Usage share of web browsers

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A rough estimation of usage share of layout engines/web browsers

This article aims to be an unbiased historical record for the usage share of web browsers (but ideally layout engines, as it is what matters), based on statistics and articles published by well-known websites. One of the use of such statistics is to create a graph that roughly represents the browser wars. This also serves as a reference for the various web browser articles.

This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date. It should be noted that while the record was achieved unbiased, the record itselfs may not totally reflect the fact, i.e. there may be certain degrees of overestimation and underestimation. It also does not account for the regional differences in market share.

1999 and earlier

GVU WWW User Survey

Usage share data from: GVU WWW User Survey
Date Mosaic Netscape Navigator Internet Explorer Source
January 1994 97% General Results Graphs
October 1994 68% 18% Result Graph - Browser
April 1996 89.36% 3.76% Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months
October 1996 80.45% 12.18% Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months
April 1997 81.13% 12.13% Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months
October 1997 59.67% 15.13% Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months
April 1998 70% 22.7% Browser Expected to Use in 12 Months
October 1998 64% 32.2% Primary Browser in 12 Months

International Data Corporation

Usage share data from: AdKnowledge
Date Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator Source
1996 16% 55% Behind the numbers: Browser market share
1997 23% 51%

ZD Market Intelligence

Usage share data from: AdKnowledge
Date Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator Source
January 1997 21% 63% Behind the numbers: Browser market share
January 1998 39% 54%

Zona Research

Usage share data from: AdKnowledge
Date Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator Source
January 1997 28% 70% Behind the numbers: Browser market share
September 1998 36% 62%
July 1999 45% 54%

AdKnowledge

Usage share data from: AdKnowledge
Date Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator Source
January 1998 36% 61% Behind the numbers: Browser market share
March 1998 42% 57%
June 1998 46% 52%

2000 to present

WebSideStory

USA usage share data from: WebSideStory
Date Internet Explorer Mozilla / Netscape Mozilla Firefox Source
February 8, 1999 64.60% 33.43% February 22, 2001
March 1, 1999 66.90% 31.21% March 2, 1999
April 6, 1999 68.75% 29.46% April 7, 1999
August 2, 1999 75.31% 24.68% August 9, 1999
June 18, 2000 86.08% 13.90% February 22, 2001
February 21, 2001 87.71% 12.01%
April 25, 2001 86.61% 13.10% May 1, 2001
October 25, 2001 89.03% 10.47% October 31, 2001
August 26, 2002 95.97% 3.39% August 28, 2002
June 4, 2004 95.48% 3.53% December 13, 2004
October 8, 2004 93.21% 3.05% 2.66%
November 5, 2004 92.89% 2.95% 3.03% Feb. 28, 2005
December 3, 2004 91.80% 2.83% 4.06%
January 14, 2005 90.28% 2.64% 4.95%
February 18, 2005 89.85% 2.47% 5.69%
April 29, 2005 88.86% 2.23% 6.75% May 10, 2005
September 23, 2005 88.46% 1.69% 7.86% September 27, 2005
November 4, 2005 88.16% 1.61% 8.13% November 10, 2005

Janco Associates Inc.

Usage share data from: Janco Associates Inc.
Date Internet Explorer Netscape Mozilla Mozilla Firefox AOL Browser MSN Explorer Opera Source
June 19, 1999 60.54% 35.12% June 23, 1999
July 31, 1999 >65% <30% August 6, 1999
November 6, 1999 65.26% <28% November 11, 1999
January 2005 84.85% 3.03% 4.48% 4.23% 2.20% 0.58% 0.34% April 26, 2005
April 2005 83.07% 0.92% 3.81% 10.25% 0.85% 0.67% 0.41%
April 2005 79.49% 0.78% 4.46% 12.77% 0.77% 0.64% 0.56% July 14, 2005
June 2005 85.07% 0.75% 3.31% 8.83% 0.81% 0.62% 0.59%
September 2005 85.09% 0.15% 2.68% 9.52% 1.36% 0.59% 0.23% October 12, 2005

TheCounter.com

Global usage share data from: TheCounter.com Global Statistics
Date Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator Mozilla / Netscape Opera Safari Source
Q1 2000 79.09% 19.25% 0.00% 0.13% Jan 2000, Feb 2000, Mar 2000
Q2 2000 80.30% 17.54% 0.02% 0.12% Apr 2000, May 2000, Jun 2000
Q3 2000 82.76% 14.35% 0.04% 0.14% Jul 2000, Aug 2000, Sep 2000
Q4 2000 83.95% 12.61% 0.14% 0.14% Oct 2000, Nov 2000, Dec 2000
Q1 2001 86.58% 9.97% 0.30% 0.22% Jan 2001, Feb 2001, Mar 2001
Q2 2001 87.99% 7.46% 0.27% 0.28% Apr 2001, May 2001, Jun 2001
Q3 2001 88.43% 6.49% 0.26% 0.31% Jul 2001, Aug 2001, Sep 2001
Q4 2001 87.14% 5.49% 0.64% 0.34% Oct 2001, Nov 2001, Dec 2001
Q1 2002 92.40% 4.67% 0.93% 0.52% Jan 2002, Feb 2002, Mar 2002
Q2 2002 92.47% 4.13% 1.13% 0.82% Apr 2002, May 2002, Jun 2002
Q3 2002 93.32% 3.04% 1.36% 0.94% Jul 2002, Aug 2002, Sep 2002
Q4 2002 93.94% 2.31% 1.67% 0.83% Oct 2002, Nov 2002, Dec 2002
Q1 2003 94.15% 1.76% 2.16% 0.67% Jan 2003, Feb 2003, Mar 2003
Q2 2003 94.50% 1.45% 2.23% 0.61% Apr 2003, May 2003, Jun 2003
Q2 2004 94.77% 0.27% 2.53% 0.54% 0.74% Apr 2004, May 2004, Jun 2004
Q3 2004 92.70% 0.20% 3.57% 0.65% 0.73% Jul 2004, Aug 2004, Sep 2004
Q4 2004 90.98% 0.18% 5.10% 0.68% 0.77% Oct 2004, Nov 2004, Dec 2004
Q1 2005 90.77% 0.11% 5.73% 0.54% 1.00% Jan 2005, Feb 2005, Mar 2005
Q2 2005 90.90% 0.09% 6.02% 0.51% 0.99% Apr 2005, May 2005, Jun 2005
Q3 2005 87.58% 0.07% 8.42% 0.67% 1.60% Jul 2005, Aug 2005, Sep 2005
Q4 2005 87.25% 0.07% 8.60% 0.71% 1.83% Oct 2005, Nov 2005, Dec 2005

