Browser and Operating System Market Share White Paper
Firefox - IE - Opera - Mozilla - Safari - Google Chrome
The Browser Market Share and Operating System Market Share White Paper data is by month starting in September 1997 through August 2010. The data sampled is internationally based (Just under 50% of the data points sampled are outside of the United States).
August 2010 Browser and OS Market Share Study Released
Janco has released its latest Browser and OS Market Share White Paper. One of the major findings is the difference in acceptance of Windows 7 versus the the acceptance rate of Vista.
August 2010 White PaperIn the last several months Microsoft's browser market has continued to decay. Firefox and Google (Desktop and Chrome) continue to have the potential to eat away at the Microsoft browser monopoly. Users who move to Vista and Windows 7can more readily have multiple browsers on their systems and switch from one to the other quickly and with little pain. In addition with the release of the browser ballot option for the EU we forecast there will be a continual erosion of Microsoft's IE market share. Based on our test results current versions of IE and Firefox are significantly more robust than prior versions. In addition, IE 8 is feature rich and a step ahead of the other browsers. Chrome has major defects which limits its usefulness on all sites. Several of these defects are highlighted in this White Paper. 12 Month Trend in Browser Market Share
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Google Desktop is going the way of Netscape
Google Desktop has not taken off as the emphasis seems to be on Chrome. Based on these trends we belive that unless Google places more emphasis on Desktop, in short order Desktop will no longer be a force in browser market.
Microsoft IE Market Share Decline
Browser Twelve Year Historical Trend
A full discussion of this trend as well as others is contained in the detail report. This data is updated in the full study. The full study was produced with data through August 2010. See a full copy of the press release here.