Browser Statistics
What is the trend in browser usage?
Web Statistics and Trends
Statistics are important information. From the statistics
below, you can see that Internet
Explorer is the most common browser. However, FireFox has become quite popular
as well.
Browser Statistics Month by Month
| 2008 |
IE7 |
IE6 |
IE5 |
Fx |
Moz |
S |
O |
| June |
27.0% |
26.5% |
0.5% |
41.0% |
0.5% |
2.6% |
1.7% |
| May |
26.5% |
27.3% |
0.7% |
39.8% |
0.7% |
2.4% |
1.5% |
| April |
24.9% |
28.9% |
1.0% |
39.1% |
0.9% |
2.2% |
1.4% |
| March |
23.3% |
29.5% |
1.1% |
37.0% |
1.1% |
2.1% |
1.4% |
| February |
22.7% |
30.7% |
1.3% |
36.5% |
1.2% |
2.0% |
1.4% |
| January |
21.2% |
32.0% |
1.5% |
36.4% |
1.3% |
1.9% |
1.4% |
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| 2007 |
IE7 |
IE6 |
IE5 |
Fx |
Moz |
S |
O |
| December |
21.0% |
33.2% |
1.7% |
36.3% |
1.4% |
1.7% |
1.4% |
| November |
20.8% |
33.6% |
1.6% |
36.3% |
1.2% |
1.8% |
1.6% |
| October |
20.7% |
34.5% |
1.5% |
36.0% |
1.3% |
1.7% |
1.6% |
| September |
20.8% |
34.9% |
1.5% |
35.4% |
1.2% |
1.6% |
1.5% |
| August |
20.5% |
35.7% |
1.5% |
34.9% |
1.3% |
1.5% |
1.7% |
| July |
20.1% |
36.9% |
1.5% |
34.5% |
1.4% |
1.5% |
1.9% |
| June |
19.7% |
37.3% |
1.5% |
34.0% |
1.4% |
1.5% |
1.8% |
| May |
19.2% |
38.1% |
1.6% |
33.7% |
1.3% |
1.5% |
1.7% |
| April |
19.1% |
38.4% |
1.7% |
32.9% |
1.3% |
1.5% |
1.6% |
| March |
18.0% |
38.7% |
2.0% |
31.8% |
1.3% |
1.6% |
1.6% |
| February |
16.4% |
39.8% |
2.5% |
31.2% |
1.4% |
1.7% |
1.5% |
| January |
13.3% |
42.3% |
3.0% |
31.0% |
1.5% |
1.7% |
1.5% |
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| 2006 |
IE7 |
IE6 |
IE5 |
Fx |
Moz |
N7/8 |
O |
| November |
7.1% |
49.9% |
3.6% |
29.9% |
2.5% |
0.2% |
1.5% |
| September |
2.5% |
55.6% |
4.0% |
27.3% |
2.3% |
0.4% |
1.6% |
| July |
1.9% |
56.3% |
4.2% |
25.5% |
2.3% |
0.4% |
1.4% |
| May |
1.1% |
57.4% |
4.5% |
25.7% |
2.3% |
0.3% |
1.5% |
| March |
0.6% |
58.8% |
5.3% |
24.5% |
2.4% |
0.5% |
1.5% |
| January |
0.2% |
60.3% |
5.5% |
25.0% |
3.1% |
0.5% |
1.6% |
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| 2005 |
IE6 |
IE5 |
Fx |
Moz |
N7 |
O8 |
O7 |
| November |
62.7% |
6.2% |
23.6% |
2.8% |
0.4% |
1.3% |
0.2% |
| September |
69.8% |
5.7% |
18.0% |
2.5% |
0.4% |
1.0% |
0.2% |
| July |
67.9% |
5.9% |
19.8% |
2.6% |
0.5% |
0.8% |
0.4% |
| May |
64.8% |
6.8% |
21.0% |
3.1% |
0.7% |
0.7% |
0.6% |
| March |
63.6% |
8.9% |
18.9% |
3.3% |
1.0% |
0.3% |
1.6% |
| January |
64.8% |
9.7% |
16.6% |
3.4% |
1.1% |
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1.9% |
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| 2004 |
IE6 |
IE5 |
Moz |
N3 |
N7 |
N4 |
O7 |
| November |
66.0% |
10.2% |
16.5% |
0.2% |
1.2% |
0.3% |
1.6% |
| September |
67.8% |
11.2% |
13.7% |
0.3% |
1.4% |
0.3% |
1.7% |
| July |
67.2% |
13.2% |
12.6% |
0.4% |
1.4% |
0.4% |
1.6% |
| May |
68.1% |
13.8% |
9.5% |
0.6% |
1.4% |
0.4% |
1.6% |
| March |
68.2% |
14.6% |
7.9% |
0.8% |
1.4% |
0.6% |
1.4% |
