Browser Statistics
 
What is the trend in browser usage,
operating systems and screen resolution?
Browser Trends
Browser trends is important information. What you can
read from the statistics below, is that Internet Explorer 6 is the
dominating browser, XP is the most popular operating system, and most
users are using a display with 800x600 pixels or more, with a color
depth of at least 65K colors.
Browser Statistics Month by Month
| 2004 |
IE 6 |
IE 5 |
O 7 |
Moz |
NN 3 |
NN 4 |
NN 7 |
| September |
68.3% |
6.5% |
2.5% |
17.7% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
1.3% |
| August |
70.3% |
7.0% |
2.3% |
15.5% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
1.4% |
| July |
71.0% |
7.7% |
2.3% |
13.8% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
1.4% |
| June |
72.4% |
8.3% |
2.3% |
11.8% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
1.4% |
| May |
72.6% |
9.2% |
2.2% |
11.0% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
1.4% |
| April |
72.4% |
10.1% |
2.1% |
10.3% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
1.4% |
| March |
72.1% |
10.7% |
2.1% |
9.6% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
1.4% |
| February |
71.5% |
11.5% |
2.2% |
9.0% |
0.4% |
0.4% |
1.5% |
| January |
71.3% |
12.8% |
2.1% |
8.2% |
0.4% |
0.5% |
1.5% |
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| 2003 |
IE 6 |
IE 5 |
O 7 |
Moz |
NN 3 |
NN 4 |
NN 7 |
| November |
71.2% |
13.7% |
1.9% |
7.2% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
1.6% |
| September |
69.7% |
16.9% |
1.8% |
6.2% |
0.6% |
0.6% |
1.5% |
| July |
66.9% |
20.3% |
1.7% |
5.7% |
0.6% |
0.6% |
1.5% |
| May |
65.0% |
22.7% |
1.4% |
4.6% |
1.0% |
0.9% |
1.4% |
| March |
63.4% |
24.6% |
1.2% |
4.2% |
0.9% |
1.1% |
1.4% |
| January |
55.3% |
29.3% |
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4.0% |
1.2% |
1.7% |
1.1% |
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| 2002 |
IE 6 |
IE 5 |
IE 4 |
AOL |
NN 3 |
NN 4 |
NN 5+ |
| November |
53.5% |
29.9% |
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5.2% |
1.1% |
2.0% |
4.9% |
| September |
49.1% |
34.4% |
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4.5% |
1.3% |
2.2% |
4.5% |
| July |
44.4% |
40.1% |
0.5% |
3.5% |
1.2% |
2.6% |
3.5% |
| May |
40.7% |
46.0% |
0.7% |
2.8% |
1.2% |
3.4% |
2.7% |
| March |
36.7% |
49.4% |
0.7% |
3.0% |
1.2% |
4.1% |
2.4% |
| January |
30.1% |
55.7% |
1.0% |
2.8% |
1.3% |
4.4% |
2.2% |
| IE |
Internet Explorer |
| AOL |
America Online * |
| Moz |
Mozilla |
| O |
Opera |
| NN |
Netscape |
* AOL has been based both on Internet Explorer and
Mozilla
Browsers that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.
OS Platform Statistics
Current trend is that Windows XP is growing fast. The
windows family counts for more than 90%:
| 2004 |
Win XP |
W2000 |
Win 98 |
Win NT |
Win 95 |
Linux |
Mac |
| August |
53.2% |
28.1% |
7.0% |
1.8% |
0.2% |
3.0% |
2.5% |
| July |
52.5% |
28.4% |
7.5% |
1.9% |
0.2% |
3.1% |
2.4% |
| June |
51.2% |
29.6% |
8.0% |
2.0% |
0.3% |
2.9% |
2.5% |
| May |
51.0% |
29.6% |
8.2% |
2.0% |
0.3% |
2.9% |
2.5% |
| April |
49.7% |
30.2% |
8.7% |
2.2% |
0.3% |
2.7% |
2.5% |
| March |
48.0% |
31.1% |
9.4% |
2.4% |
0.4% |
2.6% |
2.4% |
| February |
46.0% |
32.8% |
9.5% |
2.9% |
0.4% |
2.6% |
2.5% |
| January |
44.1% |
33.6% |
10.4% |
3.0% |
0.4% |
2.7% |
2.4% |
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| 2003 |
Win XP |
W2000 |
Win 98 |
Win NT |
Win 95 |
Linux |
Mac |
| December |
42.6% |
35.2% |
10.5% |
3.4% |
0.4% |
2.7% |
2.3% |
| November |
42.6% |
36.3% |
10.9% |
3.5% |
0.4% |
2.6% |
2.2% |
| October |
39.4% |
37.8% |
11.5% |
4.0% |
0.5% |
2.5% |
2.1% |
| September |
38.0% |
37.9% |
12.1% |
4.1% |
0.5% |
2.4% |
2.0% |
| August |
36.3% |
39.9% |
12.6% |
4.6% |
0.5% |
2.4% |
2.0% |
| July |
33.9% |
40.6% |
12.6% |
5.3% |
0.6% |
2.3% |
1.9% |
| June |
32.8% |
40.4% |
13.4% |
5.4% |
0.6% |
2.3% |
1.8% |
| May |
31.4% |
41.0% |
13.9% |
5.8% |
0.7% |
2.2% |
1.8% |
| April |
30.8% |
40.9% |
14.7% |
6.0% |
0.7% |
2.1% |
1.8% |
| March |
29.1% |
41.9% |
14.8% |
6.6% |
0.8% |
2.2% |
1.8% |
Platforms that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.
Display Resolution
The current trend is that more and more computers are
using a screen size of 1024x768 pixels:
| 2004 |
Higher |
1024x768 |
800x600 |
640x480 |
Unknown |
| July |
10% |
50% |
35% |
1% |
4% |
| January |
10% |
47% |
37% |
1% |
5% |
| 2003 |
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| October |
9% |
45% |
40% |
2% |
4% |
| July |
8% |
43% |
44% |
2% |
5% |
| January |
6% |
40% |
47% |
2% |
5% |
| 2002 |
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| October |
6% |
38% |
49% |
2% |
5% |
 Web developers be aware: Many users still have only
800x600 display screens.
Color Depth
The current trend is that more and more computers use 24
or 32 bits hardware to display 16,777,216 different colors:
| 2004 |
16,777,216 |
65,536 |
Lower |
| July |
66% |
30% |
4% |
| January |
65% |
31% |
4% |
| 2003 |
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| October |
60% |
35% |
5% |
| July |
55% |
40% |
5% |
| January |
51% |
44% |
5% |
| 2002 |
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| October |
49% |
46% |
5% |
Older computers and laptops often use 16 bits display
hardware. This gives a maximum of 65,000 different colors.
Handheld computers (and very old computers) often use 8
bits color hardware. This gives a maximum of 256 colors.
Read
more about the display of colors
JavaScript Statistics
There are no absolute trends about the use of
JavaScript. Some users have scripting turned off. Some browsers don't
support scripting:
| 2004 |
JavaScript On |
JavaScript Off |
| July |
90% |
10% |
| January |
92% |
8% |
| 2003 |
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| October |
90% |
10% |
| July |
89% |
11% |
| January |
89% |
11% |
| 2002 |
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| October |
88% |
12% |
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