Net Applications Market Share Info

Bing Takes Share From Google, Yahoo and Ask

NetApplications.com — 7/1/2009 3:00:00 AM

From May to June, Google shows a .3% drop, Yahoo shows a .17% drop, and Ask shows a .1% drop in usage share.

Bing Rockets to 6% Share Within Hours of Launch

NetApplications.com — 6/1/2009 3:00:00 AM

Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, has been launched and has reached 6% market share within hours of launch. The 6% share is coming from Microsoft's legacy search engines, Google, Yahoo! and elsewhere:

Click here to see the effect on MSN search
Click here to see the effect on Microsoft Live Search
Click here to see the effect on Google (non-international)
Click here to see the effect on Yahoo! (non-international)

The Effect of Internet Explorer Compatibility View on Usage Share

NetApplications.com — 6/1/2009 3:00:00 AM

With Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft introduced a feature called 'compatibility view', which displays website pages as if they were rendered by Internet Explorer 7. When in compatibility view, the browser's user agent reports that it is Internet Explorer 7, even though it is actually Internet Explorer 8. This has lead to underreporting of Internet Explorer 8, since about one-fifth of IE 8 browsing in our sample is done in compatibility view mode. As of mid-May, we have split IE 8 reporting between normal mode IE 8 and what we call 'Internet Explorer 8.0 Compatibility Mode'. Prior to this change, IE 8 compatibility mode share was recorded as IE 7.

To properly measure IE 8 usage share, you must add both normal IE 8 plus IE 8 compatibility mode.

Android Can't Keep Pace With the iPhone

NetApplications.com — 6/1/2009 3:00:00 AM

Android and the iPhone's browsing usage share upon launch were nearly identical for the first few months. However, May numbers show that the Android mobile platform has fallen off the pace the iPhone set upon its launch. This may signal difficulty in moving beyond early adopters.

Firefox 3.1 Beta Renamed to 3.5

NetApplications.com — 6/1/2009 3:00:00 AM

Mozilla renumbered the Firefox 3.1 beta to Firefox 3.5. Almost all the beta users have upgraded within the last month.

Linux Breaks 1% on the Client

NetApplications.com — 5/1/2009 3:00:00 AM

Linux usage share on client devices has surpassed 1% for the first time in our tracking. Linux has been successful primarily as a server operating system, but client usage share has not kept pace with server share Linux has reached this important milestone on the client as Linux-based systems have become more functional, easier to use, and pre-installed on computers from vendors like Dell.

iPod Touch Usage Growing Faster Than the iPhone

NetApplications.com — 5/1/2009 3:00:00 AM

The iPod Touch has a faster growing share of overall browsing than the iPhone. From November 2008 to April 2009, the iPod Touch share of overall usage has increased from .05% to .15% (300%), while iPhone share has increased from .37% to .55% (49%).

Windows 7 Usage Share Rapidly Increasing While Still in Beta

NetApplications.com — 5/1/2009 3:00:00 AM

The Windows 7 beta continues to gain significant usage share for a pre-release product, coming in at about a quarter percent of usage share in April.

Internet Explorer 8.0 Released - Daily Tracking Results

NetApplications.com — 3/9/2009 3:00:00 AM

Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 8.0 as of noon Eastern Time on 3/19. Here are the daily share numbers:

Android Matches iPhone Launch in Browsing Share

NetApplications.com — 3/9/2009 3:00:00 AM

The overall browsing share for Android first month's are closely matching the iPhone's. This report shows a comparison of the overall browsing share for the first month's of the iPhone's and Android's launch. The share growth is nearly identical.

First Look at Mobile: Mobile Web Browsing Statistics

NetApplications.com — 3/1/2009 3:00:00 AM

Mobile web browsing as a percentage of all web browsing is growing rapidly, currently standing at .72%

Mobile Browsing: The iPhone Dominates, but Android and BlackBerry are Rapidly Gaining Share

NetApplications.com — 3/1/2009 3:00:00 AM

Although the iPhone has a commanding lead in mobile browsing share, Android and BlackBerry are rapidly gaining market share. This does not mean that iPhone web browsing is shrinking, because the overall market is growing rapidly.

