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Revision as of 11:39, 16 May 2005
The article aims to be an unbiased historial record for the usage share of web browsers (but ideally layout engines, as it is what matters), based on statistics and articles published by well-known websites. One of the use of such statistics is to create a graph that roughly represents the browser wars. This also serves as a reference for the various web browser articles.
This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date. It also does not account for the regional differences in market share. For example, in the United States, Internet Explorer is still dominating the market with a share of almost 85%, while this margin is generally lower in the European countries.
1999 and earlier
GVU WWW User Survey
| Date | Mosaic | Netscape Navigator | Internet Explorer | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1994 | 97% | General Results Graphs | ||
| October 1994 | 68% | 18% | Result Graph - Browser | |
| April 1996 | 89.36% | 3.76% | Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months | |
| October 1996 | 80.45% | 12.18% | Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months | |
| April 1997 | 81.13% | 12.13% | Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months | |
| October 1997 | 59.67% | 15.13% | Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months | |
| April 1998 | 70% | 22.7% | Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months | |
| October 1998 | 64% | 32.2% | Primary Browser in 12 Months |
AdKnowledge
| Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1998 | 36% | 61% | Behind the numbers: Browser market share |
| March 1998 | 42% | 57% | |
| June 1998 | 46% | 52% |
International Data Corporation
| Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 16% | 55% | Behind the numbers: Browser market share |
| 1997 | 23% | 51% |
ZD Market Intelligence
| Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1997 | 21% | 63% | Behind the numbers: Browser market share |
| January 1998 | 39% | 54% |
Zona Research
| Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1997 | 28% | 70% | Behind the numbers: Browser market share |
| September 1998 | 36% | 62% | |
| July 1999 | 45% | 54% |
2000 to present
WebSideStory.com
OneStat.com
| Date | Internet Explorer | Netscape | Mozilla | Mozilla Firefox | Opera | Safari | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2002 | 96.6% | 2.1% | 0.4% | 2002-04-29 | |||
| July 21, 2002 | 95.1% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 2002-07-21 | |||
| September 30, 2002 | 93.9% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 2002-09-30 | ||
| December 16, 2002 | 93.7% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 2002-12-16 | ||
| February 3, 2003 | 94.3% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 2003-02-03 | ||
| July 28, 2003 | 94.3% | 0.6% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 2003-07-28 | ||
| January 19, 2004 | 94.4% | 1.8% | 0.8% | 0.48% | 2004-01-19 | ||
| May 28, 2004 | 93.6% | 2.1% | 1.02% | 0.71% | 2004-05-28 | ||
| November 22, 2004 | 88.79% | 2.77% | 4.58% | 1.29% | 2004-11-22 | ||
| February 28, 2005 | 87.28% | 1.11% | 8.45% | 1.09% | 1.21% | 2005-02-28 | |
| April 27, 2005 | 86.63% | 1.08% | 8.69% | 1.03% | 1.26% | 2005-04-27 |
Janco Associates Inc.
| Date | Internet Explorer | Mozilla Firefox | Mozilla | Netscape | AOL | MSN Explorer | Opera | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2005 | 84.85% | 4.23% | 4.48% | 3.03% | 2.20% | 0.58% | 0.34% | Browser Market Share Study |
| April 2005 | 83.07% | 10.25% | 3.81% | 0.92% | 0.85% | 0.67% | 0.41% |