Browser wars revisited(the desktop battle)

Latest status: Chrome up, Firefox and IE down.#browserwars

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Friday, March 22, 13

You can read the full article at http://royal.pingdom.com/2013/03/21/browser-wars-2013/

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Here are a few charts and a summary.

Friday, March 22, 13

2012: Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer each dominated two regions of the world.

2013: Internet Explorer and Safari keep losing ground, and one browser strengthens its claim to the web browsing throne.

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Friday, March 22, 13

Google Chrome: now the most popular browser in four out of six regions around the world.

Users in North America and Oceania seem to still prefer Internet Explorer over Chrome.

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Friday, March 22, 13

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Browser usage by regionMarch 2013

North America

1.2.3.

39%28%16%

South America

1.2.3.

20%59%

18%

Africa1.2.3. 18%

39%37%

Europe1.2.3. 24%

35%28%

Asia1.2.3.

28%45%

19%

Oceania1.2.3.

33%29%19%

Data for the period March 1-18, 2013Friday, March 22, 13

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Browser usage worldwide2011-2013

February 2011-February 2013

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

2011 2012 2013

37%

30%

21%

9%

1%

Friday, March 22, 13

It was only two years ago that Internet Explorer was the dominant browser in the world with about 45% of desktop usage. Today, its share is around 30% and falling.

During the same period, Chrome and Safari are the only two browsers in the top five that have gained in popularity.

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Friday, March 22, 13

In 2012, Firefox was the leading browser in Africa and Europe. In both regions, it appears that Chrome has increased in usage at the expense of Internet Explorer.

At 2% usage share, Europe, together with Africa, is also the strongest region for Opera.

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Friday, March 22, 13

North America is still Internet Explorer’s stronghold but over the year, its usage share has fallen to 39% from 40%

Oceania is the only region where Safari trumps Firefox, reaching the third place with 19% usage share.

If the Browser Wars would really be called just that, Chrome would already have won decisively in South America with a 59% usage share.

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Friday, March 22, 13

DataFor this slide we used web browsing usage share numbers from StatCounter, which are based on visitor statistics averaged from 3+ million websites. In August 2012, StatCounter’s global sample consisted of over 17.1 billion page views.

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Friday, March 22, 13