Android has garnered over 6% of mobile web browsing since its release in October.

Google Owns Mobile Search

NetApplications.com — 3/1/2009 3:00:00 AM

Google's search dominance on mobile devices is even greater than on desktop devices. Google handled 97.5% of all smart device searches in February. However, Microsoft has recently partnered with Verizon to make Live Search the default search engine on all Verizon devices in the next few months.

Windows 7 Usage Share Jumps After Beta Release

NetApplications.com — 2/1/2009 3:00:00 AM

The Windows 7 beta releases in January have led to a spike in usage share. Similar to Windows Vista, Windows 7 usage share is showing a pattern of being much higher on weekends than on weekdays. In contrast, Windows XP has an inverse trendline. XP's share is higher on weekdays due to Microsoft's relatively high business vs. residential share of Windows XP.

This is an indication of strong interest in Windows 7, since it does not come pre-installed on a computer like Vista. Beta users are taking the time and effort to install it on their home computers, since corporations generally prohibit beta operating systems to be used in production environments.

Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 Released

NetApplications.com — 2/1/2009 3:00:00 AM

Internet Explorer Release Candidate 1 was released on January 26th. Usage share for Internet Explorer 8 is now exceeding 1%.

Firefox Share Tops 20% for November

NetApplications.com — 12/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

For the first time since we began tracking, the Firefox browser has exceeded 20% share for a full month. Mozilla's CEO, John Lilly, gives credit to the Mozilla community and shared his thoughts with us on this accomplishment:

"Reaching 20 percent worldwide market share is a significant milestone for Firefox and Mozilla. It's a huge achievement by the global Mozilla community, one that just a few years ago most would have considered impossible. The open web is more vibrant than ever, and the thousands of Mozilla contributors around the world have played a major role in making it that way."

Firefox share jumped about eight tenths of a percent in November, which is much higher than average. Why the big jump? In addition to the steady gains Firefox has shown over the years, our analysis shows three other major reasons:

First, the U.S. election. Firefox usage share increased significantly in the days surrounding November 4th (especially in some non-U.S. countries, like Japan), then held roughly steady until:

Second, the Thanksgiving holiday. Firefox share jumped starting on Wednesday the 26th until the end of the month.

Third, extra weekend days. The average 30-day month has 8.57 weekend days. November had 10.

All three reasons increase Firefox share since Firefox has a much larger residential share than corporate share (to be detailed in a future analysis). So, all the above factors led to increased residential browsing and a higher Firefox share.

Even considering these factors, Firefox's share trend is pointing to above 20% share for December and beyond.

Google Chrome Share Back on the Rise

NetApplications.com — 12/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

Google Chrome share has started to rise again after leveling off prior to November. It now has bumped up to 1% for the first time since the days immediately following its launch. One cause of this rise is that Google is leveraging its dominant search engine by intermittently placing a nine-word link on their home page advertising Chrome. This comes after Google initially refused to place a one-word privacy link on their home page claiming a 28-word limit for the page.

Google Search Engine Share Continues to Climb

NetApplications.com — 12/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

Google's search engine share continues to climb, now exceeding 81% in our network of sites (weighted with ecommerce sites). The gains are coming mostly from Yahoo!, which continues to rapidly drop market share.

In a sign of increasing domination, starting in October, Google U.K. now surpasses Yahoo's search traffic from its main site.

Can Mac Share Trends in Swing States Predict the Election?

NetApplications.com — 11/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

There is a correlation between Mac usage and party affiliation. Mac users are more likely to be democrats, as shown in January.

