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November, 2011: Google Chrome Share Up; Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera – Down

Vygantas Lipskas — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:18:37 +0000

With just one month left before the end of 2011, it’s time to check the latest stats for the browsers market share.

Falling below 50% last time, Internet Explorer is now down from 49.58% to 48.95% (0.63 point decrease).

Despite regaining some of its market share on October, Firefox is nearing towards 20% level, down from 21.20% to 20.58% (0.62 point decrease).

Soon to cross paths with Firefox, Google Chrome continues its dominant uptrend, up from 16.59% to 16.90% (0.31 point increase).

Gaining market share for many months, this time Safari has lost some of it, climbing down from 8.54% to 8.35% (0.19 point decrease).

Just like Firefox, it looks like Opera is stuck in the never ending downtrend as its share has also decreased from 1.49% to 1.45% (0.04 point decrease).

That’s all for today, folks.

Backup Your Browser Data: FavBackup 2.1.2 Released

Vygantas Lipskas — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:12:59 +0000

Good news, we have just released a new version of FavBackup for you to play with. No major changes, just additional web browser versions support.

Changelog

- Added Google Chrome 16 Support
- Added Firefox 7 and Firefox 8 Support
- Added Opera 11.60 Support

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Internet Explorer Falls Below 50% Market Share Mark

Vygantas Lipskas — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:33:49 +0000

Months and months after the continuous Internet Explorer’s market share decline, Microsoft’s web browser has finally breached the 50% mark and now sits at the 49.58%, down from 50.97% (1.39 point decrease).

As far as other web browsers go, it looks like Firefox is going to the opposite direction, as its market share has increase by 0.14 point, up from 21.06% to 21.20%.

Google Chrome continues its uptrend and is now up by another 1.42 point, increasing its share from 15.17% 16.59%. If growth continues, we should see it approaching 20% mark in the second quarter of 2012.

Thanks to Apple’s handheld device sales, Safari is on the roll with a 0.51 point increase in the market share, up from 8.03% to 8.54%.

Just like Internet Explorer, Opera’s market share continues to suffer as it now reached January, 2010 levels, down from 1.58%, 1.49%, (0.09 point decrease).

So here you have it folks, with the exception of Firefox, there aren’t really any changes in the overall trend.

Weekly Browsers Recap, October 17th

Vygantas Lipskas — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:34:40 +0000

September, 2011: Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari Share Up; Internet Explorer – Down

Vygantas Lipskas — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:13:44 +0000

It is October already and there’s no time to waste. So, let’s dive into the latest browsers market share results and explore those changes.

Just a couple more months and Internet Explorer will break the 50% market share barrier, this time it lost 0.62 point, down from 51.59% to 50.97%.

With more and more Firefox releases hitting the Internet, Mozilla’s browser has managed to secure 0.03 point of the market share, up from 21.03% to 21.06%.

Google Chrome does not have any plans to stop and has now broken though 15% barrier, up from 14.46% to 15.17% (0.71 point increase).

Continuous sales of Apple devices have helped Safari to increase its market share by another 0.32 point, up from 7.71% to 8.03%.

After 6 months of losses, Opera’s market share stayed flat at 1.58%.

That’s all for now, folks.

Thanks to Net Applications for the graph.

Weekly Browsers Recap, October 10th

Vygantas Lipskas — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:59:06 +0000

Weekly Browsers Recap, October 3rd

Vygantas Lipskas — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:43:10 +0000

[Thanks, Ichan, RamaSubbu SK, Shane Bundy]

Weekly Browsers Recap, September 26th

Vygantas Lipskas — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:03:02 +0000

[Thanks, Mikah]

Weekly Browsers Recap, September 19th

Vygantas Lipskas — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:14:37 +0000

Weekly Browsers Recap, September 12th

Vygantas Lipskas — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:36:36 +0000