SAN FRANCISCO, July 15, 2010- The global usage of Internet Explorer has decreased 11.24 percent since March of last year according to the global website monitoring provider Uptrends.com (www.uptrends.com).
Microsoft's Internet Explorer still dominates the browser market with a global usage of 68.55 percent market share. By way of comparison, in March of 2009, the total global usage was 79.79 percent. Uptrends also reports that Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 has a global market share of 36.62 percent and IE 7 has a global market share of 25.25 percent.
Uptrends also reports that the global usage of Firefox has increased 2.92 percent since March of last year. With a global usage share of more than 18 percent, Firefox is one of the most popular browsers the world. Global usage varies widely from country to country. For example, in Germany Firefox is the dominant browser with a majority of market share.
In additional browser news, the global market share of Apple's Safari browser has increased 2.12 percent. The global usage of the Iphone browser is at 0.79 percent. But the browser that has gained the most global usage share since March 2009 is Google's Chrome. Google Chrome's global usage has increased from 5.74 percent to 6.6 percent.
The most popular browsers on the web are:
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Worldwide
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Internet Explorer
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68.55%
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Firefox
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18.51%
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Google Chrome
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6.60%
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Apple Safari
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4.77%
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Opera
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0.79%
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Netscape
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0.30%
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United States
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Internet Explorer
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58.70%
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Firefox
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25.85%
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Google Chrome
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7.60%
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Apple Safari
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6.25%
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Opera
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0.54%
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Netscape
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0.36%
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Canada
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Internet Explorer
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39.26%
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Firefox
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28.20%
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Google Chrome
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20.90%
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Apple Safari
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10.80%
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Opera
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0.27%
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Netscape
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0.20%
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UK
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Internet Explorer
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66.98%
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Firefox
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18.48%
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Google Chrome
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7.22%
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Apple Safari
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5.92%
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Opera
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0.95%
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Netscape
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0.04%
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the Netherlands
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Internet Explorer
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77.53
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Firefox
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13.14
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Google Chrome
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4.90
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Apple Safari
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3.47
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Opera
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0.62
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Netscape
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0.10
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Germany
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Internet Explorer
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59.95%
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Firefox
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30.44%
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Apple Safari
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4.71%
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Google Chrome
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2.65%
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Opera
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1.71%
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Netscape
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0.25%
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Spain
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Internet Explorer
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61.91
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Firefox
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24.21
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Apple Safari
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9.11
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Google Chrome
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2.99
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Opera
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1.00
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Netscape
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0.12
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France
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Internet Explorer
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59.77
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Firefox
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25.23
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Apple Safari
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6.80
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Google Chrome
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6.04
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Opera
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1.15
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Netscape
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0.39
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Methodology: A global usage of xx percent for browser Y means that xx percent of the visitors of Internet users arrived at sites that are using the Uptrends web analytics service called OneStat by using browser Y. All numbers mentioned in the research are averages of last week and all measurements are normalized to the GMT time zone. Research is based on a sample of 2 million visitors divided into 20,000 visitors of 100 countries each day.
About Uptrends Website, Server and Transaction Monitoring
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The Uptrends website, server and transaction monitoring service uses a network of checkpoints in various countries such as the United States, Canada, the U.K., Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Singapore, China and Australia. More than 1,500 customers in 23 countries rely on Uptrends to keep them informed of their site, server and transaction performance so that potential problems can be identified and downtime reduced as much as possible.
The Uptrends real-time web analytics service called OneStat.com powers more than 200,000 websites in around the world. With accurate, detailed & reliable reports, OneStat provides insight into visitor behavior, site performance and retention.
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