Site Stats, interesting observations
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Site Stats, interesting observations
So I was browsing around the site stats looking as operating system usage trends. Here is what I found:
Windows users over the past 3 months made up 88.29% of all visits, down from 89.19% the 3 months prior.
Macintosh users: 8.61% up from 7.91%
iPhone users: 1.83% up from 1.53%
Linux users: 0.54% up from 0.51%
iPod (touch) users: 0.11%, same as prior 3 months
Everything else is below 0.1% of visits.
Just some pointless trivia to help pass the rest of the day...
Windows users over the past 3 months made up 88.29% of all visits, down from 89.19% the 3 months prior.
Macintosh users: 8.61% up from 7.91%
iPhone users: 1.83% up from 1.53%
Linux users: 0.54% up from 0.51%
iPod (touch) users: 0.11%, same as prior 3 months
Everything else is below 0.1% of visits.
Just some pointless trivia to help pass the rest of the day...
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Browser stats are actually a little more interesting. I'll post them maybe tomorrow but in general IE accounts for about 50%, Firefox 38%, Safari 8% and the new kid on the block, Chrome, for 2%. That may not sound like much for Google's new browser but those 2% came ENTIRELY out of IE's pocket which was 2.5% higher last month and not at all from Firefox which actually gained share, if not much, over the same period. Opera accounted for just 1%, slightly higher than the month before.
The conclusion is pretty clear. Microsoft is losing OS market share in a big way but not only that, it's losing browser share even faster.
The conclusion is pretty clear. Microsoft is losing OS market share in a big way but not only that, it's losing browser share even faster.
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Originally Posted by cthree,Sep 24 2008, 08:38 PM
The conclusion is pretty clear. Microsoft is losing OS market share in a big way but not only that, it's losing browser share even faster.
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I wasn't making any in respect to Chrome other than the gain in Chrome share coincides with a decline in IE share. All of the others were largely flat from months to month. Only Chrome and IE had any significant change in share and they were roughly proportional.
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Here are the numbers for the past 30 days compared to the same time last year:
Internet Explorer
August 25, 2008 - September 24, 2008 50.18%
August 25, 2007 - September 24, 2007 60.00%
Firefox
August 25, 2008 - September 24, 2008 38.67%
August 25, 2007 - September 24, 2007 32.58%
Safari
August 25, 2008 - September 24, 2008 7.83%
August 25, 2007 - September 24, 2007 4.24%
Chrome
August 25, 2008 - September 24, 2008 1.47%
August 25, 2007 - September 24, 2007 0.00%
Opera
August 25, 2008 - September 24, 2008 1.09%
August 25, 2007 - September 24, 2007 0.94%
Internet Explorer
August 25, 2008 - September 24, 2008 50.18%
August 25, 2007 - September 24, 2007 60.00%
Firefox
August 25, 2008 - September 24, 2008 38.67%
August 25, 2007 - September 24, 2007 32.58%
Safari
August 25, 2008 - September 24, 2008 7.83%
August 25, 2007 - September 24, 2007 4.24%
Chrome
August 25, 2008 - September 24, 2008 1.47%
August 25, 2007 - September 24, 2007 0.00%
Opera
August 25, 2008 - September 24, 2008 1.09%
August 25, 2007 - September 24, 2007 0.94%