OneStat.com

Global usage share data from OneStat.com
Date Internet Explorer Netscape Mozilla Mozilla Firefox Opera Safari Source
April 29, 2002 96.6% 2.8% 0.5% 2002-04-29
June 21, 2002 95.3% 3.4% 0.4% 0.7% 2002-06-24
September 30, 2002 94.9% 3.0% 0.8% 0.9% 2002-09-30
December 16, 2002 95.0% 3.0% 1.1% 0.8% 2002-12-16
February 3, 2003 95.2% 2.9% 1.2% 0.7% 0.11% 2003-02-03
July 28, 2003 95.4% 2.5% 1.6% 0.6% 0.25% 2003-07-28
January 19, 2004 94.8% 1.8% 0.8% 0.48% 2004-01-19
May 28, 2004 93.9% 2.1% 1.02% 0.71% 2004-05-28
November 22, 2004 88.90% 2.77% 4.58% 1.33% 0.91% 2004-11-22
February 28, 2005 87.28% 1.11% 8.45% 1.09% 1.21% 2005-02-28
April 27, 2005 86.63% 1.08% 8.69% 1.03% 1.26% 2005-04-27
November 2, 2005 85.45% 0.26% 11.51% 0.77% 1.75% 2005-11-02

ADTECH

Europe usage share data from: ADTECH
Date Internet Explorer Netscape Mozilla Mozilla Firefox Opera WebKit Source
January–April 2004 94.72% 1.49% 2.50% 0.73% 06/02/2004
July 2004 93.08% 0.97% 2.62% 1.64% 0.99% 10/19/2004
August 2004 92.78% 0.91% 2.82% 1.69% 1.06%
August 30 2004 93.08% 0.95% 2.18% 2.15% 0.89% 12/02/2004
September 2004 92.63% 0.82% 2.10% 2.91% 1.00% 10/19/2004
November 16 2004 90.56% 0.89% 2.38% 4.56% 1.07% 12/02/2004
November 30 2004 89.47% 0.92% 2.50% 5.51% 1.01%
January 2005 87.13% 0.85% 1.33% 7.43% 1.70% 04/21/2005
February 2005 87.57% 0.76% 1.26% 7.85% 1.05%
March 2005 86.73% 0.71% 1.14% 8.96% 1.12%
June 2005 85.10% 0.60% 1.05% 10.11% 1.21% 1.34% 06/27/2005
September 2005 83.31% 0.61% 1.06% 12.41% 0.90% 1.40% 11/14/2005

Net Applications

Global usage share data from: Net Applications
Date Internet Explorer Netscape Mozilla Mozilla Firefox Opera Safari Source
October 2004 92.31% 2.14% 0.82% 2.69% 0.49% 1.46% October 2004
November 2004 91.56% 2.06% 0.81% 3.51% 0.49% 1.48% November 2004
December 2004 90.31% 2.07% 0.77% 4.64% 0.55% 1.56% December 2004
January 2005 89.44% 1.98% 0.72% 5.59% 0.52% 1.66% January 2005
February 2005 89.04% 1.89% 0.66% 6.17% 0.48% 1.69% February 2005
March 2005 88.59% 1.80% 0.62% 6.71% 0.46% 1.73% March 2005
April 2005 88.00% 1.68% 0.59% 7.38% 0.46% 1.81% April 2005
May 2005 87.23% 1.64% 0.58% 8.06% 0.51% 1.91% May 2005
June 2005 86.56% 1.55% 0.59% 8.71% 0.59% 1.93% June 2005
July 2005 87.20% 1.50% 0.52% 8.07% 0.49% 2.13% July 2005
August 2005 86.31% 2.02% 0.51% 8.27% 0.62% 2.20% August 2005
September 2005 86.87% 2.16% 0.42% 7.55% 0.51% 2.39% September 2005
October 2005 86.52% 1.26% 0.44% 8.59% 0.54% 2.56% October 2005
November 2005 86.08% 1.25% 0.43% 8.84% 0.53% 2.78% November 2005
December 2005 85.05% 1.24% 0.41% 9.57% 0.55% 3.07% December 2005

See also

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