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Browser, Java, and Operating Systems statistics
The following information is credited to findings and research done by the w3schools.com
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.
Why so high Firefox figures?
W3Schools is a website for people with an interest for web technologies. These people are more interested in using alternative browsers than the average user. The average user tends to use Internet Explorer, since it comes preinstalled with Windows. Most do not seek out other browsers.
These facts indicate that the browser figures below are not 100% realistic. Other web sites have statistics showing that Internet Explorer is used by at least 80% of the users.
Anyway, our data, collected over a five year period, clearly shows the long and medium-term trends.
Browser Statistics Month by Month
| 2006 | IE6 | IE5 | Ffox | Moz | N7 | O8 | O7 |
| January | 61.3% | 5.5% | 25.0% | 3.1% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 0.2% |
| 2005 | IE6 | IE5 | Ffox | Moz | N7 | O8 | O7 |
| December | 61.5% | 6.5% | 24.0% | 2.7% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.2% |
| November | 62.7% | 6.2% | 23.6% | 2.8% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.2% |
| October | 67.5% | 6.0% | 19.6% | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 0.2% |
| September | 69.8% | 5.7% | 18.0% | 2.5% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.2% |
| August | 68.4% | 6.3% | 18.9% | 2.4% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.3% |
| July | 67.9% | 5.9% | 19.8% | 2.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% |
| June | 65.0% | 6.8% | 20.7% | 2.9% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| May | 64.8% | 6.8% | 21.0% | 3.1% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% |
| April | 63.5% | 7.9% | 20.9% | 3.1% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| March | 63.6% | 8.9% | 18.9% | 3.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 1.6% |
| February | 63.9% | 9.5% | 17.9% | 3.3% | 1.0% | 1.7% | |
| January | 64.8% | 9.7% | 16.6% | 3.4% | 1.1% | 1.9% | |
| 2004 | IE6 | IE5 | Moz | N3 | N7 | N4 | O7 |
| December | 65.5% | 9.9% | 17.0% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 0.2% | 1.8% |
| November | 66.0% | 10.2% | 16.5% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 1.6% |
| October | 67.3% | 10.8% | 14.7% | 0.3% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 1.6% |
| September | 67.8% | 11.2% | 13.7% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 0.3% | 1.7% |
| August | 67.0% | 13.0% | 12.7% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| July | 67.2% | 13.2% | 12.6% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| June | 67.6% | 13.2% | 12.2% | 0.5% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| May | 68.1% | 13.8% | 9.5% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| April | 68.2% | 14.0% | 8.5% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1.4% |
| March | 68.2% | 14.6% | 7.9% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1.4% |
| February | 68.3% | 15.2% | 7.3% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 1.5% |
| January | 68.9% | 15.8% | 5.5% | 0.4% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 1.5% |
| 2003 | IE6 | IE5 | Moz | 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 |
| Ffox | Firefox (identified as Mozilla before 2005) |
| Moz | Mozilla |
| O | Opera |
| N | 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%:
| 2006 | WinXP | W2000 | Win98 | WinNT | W2003 | Linux | Mac |
| January | 72.3% | 13.1% | 2.4% | 0.3% | 1.7% | 3.3% | 3.5% |
| 2005 | WinXP | W2000 | Win98 | WinNT | W2003 | Linux | Mac |
| December | 71.6% | 13.6% | 2.6% | 0.3% | 1.7% | 3.2% | 3.3% |
| November | 71.0% | 14.6% | 2.7% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| October | 70.2% | 15.0% | 2.8% | 0.4% | 1.6% | 3.3% | 3.2% |
| September | 69.2% | 15.8% | 3.2% | 0.5% | 1.7% | 3.3% | 3.1% |
| August | 66.3% | 17.5% | 3.2% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 3.3% | 2.9% |
| July | 65.3% | 17.7% | 3.9% | 0.6% | 1.6% | 3.5% | 3.0% |
| June | 64.9% | 19.1% | 3.6% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3.5% | 3.0% |
| May | 64.5% | 19.4% | 3.9% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 3.3% | 2.9% |
| April | 64.0% | 19.7% | 4.1% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 3.3% | 2.9% |
| March | 63.1% | 20.2% | 4.7% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 3.2% | 3.0% |
| 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% |
| 2004 | WinXP | W2000 | Win98 | WinNT | Win95 | 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% |
| 2003 | WinXP | W2000 | Win98 | WinNT | Win95 | 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 or more:
| 2006 | Higher | 1024x768 | 800x600 | 640x480 | Unknown |
| January | 17% | 57% | 20% | 0% | 6% |
| 2005 | |||||
| July | 14% | 55% | 25% | 0% | 6% |
| January | 12% | 53% | 30% | 0% | 5% |
| 2004 | |||||
| July | 10% | 50% | 35% | 1% | 4% |
| January | 10% | 47% | 37% | 1% | 5% |
| 2003 | |||||
| July | 8% | 43% | 44% | 2% | 5% |
| January | 6% | 40% | 47% | 2% | 5% |
| 2002 | |||||
| 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 most computers use 24 or 32 bits hardware to display 16,777,216 different colors:
Older computers and laptops often use 16 bits display hardware. This gives a maximum of 65,536 different colors.
Handheld computers (and very old computers) often use 8 bits color hardware. This gives a maximum of 256 colors.
| 2006 | 16,777,216 | 65,536 | 256 |
| January | 81% | 16% | 3% |
| 2005 | |||
| July | 77% | 20% | 3% |
| January | 72% | 25% | 3% |
| 2004 | |||
| July | 69% | 28% | 3% |
| January | 65% | 31% | 4% |
| 2003 | |||
| July | 55% | 40% | 5% |
| January | 51% | 44% | 5% |
| 2002 | |||
| October | 49% | 46% | 5% |
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:
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