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Global Usage of Microsoft Internet Explorer Decreases Slightly


May 12, 2006; 06:19 AM
OneStat.com ( www.onestat.com ), a provider of real-time web analytics, reported that Microsoft's browsers have a total global usage share of 85.17 percent.  The total usage share of Microsoft Internet Explorer decreased 0.65 percent since January 2006. The total global usage share of Mozilla is 11.79 which is 0.56 percent more than at the of of January.

 

"It is interesting to see that global usage share of Mozilla is higher in the USA and Canada as in other countries in the world and that the global usage share of Apple's Safari is still growing" said Niels Brinkman, co-founder of OneStat.com.

 

The most popular browsers on the web are:

 

    May 2006 January 2006 Difference
1. Microsoft IE 85.17% 85.82% -0.65%
2. Mozilla Firefox 11.79% 11.23% +0.56%
3. Apple Safari 2.02% 1.88% +0.14%
4. Opera 0.79% 0.77% +0.02 %
5. Netscape 0.15% 0.16% -0.01%

 

The most popular browsers in the USA are:

 

    May 2006 January 2006 Difference
1. Microsoft IE 82.47% 80.91% +1.56 %
2. Mozilla Firefox 12.81% 12.55% +0.26 %
3. Apple Safari 3.69% 3.82% -0.13 %
4. Opera 0.67% 0.80% -0.13%
5. Netscape 0.26% 0.28% -0.02%

 

   

The most popular browsers in Canada are:

 

    May 2006 January 2006 Difference
1. Microsoft IE 77.41% 75.18% +2.23%
2. Mozilla Firefox 16.00% 18.43% -2.43 %
3. Apple Safari 2.61% 2.55% +0.06%
4. Opera 2.15% 1.88% +0.27%
5. Netscape 0.23% 0.28% -0.05%

   

The most popular browsers in the UK are:

 

    May 2006 January 2006 Difference
1. Microsoft IE 87.88% 87.97% -0.09%
2. Mozilla Firefox 9.95% 9.92% +0.03%
3. Apple Safari 1.67% 1.60% +0.07%
4. Opera 0.36% 0.34% -0.02%
5. Netscape 0.08% 0.10% -0.02%

 

The most popular browsers in the Netherlands are:

 

    May 2006 January 2006 Difference
1. Microsoft IE 86.25% 88.32% -2.07%
2. Mozilla Firefox 10.59% 9.48% +1.11%
3. Apple Safari 1.72% 1.37% +0.35%
4. Opera 0.62% 0.56% +0.06%
5. Netscape 0.11% 0.11% 0.00%

 

 

   

OneStat.com is the number one provider of real-time web site analytics in the world. Our superior technology powers more than 50,000 websites in 100 countries.  With our accurate, detailed & reliable reports we will be able to answer questions about visitor behaviour, site performance and retention.

 

The OneStat.com solutions provide executives, marketers and webmasters with answers to critical e-business questions such as:

 

·        Who is visiting my website?

·        How many pageviews, visits (sessions) and visitors are coming on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly basis?

·        Which content, products, and services do my visitors prefer?

·        How many visitors return to the website and how often?

·        What kind of search engine do they use?

·        What kind of technology do your visitors use to view the website?

·        What is the return on investment of my advertising campaigns?

·        How do I identify significant trends?

·        How much time they spent on your pages and site?

 

Methodology: A global usage share of xx percent for browser Y means that xx percent of the visitors of Internet users arrived at sites that are using one of OneStat.com's services by using browser Y. All numbers mentioned in the research are averages of  last week and all measurements are normalised to the GMT timezone. Research is based on a sample of 2 million visitors divided into 20,000 visitors of 100 countries each day.

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