I was absolutely amazed today whilst checking my browser logs to discover that Firefox is sitting pretty at a superb 88% share of my browser stats. See the results below:
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| Firefox | 88.03% |
| Internet Explorer | 9.33% |
| Safari | 0.83% |
| Opera | 0.83% |
| Mozilla | 0.73% |
As soon as I saw these stats I remembered an article I came across over at Seopher.com stating that they have also had impressive stats at between 65-70%. That is impressive enough; however, 88% seems to be extraordinary.
This begs the question is Firefox really closing the gap significantly on Internet Explorer with more and more users becoming deluded with poor operating systems (a la Vista) and cloned idealess browsers (IE7)? Or is it more likely that the user base of this website simply being of a techie variety is producing the immense results?
My only answer is that it has to be a happy medium between the two. Yes I think more people are making the switch especially with computer manufactures such as Dell providing machines with Linux installed, however, a good portion has to be the user group viewing this site. Its literally the margin of the result that has caught me by surprise.
When looking at for example the W3C Schools stats you can clearly see that they place that Internet Explorer dominates the market at present although you can also see a trend of growth from Firefox.
| 2007 | IE7 | IE6 | IE5 | Fx | Moz | S | O |
| March | 18.0% | 38.7% | 2.0% | 31.8% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| February | 16.4% | 39.8% | 2.5% | 31.2% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1.5% |
| January | 13.3% | 42.3% | 3.0% | 31.0% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.5% |
I think these stats when looked in conjunction with the AndrewSellick.com stats provide more questions than answers, however, they both do seem to show Firefox as (eventually) the market leading web browser.
Let me know of your thoughts and web stats below.
Long live the Fox….