Browser Statistics 
What is the trend in browser usage, operating systems
and screen resolution?
Browser Trends
Browser trends are 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
| 2005 |
IE 6 |
IE 5 |
O 7/8 |
Ffox |
Moz |
NN 4 |
NN 7 |
| February |
64.8% |
4.2% |
1.9% |
20.4% |
3.9% |
0.2% |
1.1% |
| January |
65.3% |
4.4% |
2.1% |
19.3% |
4.0% |
0.3% |
1.1% |
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| 2004 |
IE 6 |
IE 5 |
O 7 |
Moz |
NN 3 |
NN 4 |
NN 7 |
| December |
66.0% |
4.8% |
2.0% |
21.3% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
1.2% |
| November |
68.5% |
5.0% |
2.2% |
19.3% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
1.2% |
| October |
69.5% |
5.7% |
2.2% |
17.5% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
1.3% |
| September |
69.6% |
6.2% |
2.3% |
16.9% |
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% |
|
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% |
|
5.2% |
1.1% |
2.0% |
4.9% |
| September |
49.1% |
34.4% |
|
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 |
| Ffox |
Firefox (identified as Mozilla before 2005) |
| Moz |
Mozilla |
| O |
Opera |
| NN |
Netscape |
| 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 about 90%:
| 2005 |
Win XP |
W2000 |
Win 98 |
Win NT |
Win .NET |
Linux |
Mac |
| February |
62.0% |
21.1% |
5.1% |
0.9% |
1.3% |
3.2% |
2.9% |
| January |
61.3% |
21.6% |
5.3% |
1.0% |
1.2% |
3.2% |
2.8% |
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| 2004 |
Win XP |
W2000 |
Win 98 |
Win NT |
Win 95 |
Linux |
Mac |
| December |
59.8% |
23.5% |
5.4% |
1.1% |
0.1% |
3.1% |
2.7% |
| November |
59.1% |
23.7% |
5.6% |
1.2% |
0.1% |
3.1% |
2.7% |
| October |
57.8% |
25.0% |
6.0% |
1.3% |
0.2% |
3.1% |
2.6% |
| September |
55.9% |
26.2% |
6.4% |
1.5% |
0.2% |
3.1% |
2.6% |
| 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 |
43.6% |
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:
| 2005 |
Higher |
1024x768 |
800x600 |
640x480 |
Unknown |
| January |
13% |
53% |
29% |
0% |
5% |
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| 2004 |
Higher |
1024x768 |
800x600 |
640x480 |
Unknown |
| October |
11% |
51% |
33% |
1% |
4% |
| July |
10% |
50% |
35% |
1% |
4% |
| January |
10% |
47% |
37% |
1% |
5% |
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| 2003 |
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| October |
9% |
45% |
40% |
2% |
4% |
| July |
8% |
43% |
44% |
2% |
5% |
| January |
6% |
40% |
47% |
2% |
5% |
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| 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:
| 2005 |
16,777,216 |
65,536 |
Lower |
| January |
72% |
25% |
3% |
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| 2004 |
16,777,216 |
65,536 |
Lower |
| October |
69% |
28% |
3% |
| July |
66% |
30% |
4% |
| January |
65% |
31% |
4% |
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| 2003 |
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| October |
60% |
35% |
5% |
| July |
55% |
40% |
5% |
| January |
51% |
44% |
5% |
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| 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:
| 2005 |
JavaScript
On |
JavaScript
Off |
| January |
89% |
11% |
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| 2004 |
JavaScript
On |
JavaScript
Off |
| October |
90% |
10% |
| July |
90% |
10% |
| January |
92% |
8% |
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| 2003 |
|
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| October |
90% |
10% |
| July |
89% |
11% |
| January |
89% |
11% |
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| 2002 |
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| October |
88% |
12% |
Statistics Are Often Misleading
You cannot - as a web developer - rely only on statistics.
Statistics can often be misleading.
Global averages may not always be relevant to your web site.
Different sites attract different audiences. Some web sites attract
professional developers using professional hardware, other sites
attract hobbyists using older low spec computers.
Also be aware that many stats may have an incomplete or
faulty browser detection. It is quite common by many web stats
report programs, not to detect new browsers like Opera and Netscape
6 or 7 from the web log.
(The statistics above are extracted from W3Schools' log-files,
but we are also monitoring other sources around the Internet to
assure the quality of these figures)
Quotes
"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never
simple."
Oscar Wilde
"First get your facts; then you can distort them at your
leisure."
Mark Twain
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and
statistics."
Benjamin Disraeli
"Then there was the man who drowned crossing a stream with
an average depth of six inches."
W. I. E. Gates
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