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I can not stress how important these are. Following user trends not only keeps your interactive/mobile/etc. initiatives up to date it also keeps your users happy through ease of navigation! I love all the milestones we go through in the process of developing a project, especially analyzing the post data. Most of all I see users needing/wanting/demanding their information within 5 secs. Knowing the latest trends and stats can assist you in your online/mobile adventures.
Web Statistics and Trends
Statistics are important information. W3Schools.com is for people with an interest for web technologies. This fact indicates that the figures below might not be 100% true for the average internet users. The average internet-user might have a lower screen resolution.
Anyway, our data, collected from W3Schools’ log-files over ten years, clearly shows the long term trends.
Screen Resolution
Today, most visitors are using a screen resolution higher than 1024×768 pixels:
| Date | Higher | 1024×768 | 800×600 | 640×480 | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2011 | 85% | 14% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| January 2010 | 76% | 20% | 1% | 0% | 3% |
| January 2009 | 57% | 36% | 4% | 0% | 3% |
| January 2008 | 38% | 48% | 8% | 0% | 6% |
| January 2007 | 26% | 54% | 14% | 0% | 6% |
| January 2006 | 17% | 57% | 20% | 0% | 6% |
| January 2005 | 12% | 53% | 30% | 0% | 5% |
| January 2004 | 10% | 47% | 37% | 1% | 5% |
| January 2003 | 6% | 40% | 47% | 2% | 5% |
| January 2002 | 6% | 34% | 52% | 3% | 5% |
| January 2001 | 5% | 29% | 55% | 6% | 5% |
| January 2000 | 4% | 25% | 56% | 11% | 4% |
From the statistics below, you can see that Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Chrome are the most popular browsers today.
Browser Statistics Month by Month
| 2011 | Internet Explorer | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Opera |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | 21.2 % | 38.1 % | 33.4 % | 4.2 % | 2.4 % |
| October | 21.7 % | 38.7 % | 32.3 % | 4.2 % | 2.4 % |
| September | 22.9 % | 39.7 % | 30.5 % | 4.0 % | 2.2 % |
| August | 22.4 % | 40.6 % | 30.3 % | 3.8 % | 2.3 % |
| July | 22.0 % | 42.0 % | 29.4 % | 3.6 % | 2.4 % |
| June | 23.2 % | 42.2 % | 27.9 % | 3.7 % | 2.4 % |
| May | 24.9 % | 42.4 % | 25.9 % | 4.0 % | 2.4 % |
| April | 24.3 % | 42.9 % | 25.6 % | 4.1 % | 2.6 % |
| March | 25.8 % | 42.2 % | 25.0 % | 4.0 % | 2.5 % |
| February | 26.5 % | 42.4 % | 24.1 % | 4.1 % | 2.5 % |
| January | 26.6 % | 42.8 % | 23.8 % | 4.0 % | 2.5 % |
| 2010 | Internet Explorer | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Opera |
| December | 27.5 % | 43.5 % | 22.4 % | 3.8 % | 2.2 % |
| November | 28.6 % | 44.0 % | 20.5 % | 4.0 % | 2.3 % |
| October | 29.7 % | 44.1 % | 19.2 % | 3.9 % | 2.2 % |
| September | 31.1 % | 45.1 % | 17.3 % | 3.7 % | 2.2 % |
| August | 30.7 % | 45.8 % | 17.0 % | 3.5 % | 2.3 % |
| July | 30.4 % | 46.4 % | 16.7 % | 3.4 % | 2.3 % |
| June | 31.0 % | 46.6 % | 15.9 % | 3.6 % | 2.1 % |
| May | 32.2 % | 46.9 % | 14.5 % | 3.5 % | 2.2 % |
