January 1, 2009
| In This Issue |
Net Applications wishes you a happy and prosperous 2009!
| Browser Trends for 2008 |
Browsers saw a great deal of change in 2008, primarily with Google's introduction of Chrome and Firefox hitting 20% market share.
Here are the top 5 browsers and their share by month for the 2008:
Month |
Internet Explorer |
Firefox |
Safari |
Chrome |
Opera |
December, 2007 |
76.04% |
16.80% |
5.59% |
0.00% |
0.64% |
January, 2008 |
75.47% |
16.98% |
5.82% |
0.00% |
0.62% |
February, 2008 |
74.88% |
17.27% |
5.70% |
0.00% |
0.69% |
March, 2008 |
74.80% |
17.83% |
5.82% |
0.00% |
0.69% |
April, 2008 |
74.83% |
17.76% |
5.81% |
0.00% |
0.69% |
May, 2008 |
73.75% |
18.41% |
6.25% |
0.00% |
0.71% |
June, 2008 |
73.01% |
19.03% |
6.31% |
0.00% |
0.73% |
July, 2008 |
73.02% |
19.22% |
6.14% |
0.00% |
0.69% |
August, 2008 |
72.15% |
19.73% |
6.37% |
0.00% |
0.74% |
September, 2008 |
71.52% |
19.46% |
6.65% |
0.78% |
0.69% |
October, 2008 |
71.27% |
19.97% |
6.57% |
0.74% |
0.75% |
November, 2008 |
69.77% |
20.78% |
7.13% |
0.83% |
0.71% |
December, 2008 |
68.15% |
21.34% |
7.93% |
1.04% |
0.71% |
The most asked about Operating system story of the year was the usage growth of the iPhone, which entered the year at 0.12% market share and ended with 0.44%. Operating System usage market share for 2008:
Month |
Windows |
Mac |
Linux |
iPhone |
December, 2007 |
91.79% |
7.31% |
0.63% |
0.12% |
January, 2008 |
91.50% |
7.57% |
0.64% |
0.13% |
February, 2008 |
91.58% |
7.46% |
0.65% |
0.14% |
March, 2008 |
91.57% |
7.48% |
0.61% |
0.15% |
April, 2008 |
91.64% |
7.38% |
0.63% |
0.15% |
May, 2008 |
91.13% |
7.83% |
0.68% |
0.16% |
June, 2008 |
90.89% |
7.94% |
0.80% |
0.16% |
July, 2008 |
91.02% |
7.76% |
0.82% |
0.19% |
August, 2008 |
90.66% |
7.86% |
0.93% |
0.30% |
September, 2008 |
90.29% |
8.23% |
0.91% |
0.32% |
October, 2008 |
90.46% |
8.21% |
0.71% |
0.33% |
November, 2008 |
89.62% |
8.87% |
0.83% |
0.37% |
December, 2008 |
88.68% |
9.63% |
0.85% |
0.44% |
In Search Engines, the big story of 2008 was what would happen with Yahoo. First Microsoft opened, closed and reopened acquisition talks with Yahoo. And while that was going on, Google and Yahoo struck and then struck down a partnership that would have controlled over 90% of search traffic.
Month |
Google - Global |
Yahoo - Global |
MSN - Global |
AOL - Global |
Microsoft Live Search |
Ask - Global |
December, 2007 |
77.04% |
12.46% |
3.33% |
2.12% |
2.57% |
1.38% |
January, 2008 |
77.11% |
12.23% |
3.43% |
2.13% |
2.59% |
1.42% |
February, 2008 |
77.27% |
12.23% |
3.51% |
2.11% |
2.49% |
1.30% |
March, 2008 |
77.70% |
12.06% |
3.25% |
2.20% |
2.40% |
1.36% |
April, 2008 |
77.23% |
12.24% |
3.25% |
2.40% |
2.50% |
1.37% |
May, 2008 |
78.23% |
11.68% |
2.95% |
2.52% |
2.41% |
1.27% |
June, 2008 |
78.35% |
11.78% |
2.83% |
2.52% |
2.39% |
1.19% |
July, 2008 |
78.16% |
12.03% |
2.86% |
2.45% |
2.34% |
1.15% |
August, 2008 |
79.03% |
11.58% |
3.46% |
2.27% |
1.54% |
1.13% |
September, 2008 |
79.90% |
11.01% |
3.23% |
2.17% |
1.57% |
1.10% |
October, 2008 |
80.91% |
10.45% |
3.11% |
2.03% |
1.57% |
1.02% |
November, 2008 |
81.11% |
10.47% |
3.00% |
2.01% |
1.56% |
1.03% |
December, 2008 |
81.26% |
10.43% |
2.96% |
1.96% |
1.59% |
0.96% |
Looking forward, the big stories for 2009 appear to be:
- Microsoft's introduction of IE 8 in browsers
- Yahoo's fate in search
- Microsoft's introduction of Windows 7 in operating systems
For these and other Net Market Share Statistics, go to marketshare.hitslink.com.
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| HitsLink News |
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- Geo-Targeted segmentation
- Demographics segmentation
- Multivariate (A/B) testing
- Funnel analysis report
- Multi-source tracking
- Multi-campaign analysis
- Custom visitor variables
- Custom transaction variables
- Unlimited history
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| NetMarketShare News |
Browser wars heat up in 2008, with more to come in 2009
With the introduction of Google Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox surpassing 20% usage market share, Microsoft is poised to hit the market with Internet Explorer 8. Microsoft still holds almost 70% of browser market share, and IE 8 will add key features designed to grow IE's share even further. Look for these new features in IE8:
- SmartScreen Filter
- InPrivate browsing
- Accelerators
- Web Slices
- Search Suggestions
For these and other Net Market Share Statistics, go to marketshare.hitslink.com.
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