Browser & OS Market Share White Paper

Firefox - IE - Mozilla - Safari - Opera - Google Desktop

The summary findings in Janco's June 2008 Browser and OS Market Share White Paper are:

Firefox’s market share now is 15.05% versus 19.06% in January 2008

IE’s market share is 65.50% versus 66.72% in May 2007 and 61.06% in January 2008

Netscape’s market share has remained at the same level (10.64%) as before the announcement that it would no longer be supported.

Google Desktop is gaining in popularity and now commands 3.27% of the market

Microsoft’s Vista continues to have a slow acceptance and is on approximately 14.55% of internet connected desktops.

Historical Firefox Market Share

Firefox Market Share

Trends in Browser OS Market Share 12 Months - May 2008 - May 2007

May-08

May-07

Change

Browser

Rank

Percent

Rank

Percent

Rank

Percent

Internet Explorer

1

65.50%

1

66.72%

0

-1.21%

Firefox

2

15.05%

2

16.08%

0

-1.02%

Netscape

3

10.64%

3

10.19%

0

0.44%

Google Desktop

4

3.27%

6

1.77%

2

1.50%

Mozilla

5

2.18%

5

1.47%

0

0.71%

Opera

6

0.98%

7

2.01%

1

-1.04%

Safari

7

0.95%

4

0.83%

-3

0.12%

98.56%

99.07%

Vista Market Share

The full study was produced in May 2008. See a full copy of the press release here.

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