Browser Statistics Month by Month
2010 IE8 IE7 IE6 Firefox Chrome Safari Opera
April 16.2% 9.3% 7.9% 46.4% 13.6% 3.7% 2.2%
March 15.3% 10.7% 8.9% 46.2% 12.3% 3.7% 2.2%
February 14.7% 11.0% 9.6% 46.5% 11.6% 3.8% 2.1%
January 14.3% 11.7% 10.2% 46.3% 10.8% 3.7% 2.2%
               
2009 IE8 IE7 IE6 Firefox Chrome Safari Opera
December 13.5% 12.8% 10.9% 46.4% 9.8% 3.6% 2.3%
November 13.3% 13.3% 11.1% 47.0% 8.5% 3.8% 2.3%
October 12.8% 14.1% 10.6% 47.5% 8.0% 3.8% 2.3%
September 12.2% 15.3% 12.1% 46.6% 7.1% 3.6% 2.2%
August 10.6% 15.1% 13.6% 47.4% 7.0% 3.3% 2.1%
July 9.1% 15.9% 14.4% 47.9% 6.5% 3.3% 2.1%
June 7.1% 18.7% 14.9% 47.3% 6.0% 3.1% 2.1%
May 5.2% 21.3% 14.5% 47.7% 5.5% 3.0% 2.2%
April 3.5% 23.2% 15.4% 47.1% 4.9% 3.0% 2.2%
March 1.4% 24.9% 17.0% 46.5% 4.2% 3.1% 2.3%
February 0.8% 25.4% 17.4% 46.4% 4.0% 3.0% 2.2%
January 0.6% 25.7% 18.5% 45.5% 3.9% 3.0% 2.3%
               
2008 IE7 IE6 IE5 Firefox Chrome Safari Opera
December 26.1% 19.6%   44.4% 3.6% 2.7% 2.4%
November 26.6% 20.0%   44.2% 3.1% 2.7% 2.3%
October 26.9% 20.2%   44.0% 3.0% 2.8% 2.2%
September 26.3% 22.3%   42.6% 3.1% 2.7% 2.0%
August 26.0% 24.5%   43.7%   2.6% 2.1%
July 26.4% 25.3%   42.6%   2.5% 1.9%
June 27.0% 26.5% 0.5% 41.0%   2.6% 1.7%
May 26.5% 27.3% 0.7% 39.8%   2.4% 1.5%
April 24.9% 28.9% 1.0% 39.1%   2.2% 1.4%
March 23.3% 29.5% 1.1% 37.0%   2.1% 1.4%
February 22.7% 30.7% 1.3% 36.5%   2.0% 1.4%
January 21.2% 32.0% 1.5% 36.4%   1.9% 1.4%
               
2007 IE7 IE6 IE5 Firefox Mozilla Safari Opera
November 20.8% 33.6% 1.6% 36.3% 1.2% 1.8% 1.6%
September 20.8% 34.9% 1.5% 35.4% 1.2% 1.6% 1.5%
July 20.1% 36.9% 1.5% 34.5% 1.4% 1.5% 1.9%
May 19.2% 38.1% 1.6% 33.7% 1.3% 1.5% 1.7%
March 18.0% 38.7% 2.0% 31.8% 1.3% 1.6% 1.6%
January 13.3% 42.3% 3.0% 31.0% 1.5% 1.7% 1.5%
               
2006 IE7 IE6 IE5 Firefox Mozilla N7/8 Opera
November 7.1% 49.9% 3.6% 29.9% 2.5% 0.2% 1.5%
September 2.5% 55.6% 4.0% 27.3% 2.3% 0.4% 1.6%
July 1.9% 56.3% 4.2% 25.5% 2.3% 0.4% 1.4%
May 1.1% 57.4% 4.5% 25.7% 2.3% 0.3% 1.5%
March 0.6% 58.8% 5.3% 24.5% 2.4% 0.5% 1.5%
January 0.2% 60.3% 5.5% 25.0% 3.1% 0.5% 1.6%
               
2005 IE6 IE5 Firefox Mozilla N7 O8 O7
November 62.7% 6.2% 23.6% 2.8% 0.4% 1.3% 0.2%
September 69.8% 5.7% 18.0% 2.5% 0.4% 1.0% 0.2%
July 67.9% 5.9% 19.8% 2.6% 0.5% 0.8% 0.4%
May 64.8% 6.8% 21.0% 3.1% 0.7% 0.7% 0.6%
March 63.6% 8.9% 18.9% 3.3% 1.0% 0.3% 1.6%
January 64.8% 9.7% 16.6% 3.4% 1.1%   1.9%
               
