Browser Statistics

W3Schools' Famous
Month-by-Month
Browser Statistics
Since 2002

The Most Popular Browsers

W3Schools has over 60 million monthly visits.

From the statistics below (collected since 2002) you can read the long term trends of browser usage.

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2020	Chrome	Edge/IE	Firefox	Safari	Opera
December	80.5 %	5.2 %	6.7 %	3.7 %	2.3 %
November	80.0 %	5.3 %	7.1 %	3.9 %	2.3 %
October	80.4 %	5.2 %	7.1 %	3.7 %	2.1 %
September	81.0 %	4.9 %	7.2 %	3.6 %	2.0 %
August	81.2 %	4.6 %	7.3 %	3.4 %	2.0 %
July	81.3 %	4.3 %	7.6 %	3.4 %	2.0 %
June	80.7 %	3.9 %	8.1 %	3.7 %	2.1 %
May	80.7 %	3.5 %	8.5 %	4.1 %	1.6 %
April	80.7 %	3.4 %	8.6 %	4.2 %	1.5 %
March	81.4 %	3.5 %	8.7 %	3.7 %	1.3 %
February	82.0 %	3.4 %	8.7 %	3.4 %	1.2 %
January	81.9 %	3.0 %	9.1 %	3.3 %	1.3 %
2019	Chrome	Edge/IE	Firefox	Safari	Opera
November	81.3 %	3.2 %	9.2 %	3.5 %	1.4 %
September	81.4 %	3.3 %	9.1 %	3.1 %	1.6 %
July	80.9 %	3.3 %	9.3 %	2.7 %	1.6 %
May	80.4 %	3.6 %	9.5 %	3.3 %	1.7 %
March	80.0 %	3.8 %	9.6 %	3.3 %	1.7 %
January	79.5 %	4.0 %	10.2 %	3.3 %	1.6 %
2018	Chrome	IE/Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera
November	79.1 %	4.1 %	10.2 %	3.8 %	1.6 %
September	79.6 %	3.9 %	10.3 %	3.3 %	1.5 %
July	80.1 %	3.5 %	10.8 %	2.7 %	1.5 %
May	79.0 %	3.9 %	10.9 %	3.2 %	1.6 %
March	78.1 %	4.0 %	11.5 %	3.3 %	1.6 %
January	77.2 %	4.1 %	12.4 %	3.2 %	1.6 %
2017	Chrome	IE/Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera
November	76.8 %	4.3 %	12.5 %	3.3 %	1.6 %
September	76.5 %	4.2 %	12.8 %	3.2 %	1.2 %
July	76.7 %	4.2 %	13.3 %	3.0 %	1.2 %
May	75.8 %	4.6 %	13.6 %	3.4 %	1.1 %
March	75.1 %	4.8 %	14.1 %	3.6 %	1.0 %
January	73.7 %	4.9 %	15.4 %	3.6 %	1.0 %
2016	Chrome	IE/Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera
November	73.8 %	5.2 %	15.3 %	3.5 %	1.1 %
September	72.5 %	5.3 %	16.3 %	3.5 %	1.0 %
July	71.9 %	5.2 %	17.1 %	3.2 %	1.1 %
May	71.4 %	5.7 %	16.9 %	3.6 %	1.2 %
March	69.9 %	6.1 %	17.8 %	3.6 %	1.3 %
January	68.4 %	6.2 %	18.8 %	3.7 %	1.4 %

Year	Chrome	IE	Firefox	Safari	Opera
2015	63.3 %	6.5 %	21.6 %	4.9 %	2.5 %
2014	59.8 %	8.5 %	24.9 %	3.5 %	1.7 %
2013	52.8 %	11.8 %	28.9 %	3.6 %	1.6 %
2012	42.9 %	16.3 %	33.7 %	3.9 %	2.1 %
2011	29.4 %	22.0 %	42.0 %	3.6 %	2.4 %
2010	16.7 %	30.4 %	46.4 %	3.4 %	2.3 %
2009	6.5 %	39.4 %	47.9 %	3.3 %	2.1 %
2008		52.4 %	42.6 %	2.5 %	1.9 %
2007		58.5 %	35.9 %	1.5 %	1.9 %
				Netscape
2006		62.4 %	27.8 %	0.4 %	1.4 %
2005		73.8 %	22.4 %	0.5 %	1.2 %
			Mozilla
2004		80.4 %	12.6 %	2.2 %	1.6 %
2003		87.2 %	5.7 %	2.7 %	1.7 %
2002		84.5 %	3.5 %	7.3 %

Chrome = Google Chrome
IE = Microsoft Internet Explorer
Firefox = Mozilla Firefox (identified as Mozilla before 2005)
Mozilla = The Mozilla Suite (identified as Firefox after 2004)
Safari = Apple Safari (and Konqueror. Both identified as Mozilla before 2007)
Opera = Opera (from 2011; Opera Mini is included here)
Netscape = Netscape Navigator (identified as Mozilla after 2006)

Statistics Can Be Misleading

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple

Oscar Wilde

W3Schools' statistics may not be relevant to your web site. Different sites attract different audiences. Some web sites attract developers using professional hardware, while other sites attract hobbyists using older computers.

Anyway, data collected from W3Schools' log-files over many years clearly shows the long term trends.

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