Internet Browser Usage Statistics – Browser Statistics Month by Month
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Mozilla Firefox 3 was launched this week & while Guinness is verifying whether the over 8 million downloads was enough to create a world record in browser downloads in 24 hours, it would be good to look at how many browsers are being used worldwide.
On the number of worldwide Mozilla downloads, you could look here .
Here is a quick statistical data on commonly used browsers from 2002 through June 2008.
IE – Internet Explorer
Fx – Firefox (identified as Mozilla before 2005)
Moz – The Mozilla Suite (Gecko, Netscape)
S – Safari (and Konqueror. Both identified as Mozilla before 2007)
O – Opera
N – Netscape (identified as Mozilla after 2006)
AOL – America Online (based on both Internet Explorer and Mozilla)
| 2008 | IE7 | IE6 | IE5 | Fx | Moz | S | O |
| April | 24.90% | 28.90% | 1.00% | 39.10% | 1.00% | 2.20% | 1.40% |
| March | 23.30% | 29.50% | 1.10% | 37.00% | 1.10% | 2.10% | 1.40% |
| February | 22.70% | 30.70% | 1.30% | 36.50% | 1.20% | 2.00% | 1.40% |
| January | 21.20% | 32.00% | 1.50% | 36.40% | 1.30% | 1.90% | 1.40% |
| 2007 | IE7 | IE6 | IE5 | Fx | Moz | S | O |
| December | 21.00% | 33.20% | 1.70% | 36.30% | 1.40% | 1.70% | 1.40% |
| November | 20.80% | 33.60% | 1.60% | 36.30% | 1.20% | 1.80% | 1.60% |
| October | 20.70% | 34.50% | 1.50% | 36.00% | 1.30% | 1.70% | 1.60% |
| September | 20.80% | 34.90% | 1.50% | 35.40% | 1.20% | 1.60% | 1.50% |
| August | 20.50% | 35.70% | 1.50% | 34.90% | 1.30% | 1.50% | 1.70% |
| July | 20.10% | 36.90% | 1.50% | 34.50% | 1.40% | 1.50% | 1.90% |
| June | 19.70% | 37.30% | 1.50% | 34.00% | 1.40% | 1.50% | 1.80% |
| May | 19.20% | 38.10% | 1.60% | 33.70% | 1.30% | 1.50% | 1.70% |
| April | 19.10% | 38.40% | 1.70% | 32.90% | 1.30% | 1.50% | 1.60% |
| March | 18.00% | 38.70% | 2.00% | 31.80% | 1.30% | 1.60% | 1.60% |
| February | 16.40% | 39.80% | 2.50% | 31.20% | 1.40% | 1.70% | 1.50% |
| January | 13.30% | 42.30% | 3.00% | 31.00% | 1.50% | 1.70% | 1.50% |
| 2006 | IE7 | IE6 | IE5 | Fx | Moz | N7/8 | O |
| November | 7.10% | 49.90% | 3.60% | 29.90% | 2.50% | 0.20% | 1.50% |
| September | 2.50% | 55.60% | 4.00% | 27.30% | 2.30% | 0.40% | 1.60% |
| July | 1.90% | 56.30% | 4.20% | 25.50% | 2.30% | 0.40% | 1.40% |
| May | 1.10% | 57.40% | 4.50% | 25.70% | 2.30% | 0.30% | 1.50% |
| March | 0.60% | 58.80% | 5.30% | 24.50% | 2.40% | 0.50% | 1.50% |
| January | 0.20% | 60.30% | 5.50% | 25.00% | 3.10% | 0.50% | 1.60% |
| 2005 | IE6 | IE5 | Fx | Moz | N7 | O8 | O7 |
| November | 62.70% | 6.20% | 23.60% | 2.80% | 0.40% | 1.30% | 0.20% |
| September | 69.80% | 5.70% | 18.00% | 2.50% | 0.40% | 1.00% | 0.20% |
| July | 67.90% | 5.90% | 19.80% | 2.60% | 0.50% | 0.80% | 0.40% |
| May | 64.80% | 6.80% | 21.00% | 3.10% | 0.70% | 0.70% | 0.60% |
| March | 63.60% | 8.90% | 18.90% | 3.30% | 1.00% | 0.30% | 1.60% |
| January | 64.80% | 9.70% | 16.60% | 3.40% | 1.10% | 1.90% | |
| 2004 | IE6 | IE5 | Moz | N3 | N7 | N4 | O7 |
| November | 66.00% | 10.20% | 16.50% | 0.20% | 1.20% | 0.30% | 1.60% |
| September | 67.80% | 11.20% | 13.70% | 0.30% | 1.40% | 0.30% | 1.70% |
| July | 67.20% | 13.20% | 12.60% | 0.40% | 1.40% | 0.40% | 1.60% |
| May | 68.10% | 13.80% | 9.50% | 0.60% | 1.40% | 0.40% | 1.60% |
| March | 68.20% | 14.60% | 7.90% | 0.80% | 1.40% | 0.60% | 1.40% |
| January | 68.90% | 15.80% | 5.50% | 0.40% | 1.50% | 0.50% | 1.50% |
| 2003 | IE6 | IE5 | Moz | N3 | N7 | N4 | O7 |
| November | 71.20% | 13.70% | 7.20% | 0.50% | 1.60% | 0.50% | 1.90% |
| September | 69.70% | 16.90% | 6.20% | 0.60% | 1.50% | 0.60% | 1.80% |
| July | 66.90% | 20.30% | 5.70% | 0.60% | 1.50% | 0.60% | 1.70% |
| May | 65.00% | 22.70% | 4.60% | 1.00% | 1.40% | 0.90% | 1.40% |
| March | 63.40% | 24.60% | 4.20% | 0.90% | 1.40% | 1.10% | 1.20% |
| January | 55.30% | 29.30% | 4.00% | 1.20% | 1.10% | 1.70% | |
| 2002 | IE6 | IE5 | AOL | N3 | N5 | N4 | IE4 |
| November | 53.50% | 29.90% | 5.20% | 1.10% | 4.90% | 2.00% | |
| September | 49.10% | 34.40% | 4.50% | 1.30% | 4.50% | 2.20% | |
| July | 44.40% | 40.10% | 3.50% | 1.20% | 3.50% | 2.60% | 0.50% |
| May | 40.70% | 46.00% | 2.80% | 1.20% | 2.70% | 3.40% | 0.70% |
| March | 36.70% | 49.40% | 3.00% | 1.20% | 2.40% | 4.10% | 0.70% |
| January | 30.10% | 55.70% | 2.80% | 1.30% | 2.20% | 4.40% | 1.00% |
* Browsers that count for less than 0.5% are not listed. Data courtesy of w3schools . W3Schools is a website for people with an interest for web technologies. These people are more interested in using alternative browsers than the average user. The average user tends to use Internet Explorer, since it comes pre-installed with Windows. Most do not seek out other browsers.
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The website notes "These facts indicate that the browser figures above are not 100% realistic. Other web sites have statistics showing that Internet Explorer is used by at least 80% of the users.". It suggests that the above data be used to understand the trends rather than go with the absolute figures.
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