2004 IE6 IE5 Mozilla N3 N7 N4 O7
November 66.0% 10.2% 16.5% 0.2% 1.2% 0.3% 1.6%
September 67.8% 11.2% 13.7% 0.3% 1.4% 0.3% 1.7%
July 67.2% 13.2% 12.6% 0.4% 1.4% 0.4% 1.6%
May 68.1% 13.8% 9.5% 0.6% 1.4% 0.4% 1.6%
March 68.2% 14.6% 7.9% 0.8% 1.4% 0.6% 1.4%
January 68.9% 15.8% 5.5% 0.4% 1.5% 0.5% 1.5%
               
2003 IE6 IE5 Mozilla N3 N7 N4 O7
November 71.2% 13.7% 7.2% 0.5% 1.6% 0.5% 1.9%
September 69.7% 16.9% 6.2% 0.6% 1.5% 0.6% 1.8%
July 66.9% 20.3% 5.7% 0.6% 1.5% 0.6% 1.7%
May 65.0% 22.7% 4.6% 1.0% 1.4% 0.9% 1.4%
March 63.4% 24.6% 4.2% 0.9% 1.4% 1.1% 1.2%
January 55.3% 29.3% 4.0% 1.2% 1.1% 1.7%  
               
2002 IE6 IE5 AOL N3 N5 N4 IE4
November 53.5% 29.9% 5.2% 1.1% 4.9% 2.0%  
September 49.1% 34.4% 4.5% 1.3% 4.5% 2.2%  
July 44.4% 40.1% 3.5% 1.2% 3.5% 2.6% 0.5%
May 40.7% 46.0% 2.8% 1.2% 2.7% 3.4% 0.7%
March 36.7% 49.4% 3.0% 1.2% 2.4% 4.1% 0.7%
January 30.1% 55.7% 2.8% 1.3% 2.2% 4.4% 1.0%


IE Internet Explorer
Fx Firefox (identified as Mozilla before 2005)
Chrome Google Chrome
Moz The Mozilla Suite (Gecko, Netscape)
S Safari (and Konqueror. Both identified as Mozilla before 2007)
O Opera
N Netscape (identified as Mozilla after 2006)
AOL America Online (based on both 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%:

2010 Win7 Vista Win2003 WinXP W2000 Linux Mac
April 16.7% 13.2% 1.3% 56.1% 0.5% 4.5% 7.1%
March 14.7% 13.7% 1.4% 57.8% 0.5% 4.5% 6.9%
February 13.0% 14.4% 1.4% 58.4% 0.6% 4.6% 7.1%
January 11.3% 15.4% 1.4% 59.4% 0.6% 4.6% 6.8%
               
2009 Win7 Vista Win2003 WinXP W2000 Linux Mac
December 9.0% 16.0% 1.4% 61.6% 0.6% 4.5% 6.5%
November 6.7% 17.5% 1.4% 62.2% 0.7% 4.3% 6.7%
October 4.4% 18.6% 1.5% 63.3% 0.7% 4.2% 6.8%
September 3.2% 18.3% 1.5% 65.2% 0.8% 4.1% 6.5%
August 2.5% 18.1% 1.6% 66.2% 0.9% 4.2% 6.1%
July 1.9% 17.7% 1.7% 67.1% 1.0% 4.3% 6.0%
June 1.6% 18.3% 1.7% 66.9% 1.0% 4.2% 5.9%
May 1.1% 18.4% 1.7% 67.2% 1.1% 4.1% 6.1%
April 0.7% 17.9% 1.7% 68.0% 1.2% 4.0% 6.1%
March 0.5% 17.3% 1.7% 68.9% 1.3% 4.0% 5.9%
February 0.4% 17.2% 1.6% 69.0% 1.4% 4.0% 6.0%
January 0.2% 16.5% 1.6% 69.8% 1.6% 3.9% 5.8%
               
2008 Vista W2003 WinXP W2000 Win98 Linux Mac
December 15.6% 1.7% 71.4% 1.7% 0.1% 3.8% 5.3%
November 15.1% 1.6% 72.0% 1.8% 0.1% 3.8% 5.3%
October 14.4% 1.7% 72.2% 1.9% 0.2% 3.8% 5.5%
September 13.2% 1.8% 73.3% 2.2% 0.2% 3.8% 5.2%
August 12.5% 1.9% 73.9% 2.4% 0.2% 3.9% 4.9%
July 11.5% 2.0% 74.7% 2.6% 0.2% 3.9% 4.8%
June 10.0% 1.9% 74.6% 2.6% 0.2% 3.7% 4.8%
May 9.3% 1.8% 74.0% 2.9% 0.3% 3.6% 4.7%
April 8.8% 1.9% 73.3% 3.3% 0.5% 3.7% 4.6%
March 8.5% 1.9% 72.7% 3.7% 0.6% 3.9% 4.4%
February 7.8% 1.8% 72.4% 4.0% 0.8% 3.8% 4.3%
January 7.3% 1.9% 73.6% 4.0% 0.8% 3.6% 4.4%
               