| April | 33.4 % | 46.4 % | 13.6 % | 3.7 % | 2.2 % |
| March | 34.9 % | 46.2 % | 12.3 % | 3.7 % | 2.2 % |
| February | 35.3 % | 46.5 % | 11.6 % | 3.8 % | 2.1 % |
| January | 36.2 % | 46.3 % | 10.8 % | 3.7 % | 2.2 % |
| 2009 | Internet Explorer | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Opera |
| December | 37.2 % | 46.4 % | 9.8 % | 3.6 % | 2.3 % |
| November | 37.7 % | 47.0 % | 8.5 % | 3.8 % | 2.3 % |
| October | 37.5 % | 47.5 % | 8.0 % | 3.8 % | 2.3 % |
| September | 39.6 % | 46.6 % | 7.1 % | 3.6 % | 2.2 % |
| August | 39.3 % | 47.4 % | 7.0 % | 3.3 % | 2.1 % |
| July | 39.4 % | 47.9 % | 6.5 % | 3.3 % | 2.1 % |
| June | 40.7 % | 47.3 % | 6.0 % | 3.1 % | 2.1 % |
| May | 41.0 % | 47.7 % | 5.5 % | 3.0 % | 2.2 % |
| April | 42.1 % | 47.1 % | 4.9 % | 3.0 % | 2.2 % |
| March | 43.3 % | 46.5 % | 4.2 % | 3.1 % | 2.3 % |
| February | 43.6 % | 46.4 % | 4.0 % | 3.0 % | 2.2 % |
| January | 44.8 % | 45.5 % | 3.9 % | 3.0 % | 2.3 % |
| 2008 | Internet Explorer | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Opera |
| December | 46.0 % | 44.4 % | 3.6 % | 2.7 % | 2.4 % |
| November | 47.0 % | 44.2 % | 3.1 % | 2.7 % | 2.3 % |
| October | 47.4 % | 44.0 % | 3.0 % | 2.8 % | 2.2 % |
| September | 49.0 % | 42.6 % | 3.1 % | 2.7 % | 2.0 % |
| August | 51.0 % | 43.7 % | 2.6 % | 2.1 % | |
| July | 52.4 % | 42.6 % | 2.5 % | 1.9 % | |
| June | 54.2 % | 41.0 % | 2.6 % | 1.7 % | |
| May | 54.4 % | 39.8 % | 2.4 % | 1.5 % | |
| April | 54.8 % | 39.1 % | 2.2 % | 1.4 % | |
| March | 53.9 % | 37.0 % | 2.1 % | 1.4 % | |
| February | 54.7 % | 36.5 % | 2.0 % | 1.4 % | |
| January | 54.7 % | 36.4 % | 1.9 % | 1.4 % | |
| 2007 | Internet Explorer | Firefox | Mozilla | Safari | Opera |
| November | 56.0 % | 36.3 % | 1.2 % | 1.8 % | 1.6 % |
| September | 57.2 % | 35.4 % | 1.2 % | 1.6 % | 1.5 % |
| July | 58.5 % | 34.5 % | 1.4 % | 1.5 % | 1.9 % |
| May | 58.9 % | 33.7 % | 1.3 % | 1.5 % | 1.7 % |
| March | 58.7 % | 31.8 % | 1.3 % | 1.6 % | 1.6 % |
| January | 58.6 % | 31.0 % | 1.5 % | 1.7 % | 1.5 % |
| 2006 | Internet Explorer | Firefox | Mozilla | Netscape | Opera |
| November | 60.6 % | 29.9 % | 2.5 % | 0.2 % | 1.5 % |
| September | 62.1 % | 27.3 % | 2.3 % | 0.4 % | 1.6 % |
| July | 62.4 % | 25.5 % | 2.3 % | 0.4 % | 1.4 % |
| May | 63.0 % | 25.7 % | 2.3 % | 0.3 % | 1.5 % |
| March | 64.7 % | 24.5 % | 2.4 % | 0.5 % | 1.5 % |
| January | 66.0 % | 25.0 % | 3.1 % | 0.5 % | 1.6 % |
| 2005 | Internet Explorer | Firefox | Mozilla | Netscape | Opera |
| November | 68.9 % | 23.6 % | 2.8 % | 0.4 % | 1.5 % |
| September | 75.5 % | 18.0 % | 2.5 % | 0.4 % | 1.2 % |
| July | 73.8 % | 19.8 % | 2.6 % | 0.5 % | 1.2 % |
| May | 71.6 % | 21.0 % | 3.1 % | 0.7 % | 1.3 % |
| March | 72.5 % | 18.9 % | 3.3 % | 1.0 % | 1.9 % |
| January | 74.5 % | 16.6 % | 3.4 % | 1.1 % | 1.9 % |
| 2004 | Internet Explorer | Mozilla | Netscape | Opera | |
| November | 76.2 % | 16.5 % | 1.7 % | 1.6 % | |
| September | 79.0 % | 13.7 % | 2.0 % | 1.7 % | |
| July | 80.4 % | 12.6 % | 2.2 % | 1.6 % | |
| May | 81.9 % | 9.5 % | 2.4 % | 1.6 % | |
| March | 82.8 % | 7.9 % | 2.8 % | 1.4 % | |
| January | 84.7 % | 5.5 % | 2.4 % | 1.5 % | |
