Firefox seems to be the browser of choice these days. This is great news for the internet. Check out these interesting tables.
Browser Statistics Month by Month
2009
IE7
IE6
IE8
Firefox
Chrome
Safari
Opera
June
18.7%
14.9%
7.1%
47.3%
6.0%
3.1%
2.1%
May
21.3%
14.5%
5.2%
47.7%
5.5%
3.0%
2.2%
April
23.2%
15.4%
3.5%
47.1%
4.9%
3.0%
2.2%
March
24.9%
17.0%
1.4%
46.5%
4.2%
3.1%
2.3%
February
25.4%
17.4%
0.8%
46.4%
4.0%
3.0%
2.2%
January
25.7%
18.5%
0.6%
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
Firefox
Firefox (identified as Mozilla before 2005)
Chrome
Google Chrome
Mozilla
The Mozilla Suite (Gecko, Netscape)
Safari
Safari (and Konqueror. Both identified as Mozilla before 2007)
Opera / O
Opera
N
Netscape (identified as Mozilla More >
about 3 years ago
I think this is a terrible point ot be bringing up on a ValidCoding site!!!
Although we might not like IE6, and we wish we didn’t havew to care about IE6, the fact remains that it is the most widely used browser and therefore we have to code for it!
So rather than tell clients to use IE7, you really should be telling your readers how to code successfully in IE6!
Great idea for a site though and really nice work.
Mike
about 3 years ago
I totally agree. We will try and hit on some bugs in IE6. If you are a coder you understand the frustration of this browser so I am always trying to get those who I can to update. I even have a code on the top of the page that tells IE6 users they should update.