| January |
68.9% |
15.8% |
5.5% |
0.4% |
1.5% |
0.5% |
1.5% |
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| 2003 |
IE6 |
IE5 |
Moz |
N3 |
N7 |
N4 |
O7 |
| November |
71.2% |
13.7% |
7.2% |
0.5% |
1.6% |
0.5% |
1.9% |
| September |
69.7% |
16.9% |
6.2% |
0.6% |
1.5% |
0.6% |
1.8% |
| July |
66.9% |
20.3% |
5.7% |
0.6% |
1.5% |
0.6% |
1.7% |
| May |
65.0% |
22.7% |
4.6% |
1.0% |
1.4% |
0.9% |
1.4% |
| March |
63.4% |
24.6% |
4.2% |
0.9% |
1.4% |
1.1% |
1.2% |
| January |
55.3% |
29.3% |
4.0% |
1.2% |
1.1% |
1.7% |
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| 2002 |
IE6 |
IE5 |
AOL |
N3 |
N5 |
N4 |
IE4 |
| November |
53.5% |
29.9% |
5.2% |
1.1% |
4.9% |
2.0% |
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| September |
49.1% |
34.4% |
4.5% |
1.3% |
4.5% |
2.2% |
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| July |
44.4% |
40.1% |
3.5% |
1.2% |
3.5% |
2.6% |
0.5% |
| May |
40.7% |
46.0% |
2.8% |
1.2% |
2.7% |
3.4% |
0.7% |
| March |
36.7% |
49.4% |
3.0% |
1.2% |
2.4% |
4.1% |
0.7% |
| January |
30.1% |
55.7% |
2.8% |
1.3% |
2.2% |
4.4% |
1.0% |
| 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) |
Browsers that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.
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
preinstalled with Windows. Most do not seek out other browsers.
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.
Anyway, our data, collected from W3Schools' log-files, over a five year period, clearly shows the long
and medium-term trends.
JavaScript Statistics
There are no absolute trends about the use of JavaScript. Some users have
scripting turned off. Some browsers don't support scripting:
| Date |
JavaScript On |
JavaScript Off |
| January 2008 |
95% |
5% |
| January 2007 |
94% |
6% |
| January 2006 |
90% |
10% |
| January 2005 |
89% |
11% |
| January 2004 |
92% |
8% |
| January 2003 |
89% |
11% |
| January 2002 |
88% |
12% |
| January 2001 |
81% |
19% |
| January 2000 |
80% |
20% |
Other Statistics
Operating system statistics
Browser display statistics
Statistics Are Often Misleading
You cannot - as a web developer - rely only on statistics. Statistics can
often be misleading.
Global averages may not always be relevant to your web site. Different sites
attract different audiences. Some web sites attract professional developers
using professional hardware, while other sites attract hobbyists using old low spec
computers.
Also be aware that many statistics may have an incomplete or faulty browser
detection. It is quite common by many web-stats report programs, not to detect
the newest browsers.
(The statistics above are extracted from W3Schools' log-files, but we are
also monitoring other sources around the Internet to assure the quality of these
figures).
Quotes
"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."
Oscar Wilde
"First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure."
Mark Twain
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