| 2003 | Internet Explorer | Mozilla | Netscape | Opera | |
| November | 84.9 % | 7.2 % | 2.6 % | 1.9 % | |
| September | 86.6 % | 6.2 % | 2.7 % | 1.8 % | |
| July | 87.2 % | 5.7 % | 2.7 % | 1.7 % | |
| May | 87.7 % | 4.6 % | 3.3 % | 1.4 % | |
| March | 88.0 % | 4.2 % | 3.4 % | 1.2 % | |
| January | 84.6 % | 4.0 % | 4.0 % | ||
| 2002 | Internet Explorer | AOL | Netscape | ||
| November | 83.4 % | 5.2 % | 8.0 % | ||
| September | 83.5 % | 4.5 % | 8.0 % | ||
| July | 84.5 % | 3.5 % | 7.3 % | ||
| May | 86.7 % | 2.8 % | 7.3 % | ||
| March | 86.1 % | 3.0 % | 7.7 % | ||
| January | 85.8 % | 2.8 % | 7.9 % |
| Internet Explorer | Microsoft Internet Explorer |
| Firefox | Mozilla Firefox (identified as Mozilla before 2005) |
| Chrome | Google Chrome |
| Mozilla | The Mozilla Suite (Gecko, Netscape) |
| Safari | Safari (and Konqueror. Both identified as Mozilla before 2007) |
| Opera | Opera (as of 2011, Opera Mini is included here) |
| Netscape | Netscape Navigator (identified as Mozilla after 2006) |
| AOL | America Online (based on both Internet Explorer and Mozilla) |
Browsers that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.
W3Schools is a website for people with an interest for web technologies. These people are more interested in using alternative browsers than the average user. The average user tends to the browser that comes preinstalled with their computer, and do not seek out other browser alternatives.
These facts indicate that the browser figures above are not 100% realistic. Other web sites have statistics showing that Internet Explorer is a more popular browser.
Anyway, our data, collected from W3Schools’ log-files, over many years, clearly shows the long and medium-term trends.
Mobile Devices
A mobile device is a pocket-sized computing device.
After the release of the Apple iPhone the mobile device usage has been growing steadily.
Smartphones today have large color touch screens, nice user interfaces and are highly optimized for browsing the web.
From the statistics below, collected from W3Schools’ log-files, you can see the trends of mobile device usage.
Mobile Devices Statistics
The following table is a breakdown of the Mobile numbers from our OS Platform Statistics:
| 2011 | Total | iPhone | iPad | iPod | Android | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | 1.02 % | 0.19 % | 0.36 % | 0.04 % | 0.30 % | 0.13 % |
| October | 0.96 % | 0.19 % | 0.33 % | 0.04 % | 0.28 % | 0.12 % |
| September | 0.89 % | 0.17 % | 0.30 % | 0.04 % | 0.25 % | 0.13 % |
| August | 0.91 % | 0.19 % | 0.30 % | 0.05 % | 0.24 % | 0.13 % |
| July | 0.95 % | 0.20 % | 0.31 % | 0.06 % | 0.24 % | 0.14 % |
| June | 0.87 % | 0.19 % | 0.30 % | 0.05 % | 0.21 % | 0.12 % |
| May | 0.80 % | 0.20 % | 0.25 % | 0.05 % | 0.19 % | 0.11 % |
| April | 0.78 % | 0.20 % | 0.25 % | 0.05 % | 0.18 % | 0.10 % |
| March | 0.70 % | 0.18 % | 0.21 % | 0.06 % | 0.16 % | 0.09 % |
| February | 0.66 % | 0.18 % | 0.19 % | 0.06 % | 0.14 % | 0.09 % |
| January | 0.65 % | 0.18 % | 0.20 % | 0.06 % | 0.13 % | 0.08 % |
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