% 0.49% 6.6%
February 2011 41.66% 27.63% 12.58% 5.54% 3.52% 0.51% 6.8%
January 2011 41.56% 28.71% 11.75% 5.53% 3.55% 0.49% 6.9%
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)

Usage share of web browsers history from 2000 to ~April 2009 according to TheCounter.com.

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.

Global usage share data from TheCounter.com (global statistics)
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)

Global usage share data from OneStat.com (press releases)
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 %
USA usage share data from OneStat.com (press releases)
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%
Canadian usage share data from OneStat.com (press releases)
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%
UK usage share data from OneStat.com (press releases)
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%
Australian usage share data from OneStat.com (press releases)
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%
French usage share data from OneStat.com (press releases)
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)

Europe usage share data from ADTECH (press releases)
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.

Europe usage share data from AT Internet Institute (browsers barometer)
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)

USA usage share data from: WebSideStory
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)

Usage share data from: GVU WWW user survey
Date Mosaic Netscape Navigator Internet Explorer Source
October 1998 64% 32.2% Primary Browser in 12 Months
April 1998 70% 22.7% Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months
October 1997 59.67% 15.13% Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months
April 1997 81.13% 12.13% Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months
October 1996 80.45% 12.18% Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months
April 1996 89.36% 3.76% Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months
April 1995 9% 54% Hal Berghel's Cybernautica - "A Web Monopoly"
October 1994 68% 18% Result Graph - Browser
January 1994 97% General Results Graphs

EWS Web Server at UIUC (1996 Q2 to 1998)

Usage share data from: EWS Web Server at UIUC
Date Mosaic Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator Source
1998 Q4 50.43% 46.87% Oct 1998, Nov 1998, Dec 1998
1998 Q3 47.90% 48.97% Jul 1998, Aug 1998, Sep 1998
1998 Q2 43.17% 53.57% Apr 1998, May 1998, Jun 1998
1998 Q1 39.67% 57.63% Jan 1998, Feb 1998, Mar 1998
1997 Q4 35.53% 62.23% Oct 1997, Nov 1997, Dec 1997
1997 Q3 32.40% 64.93% Jul 1997, Aug 1997, Sep 1997
1997 Q2 0.37% 27.67% 69.77% Apr 1997, May 1997, Jun 1997
1997 Q1 0.60% 22.87% 74.33% Jan 1997, Feb 1997, Mar 1997
1996 Q4 1.20% 19.07% 77.13% Oct 1996, Nov 1996, Dec 1996
1996 Q3 2.47% 13.97% 80.37% Jul 1996, Aug 1996, Sep 1996
1996 Q2 6.93% 9.60% 82.77% Apr 1996, May 1996, Jun 1996

ZD Market Intelligence (USA, 1997-01 to 1998-01)

Usage share data from: ZD Market Intelligence
Date Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator Source
January 1998 39% 54% Behind the numbers: Browser market share
January 1997 21% 63%

Zona Research (USA, 1997-01 to 1998-07)

Usage share data from: Zona Research
Date Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator Source
July 1998 45% 54% Behind the numbers: Browser market share
September 1997 36% 62%
January 1997 28% 70%

AdKnowledge (1998-01 to 1998-06)

Usage share data from: AdKnowledge
Date Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator Source
June 1998 46% 52% Behind the numbers: Browser market share
March 1998 42% 57%
January 1998 36% 61%

Dataquest (1995 to 1997)

Usage share data from: Dataquest
Date Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator Source
1997 39.4% 57.6% Browser wars: High price, huge rewards
1996 20% 73%
1995 2.9% 80.1%

International Data Corporation (US, 1996 to 1997)

Usage share data from: International Data Corporation
Date Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator Source
1997 23% 51% Behind the numbers: Browser market share
1996 16% 55%

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  • 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."