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Press Releases & Notes
- Mon, 09 Jul 2012
Web analytics company StatCounter highlights evolving global browser landscape in new video - Mon, 18 Jun 2012
[Note] An Open Letter to Roger Capriotti, Microsoft - Fri, 01 Jun 2012
Independent web analytics firm StatCounter confirms milestone as Chrome overtakes IE globally for first calendar monthLanguage: EN | ES - Wed, 30 May 2012
[Note] Response to articles on certain Spanish websites 28th & 29th MayLanguage: EN | ES - Tue, 08 May 2012
IE9 bucks the trend of older Microsoft browsers at weekends - Wed, 11 Apr 2012
Screen Resolution Alert for Web Developers - Wed, 21 Mar 2012
Chrome is world's number one browser for a day - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Mobile internet usage is doubling year on year - Thu, 15 Dec 2011
Chrome 15 Becomes World's Most Popular Browser - Thu, 01 Dec 2011
Chrome Overtakes Firefox Globally for First Time - Tue, 01 Nov 2011
Windows 7 overtakes XP globally for first time in October - Mon, 01 Aug 2011
Chrome Overtakes Firefox for UK Number Two Browser Spot in July - Fri, 01 Jul 2011
Chrome Breaks 20% Globally in June - Wed, 01 Jun 2011
Firefox 4 Becomes Leading Firefox Version - Wed, 23 Mar 2011
Firefox 4 Hits the Ground Running and Eclipses Internet Explorer 9 - Tue, 08 Mar 2011
Android overtakes BlackBerry for first time - Tue, 01 Mar 2011
Bing overtakes Yahoo! globally for first time - Tue, 04 Jan 2011
Firefox overtakes Internet Explorer in Europe in browser wars - Wed, 01 Dec 2010
BlackBerry overtakes Apple in Mobile Wars - Tue, 05 Oct 2010
Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser falls below 50% of worldwide market for first time - Wed, 01 Sep 2010
Windows 7 Jumps Ahead of Vista Globally for First Time - Tue, 31 Aug 2010
Redd Monday for Digg - Mon, 28 Jun 2010
Chrome overtakes Safari for first time to claim third place in US Internet browser market - Tue, 01 Jun 2010
IE6 Falls Below 5% for First Time in US and Europe - Thu, 22 Apr 2010
Twitter Generates Almost One in Ten Social Media Hits to Websites - Wed, 13 Jan 2010
Google Gained Market Share in China in Last Six Months - Tue, 03 Nov 2009
Encouraging Start for Windows 7 - Mon, 02 Nov 2009
Bing US Market Share Stabilises but Yahoo! Continues Fall - Thu, 01 Oct 2009
Bing Records First Monthly Decline Since Launch - Tue, 01 Sep 2009
Bing Slows in Race against Google - Mon, 03 Aug 2009
Bing Gains Another 1% of Search Market - Fri, 10 Jul 2009
Bing Overtakes Yahoo! for Second Time - Thu, 02 Jul 2009
Firefox 3.5 Fast Out of Blocks - Wed, 01 Jul 2009
Bing Gains 1% of Search Market for Microsoft - Thu, 11 Jun 2009
Bing Takes Market Share Despite Falling Behind Yahoo! - Fri, 05 Jun 2009
Bing Overtakes Yahoo! - Tue, 02 Jun 2009
Opera Retakes Leadership from iPhone in Mobile Browser Market - Tue, 31 Mar 2009
Firefox 3.0 Becomes Most Popular Web Browser in Europe for First Time - Mon, 23 Mar 2009
Vista Breaks Through 30% U.S. Market Share - Fri, 20 Mar 2009
Microsoft IE 8 Launch 'Underwhelms' - Wed, 04 Mar 2009
Firefox 3 Gains Ground on Microsoft Internet Explorer in Internet Browser Wars - Tue, 03 Mar 2009
iPhone Takes Global Lead in Mobile Browser Wars - StatCounter Research - Tue, 03 Mar 2009
StatCounter Launches Free Global Stats Tool - Wed, 03 Sep 2008
Chrome Grabs 1% of Global Browser Market in First Day - Thu, 31 Jul 2008
Statcounter Research Shows New Search Engine Cuil is One to Watch - Thu, 19 Jun 2008
Stout Performance by Firefox 3 Confirmed by StatCounter - Tue, 18 Mar 2008
iPhone Increases Market Share in Mobile Browser Wars
Web analytics company StatCounter highlights evolving global browser landscape in new video
- A four year history of internet browsers in two minutes
Boston and Dublin, 9th July: 2012: StatCounter, the independent web analytics firm, has launched a new video which in less than two minutes illustrates the changing world map of browser usage over the last four years. The animation can be viewed at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtBlvutR9cU.
"When we began the StatCounter Global Stats project in 2008, Microsoft's Internet Explorer dominated the global market," comments Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. "There is much greater competition now. Although IE still leads in countries such as the US and UK, on a worldwide basis Google's Chrome overtook IE in May and maintained a narrow lead in June."
He added that IE is not taking Chrome's challenge lying down. From May to June, IE increased its usage share by two-tenths of one percentage point, the first monthly increase since October/November 2011. On a weekly basis, while Chrome overtook IE in week 20 (14 - 20 May 2012), by week 24 (11 - 17 June 2012) IE had staged a fight-back and was exactly equal with Chrome in terms of browser usage for that seven-day period.
Cullen added that not-for-profit Mozilla's Firefox is also a real contender. "The opening up of competition and greater choice can only be good news for users and help to create better browsers."
StatCounter data is based on over 15 billion page views per month (4 billion from the US; 800 million from the UK) to StatCounter's network of over three million websites. The company is independent and transparent. It publishes full information about its methodology, allows users to check its detection and examine its individual country sample sizes. Its research is provided as a free service to the web community.
Apart from its research arm, StatCounter provides free web analytics. This allows website owners to capture valuable intelligence on their site in real time.
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Notes:
Browser Usage Stats based on Page Views
To accurately measure browser usage, we base our stats on page views (not unique visitors). View a video explanation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_OO2rcZ7bU.
Fact Sheet
See our fact sheet for further information: Understanding Browser Usage Share Data.