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Browser wars

revisited(the desktop battle)

Latest status: Chrome up, Firefox and IE down.

#browserwars

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You can read the full article at

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Here are a few charts

and a summary.

http://royal.pingdom.com/2013/03/21/browser-wars-2013/http://royal.pingdom.com/2013/03/21/browser-wars-2013/


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2012: Chrome, Firefox, and InternetExplorer each dominatedtwo regions ofthe world.

2013: Internet Explorer and Safari keeplosing ground, and one browserstrengthens its claim to the webbrowsing throne.

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http://royal.pingdom.com/2012/04/23/current-status-of-the-browser-wars/http://royal.pingdom.com/2012/04/23/current-status-of-the-browser-wars/


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Google Chrome: now the mostpopular browser in four out of six

regions around the world.

Users in North America and

Oceania seem to still preferInternet Explorerover Chrome.

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Browser usage by regionMarch 2013

North America

1.

2.

3.

39%

28%

16%

South America

1.

2.

3.

20%59%

18%

Africa

1.

2.

3. 18%

39%

37%

Europe

1.

2.

3. 24%

35%

28%

Asia

1.

2.

3.

28%

45%

19%

Oceania

1.

2.

3.

33%

29%

19%

Data for the period March 1-18, 2013



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Browser usage worldwide2011-2013

February 2011-February 2013

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

2011 2012 2013

37%

30%

21%

9%

1%



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It was only two years ago that InternetExplorerwas the dominant browser in theworld with about 45% of desktop usage.

Today, its share is around 30% and falling.

During the same period, Chrome and Safariare the only two browsers in the top

five that have gained in popularity.

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In 2012, Firefox was the leading browser inAfrica and Europe. In both regions, it

appears that Chrome has increased inusage at the expense of Internet Explorer.

At 2% usage share, Europe, together withAfrica, is also the strongest region forOpera.

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North America is still Internet Explorersstronghold but over the year, its usage sharehas fallen to 39% from 40%

Oceania is the only region where Safaritrumps Firefox, reaching the third place with19% usage share.

If the Browser Wars would really be called justthat, Chrome would already have wondecisively in South America with a 59% usageshare.

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DataFor this slide we used web browsing usage share numbers fromStatCounter, which are based on visitor statistics averaged from3+ million websites. In August 2012, StatCounters global sampleconsisted of over 17.1 billion page views.

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