So how are the swing states trending for Mac share? Overall, U.S. Mac share has increased 4.91% since January (which is the earliest we have state by state data). The state by state breakdown is as follows:

State	Mac Share Change Since January
Colorado	14.93%
Florida	7.29%
Indiana	-1.14%
Missouri	-2.13%
North Carolina	7.99%
New Hampshire	17.59%
New Mexico	9.72%
Nevada	4.68%
Ohio	1.30%
Pennsylvania	4.09%
Virginia	-15.73%

Firefox Hits 20% Share for 2 Weeks in October

NetApplications.com — 11/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

Mozilla has reached an important milestone. Firefox usage share has topped 20% during two separate weeks in October.

Week of	Firefox Share
10/05/08	20.00%
10/12/08	19.90%
10/19/08	19.89%
10/26/08	20.06%

Google Chrome Usage Share Drops After Initial Surge

NetApplications.com — 10/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

Google Chrome usage share has been dropping since its launch, but has stabilized at about .7%.

51% of Firefox 2.0 Users Upgrade to 3.0 Since August 25th

NetApplications.com — 10/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

Since August 25th, 51% of Firefox 2.0 users upgraded to version 3.0. This is the result of an update released by Mozilla. This update was offered to all 2.0 users.

Cuil OFF!

NetApplications.com — 10/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

Cuil has continued to lose their small remaining usage share, actually rounding down to 0.00% at the end of September (thanks to Joe Vizzaccaro for yet another double entendre aimed at Cuil).

iPhone Web Browsing Usage Share Increases 58% in One Month

NetApplications.com — 9/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

With the continued rollout of the iPhone 3G version, web browsing usage share increased 58% from July to August.

Cuil Whipped!

NetApplications.com — 9/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

Cuil goes cold. Cuil assumes room temperature. Cuil not so hot. Cuil cools off. This is the article where the headline writes itself (thanks to Jason White for the winning suggestion).

In the few short weeks of its existence, the highly-promoted new search engine Cuil has dropped to almost zero usage share. The share drop comes amidst massive criticism of Cuil's search results, where reports of unrelated results to what was being searched were common.

Internet Explorer 8.0 Usage Share Takes Off with Beta 2

NetApplications.com — 9/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

With the release of beta 2 on August 27th, Internet Explorer 8.0 usage share has started to jump. Within three days of its release, usage share was already 500% above the peak beta 1 usage share.

Since beta 1 was primarily a developer's preview, beta 2 is the first release to have the new features intended for the final release. These features include a much improved address bar, private mode browsing, better tabs and improved navigation.

iPhone Resumes Large Usage Share Increases With Release of 3G Version

NetApplications.com — 8/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

The release of the iPhone 3G has brought large gains in web browsing share. Prior to the launch iPhone usage share had leveled off, but has since resumed its upward trend.

Cuil Stumbles on Launch, but Beats Google in Key Relevancy Metric

NetApplications.com — 8/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

Cuil (pronounced cool) is a new search engine created by former Google engineers (http://www.cuil.com). It was released to the public on 7/28. We have usage share numbers starting the next day. Cuil was able to reach .26% share on the first day we started tracking. However, there have been widespread reports of outages and problems with its search results.

Even with the initial problems, Cuil was able to beat Google in a key metric that measures relevancy of search results, which is the amount of time a user spends on a site after being referred by a search engine. Here are the results for the last three days of July:

Search Engine	Avg. Minutes on Site
Cuil	9.65
Google	9.37
Yahoo	8.57

Browser Wars - Battle Tactics Escalate

NetApplications.com — 6/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

Last month, we showed the effect of Apple pushing Safari via software updates. This month, Mozilla has implemented a change in Firefox 3.0 RC1 where the installation now has a checkbox that defaults to making Firefox your default browser. The option is clearly displayed and labeled, unlike Safari, which misleadingly labeled the Safari install as an 'update' (since correctly changed to an 'install'). However, this practice is a break from the traditional practice browsers employed of defaulting this option to off. Prior to this change, Firefox 3.0 was already rapidly gaining usage share, so it will be difficult to measure the effect of this change.

iPhone Usage Share Leveling Off Prior to 2.0 Release

NetApplications.com — 6/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

Apple has confirmed that its online inventories for the original version of the iPhone are sold out in the U.S. and U.K. Apple appears to be clearing out its inventories in preparation for the iPhone 2.0 release. This, in conjunction with customers holding off purchasing until 2.0 is released has temporarily leveled off the iPhone usage share.

