Web Browser Market Share

Ever since Mozilla released their browser Firefox, they have been making in-roads on the dominant Microsoft product Internet Explorer.  In the past year we seen two more competitors trying to cash in on the web browser market, including Safari on Windows and Google Chrome.  While there are many options for the user nowadays, Internet Explorer remains the king.

Actual figures and data are provided by Global Market Share Statistics, and you can view their website here.  The figures represent data accumulated from January 1, 2008 to September 1, 2008.

1. 72.15% Internet Explorer
2. 19.73% Firefox
3. 6.37% Safari
4. 0.74% Opera
5. 0.72% Netscape

Below is the break down into specific versions of the Web Browsers.

1. 46.79% Internet Explorer 7.0
2. 25.17% Internet Explorer 6.0
3. 11.51% Firefox 2.0
4. 7.74% Firefox 3.0
5. 4.80% Safari 3.1
6. 0.77% Safari 3.0
7. 0.71% Opera 9.0
8. 0.57% Netscape 6.0
9. 0.31% Safari on Windows 3.1
10. 0.29% Firefox 1.5

Operating System War: Market Share Facts

Technology pundits and journalists are constantly raving about how Apple is gaining market share in the Operating System world.  I thought I should put this matter in perspective.  Apple has gained an extremely small bit of market share, about 1.28% to be exact, since last year.  Microsoft is so dominant in this sector, they really don’t have any room to grow in this market.

Actual figures and data are provided by Global Market Share Statistics, and you can view their website here.  The figures represent data accumulated from January 1, 2008 to September 1, 2008.

1. 91.20% Windows
2. 7.68% Mac
3. 0.74% Linux
4. 0.18% iPhone
5. 0.04% PlayStation

Below is the break down into specific versions of the Operating Systems.

1. 69.49% Windows XP
2. 17.85% Windows Vista
3. 5.44% Mac Intel
4. 2.42% Mac OS
5. 1.93% Windows 2000
6. 0.74% Linux
7. 0.72% Windows NT
8. 0.38% Windows 98
9. 0.22% Windows ME
10. 0.18% iPhone

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