Web Browser Statistics

Richard — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:57:40 +0000

Here are the current web browsing stats from sites using the W3Counter.

The highlights :

Operating Systems

At 60.55%, Windows XP is still three nearly 3 times more popular than Vista
OSX sits at 7.11%
Windows 7 is about to overtake Linux, and it’s not even out to retail yet
iPhone OSX sits between the deceased Windows 98 and server based Windows Server 2003. (I find it interesting that Server 2003 racks up a higher percentage than iPhone as by default it blocks trackers and cookies, also being a server OS, it typically isn’t used for web surfing)

Browsers

IE 7 dominates, with Firefox 3 lagging 6% behind
IE 8 is close on the heels of Firefox 3
The aging IE 6 is still hanging in there with 14% of the share
Buggy Firefox 3.5 is down in 5th place
Slow on the uptake, Chrome is way down in 7th place with a measly 3.23% of the share

Screen Resolutions

1024×768 is still top dog
VERY closely followed by 1280×800, which is a wide screen resolution, typically not found on new monitors having been superseded by :
1440×900 (as used by our office Dell desktops) which is in 4th with 8.68%, that’s a bigger share than the total OSX users – this will eventually overtake 1280×800 as the standard wide desktop resolution.

Summary
IE6 has double the market share of OSX as a whole. So let’s stop banging on about ditching IE6 and get rid of OSX instead.

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