While I’m not quite sure the new browser wars have really begun (Google Chrome, IE8 and more FireFox madness going on), it’s always nice to take point in time snapshots. I was going to do this a few weeks ago, but then Chrome came out and everything was skewed. I was going to do this 2 weeks ago but then the IE8 beta came out and everything was even more skewed. I’m doing it today because the data has settled down a bit.
So, what are the big browsers on the b5media network?
No surprises, IE7 is #1. What might be surprising to some (it is to me, considering that 2 years ago it was over 70%) is that it holds only 38% of our traffic.
#2, again surprising given how new it is, is FireFox 3.0 with 27.5%.
#3-5 are easy: IE6, FF2 and Safari respectively.
So where are Google Chrome and IE8?
Google Chrome sits in 7th place with 1.3%. IE8 sits in 8th place with 0.7%.
So both browsers are small, almost rounding errors in the grand scheme of things. However they are larger than all versions of Netscape combined, all versions of FireFox pre 2.0, MSN Explorer, all AOL browsers, all Gecko browsers, etc.
How about on the mobile side?
iPhone: 41% of our mobile traffic. iPod Touch: 20%. Blackberry 8310 and 8330: 2.5% each. Wii: 2.4%.
So, again, lots of movement.
Good times, eh?
November 27th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Hooray for the Wii making the list…. as a mobile browser?
Question, if everyone from FF2 updated to FF3, would Firefox take the #1 spot?
December 1st, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Its not possible for Firefox to take the #1 spot in the current times. Tech savvy users use Firefox & Chrome than non-techy users. I have a site for general users and its stats says 95% of users use IE. For another site that is specifically for computer experts. It says 60% visitors use Firefox.
IE will always remain at #1 if Windows is #1
December 5th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
I’ll try and check the data guys