Published: March 23, 2011
Firefox 4 Hits the Ground Running and Eclipses Internet Explorer 9 - StatCounter
BOSTON & DUBLIN - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Mozilla Firefox 4, which was launched yesterday (Tuesday 22nd
March), has already taken 1.95% of the worldwide Internet browser market
according to StatCounter,
the free website analytics company. The firm's research arm StatCounter
Global Stats reports that on the first day of its release Firefox 4
scored higher globally than Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 9 which
was launched more than a week ago.*
"Firefox 4 has really hit the ground running and has eclipsed the launch
of IE 9," commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. "Although IE 9 has
undoubtedly been hampered by its lack of compatibility with Windows XP."
By yesterday IE 9 had taken just 0.87% of the worldwide market.
When all versions of each browser are taken into account, Internet
Explorer still leads the global
market with 45% followed by Firefox with 30% and Chrome with 17%. In
the US,
IE (all versions combined) leads the market with 48% followed by Firefox
on 26% and Chrome on 14%.
On a monthly basis, StatCounter figures show a
steady decline in the IE global market share from 55% in February
last year to 45% this year. In the same time frame Google's Chrome has
risen steadily from 7% worldwide to 17%.
StatCounter recently reported that Firefox overtook Microsoft's Internet
Explorer (IE) to become the number
one browser in Europe for the first time in December 2010.
StatCounter Global Stats are based on aggregate data collected on a
sample exceeding 15 billion page views per month (4 billion from the US)
from the StatCounter network of more than three million websites.
StatCounter, which provides free
website stats, publishes browser version stats via StatCounter
Global Stats, a free online research tool. It also monitors other
Internet market share battles including Social Media.
Ends
* IE 9 and Firefox 4 were both available for beta testing prior to their
respective launch dates
For individual country analysis go to:
http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-ww-daily-20110322-20110322-bar
Further information on our analysis is available at:
http://gs.statcounter.com/faq
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