Which is the most popular?

Which browsers are most popular changes over time. No one can actually count all of the visits to web sites! All of the numbers are estimates based on just a part of what is really happening in the world.

The numbers you hear about depend on:

• Equipment used to browse: desktop computer or a mobile device (Different browsers available!)
• Number of sites being counted (one, a few thousand, hundreds of thousands, millions)
• Location of the sites being counted (in one region, one country, or scattered around the world)
• Type of sites included (mostly similar or widely different; technology, social, business, government, education, sales)

The numbers below are from three different source, including two that news headlines about browser wars seem to use most often, NetMarketShare and StatsCounter.

NetMarketShare stats:

The images below show the statistics from the network of 40,000 sites that are HitsLink Analytics and SharePost clients. That sounds like a lot of sites, but the Internet has millions!

The market share on the desktop computers for Microsoft Internet Explorer dropped 6% while Google Chrome's share went up 7.27%. Netscape used to be the dominant browser and is now less than 1% of users! Now that's a fall!

For mobile computers like smart phones and tablets, the dominant browser has clearly been Safari, but its market share is dropping. Android is gaining.

More statisitics: NetMarketShare: HitsLink.com:Desktop Browsers
HitsLink.com: Mobile/Tablet Browsers

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