2007 Vista W2003 WinXP W2000 Win98 Linux Mac
November 6.3% 2.0% 73.8% 5.1% 1.0% 3.3% 3.9%
September 4.5% 2.0% 74.3% 5.4% 0.9% 3.4% 3.9%
July 3.6% 2.0% 74.6% 6.0% 0.9% 3.4% 4.0%
May 2.8% 1.9% 75.0% 6.5% 0.9% 3.4% 3.9%
March 1.9% 1.9% 76.0% 7.2% 0.9% 3.4% 3.8%
January 0.6% 1.9% 76.1% 7.7% 1.0% 3.6% 3.8%
               
2006 Win2003 WinXP W2000 Win98 WinNT Linux Mac
November 1.9% 74.9% 8.0% 1.0% 0.3% 3.5% 3.6%
September 2.0% 74.6% 9.2% 1.4% 0.3% 3.5% 3.6%
July 2.0% 74.3% 10.1% 1.5% 0.3% 3.4% 3.6%
May 2.0% 74.2% 10.7% 1.6% 0.2% 3.4% 3.6%
March 1.8% 72.9% 11.9% 2.0% 0.3% 3.4% 3.5%
January 1.7% 72.3% 13.1% 2.4% 0.3% 3.3% 3.5%
               
2005 Win2003 WinXP W2000 Win98 WinNT Linux Mac
November 1.7% 71.0% 14.6% 2.7% 0.4% 3.3% 3.3%
September 1.7% 69.2% 15.8% 3.2% 0.5% 3.3% 3.1%
July 1.6% 65.3% 17.7% 3.9% 0.6% 3.5% 3.0%
May 1.4% 64.5% 19.4% 3.9% 0.8% 3.3% 2.9%
March 1.4% 63.1% 20.2% 4.7% 0.9% 3.2% 3.0%
January 1.2% 61.3% 21.6% 5.3% 1.0% 3.2% 2.8%
                  
2004 WinXP W2000 Win98 WinNT Win95 Linux Mac
November 59.1% 23.7% 5.6% 1.2% 0.1% 3.1% 2.7%
September 55.9% 26.2% 6.4% 1.5% 0.2% 3.1% 2.6%
July 52.5% 28.4% 7.5% 1.9% 0.2% 3.1% 2.4%
May 51.0% 29.6% 8.2% 2.0% 0.3% 2.9% 2.5%
March 48.0% 31.1% 9.4% 2.4% 0.4% 2.6% 2.4%
January 44.1% 33.6% 10.4% 3.0% 0.4% 2.7% 2.4%
               
2003 WinXP W2000 Win98 WinNT Win95 Linux Mac
November 42.6% 36.3% 10.9% 3.5% 0.4% 2.6% 2.2%
September 38.0% 37.9% 12.1% 4.1% 0.5% 2.4% 2.0%
July 33.9% 40.6% 12.6% 5.3% 0.6% 2.3% 1.9%
May 31.4% 41.0% 13.9% 5.8% 0.7% 2.2% 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:

Date Higher 1024x768 800x600 640x480 Unknown
January 2010 76% 20% 1% 0% 3%
January 2009 57% 36% 4% 0% 3%
January 2008 38% 48% 8% 0% 6%
January 2007 26% 54% 14% 0% 6%
January 2006 17% 57% 20% 0% 6%
January 2005 12% 53% 30% 0% 5%
January 2004 10% 47% 37% 1% 5%
January 2003 6% 40% 47%     2% 5%
January 2002  6% 34% 52% 3% 5%
January 2001  5% 29% 55% 6% 5%
January 2000  4% 25% 56% 11% 4%


Color Depth

The current trend is that more and more computers use 24 or 32 bits hardware to display 16,777,216 different colors:

Date 16,777,216 65,536 256
January 2010 97% 3% 0%
January 2009 95% 4% 1%
January 2008 90% 8% 2%
January 2007 86% 11% 2%
January 2006 81% 16% 3%
January 2005 72% 25% 3%
January 2004 65% 31% 4%
January 2003 51%  44% 5%
January 2002 43% 50% 7%
January 2001 37% 55% 8%
January 2000 34% 54% 12%

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

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