Okay, it has now been a year since I published web browser statistics for my various sites, so this seems like a good time to take stock of how things have changed over the past year.
Take Internet Explorer 6 users (please!), for instance. Surely their numbers have fallen?
Here are my overall numbers for March 2009 to March 2010:
- 64% MSIE
- 20% Firefox
- 10% Safari
- 6% Others (3% Chrome, 2% Opera)
So for the past year, MSIE usage actually increased, Firefox and Safari fell; Others held their own.
The Internet Explorer breakdown:
- 38% MSIE 6.0
- 36% MSIE 7.0
- 26% MSIE 8.0
MSIE 8 has now been released for just over 12 months; and yet, it is only the third most popular version of Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer is the only browser with an upside-down adoption rate. Last year, MSIE 7 was the most popular version; this year, perversely, it is MSIE 6. MSIE 6 went up six points compared to last year.
Sigh.
Firefox:
- 42% Firefox 3.5
- 42% Firefox 3.0
- 8% Firefox 2.0
- 7% Firefox 3.6
Firefox 3.6 has only been out for about two months, so it’s on track for a 42% share of the Firefox segment. Firefox 2.0 had the most share last year, at 48%. Quite a contrast with MSIE.
Safari:
- 57% Safari 4.0
- 15% Safari 4.0 (mobile – iPhone/iPod Touch)
- 10% Safari 3.2
- 6% Safari 3.1
- 5% Safari 3.1 (mobile)
- 7% Safari 3.0, 4.1, and 2.x
iPhone/iPod share has increased slightly, from 15 to 20%. A year ago, 3.2 was new, and version 3.1 had the largest share.