Apple's Gamble: Push Safari to Windows Users via Software Updates. Did it Work?

NetApplications.com — 5/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

On March 18th, Apple released the Safari 3.1 web browser for Windows and the Mac. With the release, Apple also included Safari 3.1 with Apple's Software Update service on Windows. It was labeled as an update with the option to install pre-selected. The update has been pushed to millions of Windows users of Apple's other software products, like iTunes. Normally, Apple's Software Update service is not used for delivery of new products. Clearly, this is a calculated risk by Apple that has annoyed and/or alienated some users.

However, the question is, did it work? Did Apple gain browser market share on Windows based on this move? The answer is yes.

Safari 3.0 on Windows never gained much market share, peaking at .07%. However, Safari 3.1 on Windows is rapidly gaining market share, already tripling Safari 3.0's peak.

Note: As of April 18th, Apple's update now lists Safari as 'new' software if not already installed.

Yahoo and Microsoft Both Lose Market Share to Google

NetApplications.com — 4/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

In March, Yahoo lost .17% of total market share, MSN lost .26% and Microsoft Live Search lost .09%. The losses went primarily to Google, which increased its share in March by .43%.

Firefox 3.0 BETA Gaining Market Share

NetApplications.com — 4/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

The beta version of Firefox 3.0 registered 0.28% total share in March and is climbing rapidly. This indicates that the beta is stable and is being used as a primary browser.

Browser Wars - On the Mac

NetApplications.com — 3/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

The browser battle on the Mac is between Safari and Firefox. Safari dominates, but Firefox has a much larger share on the Mac than Windows. However, Firefox share has been relatively stable, gaining .56% of total market share since November, 2007.

Stan Loves Opera

NetApplications.com — 3/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

We always knew that the Opera browser has a very large browser market share in Russia, Eastern European and Central Asian countries. However, they seem to have a consistently large market share in the countries that end in 'stan', as this report shows. Is nice?

The Sun Never Sets on Google U.K.

NetApplications.com — 3/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

One interesting way to use the data is to view travel and emigration patterns by viewing which localized version of a search engine visitors use outside the country it is in. Not surprisingly, the U.K. seems to have the most visitors outside its borders using Google U.K.

iPhone Tops Windows Mobile Devices

NetApplications.com — 1/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

We've been tracking iPhone usage since its launch. Total web browsing on the iPhone has topped the web browsing on all Windows Mobile devices combined, as this report shows. This report is a listing of the top operating system versions in use. It is not a measure of units sold, but the share of users browsing the internet with the devices. The iPhone has had a dramatic rise in usage share in its short time on the market Is this due to a better user interface? Larger screen?

Democrats Vote for the Mac?

NetApplications.com — 1/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

One of the first things we did with our latest upgrade was to get a view of Apple's market share by measuring the usage share of all Macintosh operating systems. This map jumped out at us as having a striking resemblance to the U.S. red/blue election map from 2004.

Apple's Awesome Market Share Gains

NetApplications.com — 1/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

Apple's market share gains in December for the Mac and iPhone are impressive. For the last days of December, the numbers are nothing short of spectacular.

iPhones Without Borders

NetApplications.com — 1/1/2008 3:00:00 AM

We've heard the rumors that many iPhones are being used outside the officially sanctioned countries. So, we decided to check it out and surprise, surprise, it's true. The iPhone has a presence in almost every country on earth. Here is a list of countries and the overall web-browsing usage share of the iPhone for the country.