Web developers be aware: Many
users still have only 800x600 display screens.What is the trend in browser usage, operating systems and screen resolution?
Statistics are important information. What you can read from the statistics below is that Internet Explorer 6 is the most common browser, XP is the most dominating operating system, and most users are using a display with 1024x768 pixels or more, with a color depth of at least 65K colors.
| 2006 | IE7 | IE6 | IE5 | Ffox | Moz | N | O |
| July | 1.9% | 57.8% | 4.2% | 25.0% | 2.2% | 0.4% | 1.4% |
| June | 1.6% | 58.2% | 4.3% | 24.9% | 2.2% | 0.3% | 1.4% |
| May | 1.1% | 57.4% | 4.5% | 25.7% | 2.3% | 0.3% | 1.5% |
| April | 0.7% | 58.0% | 5.0% | 25.2% | 2.5% | 0.4% | 1.5% |
| March | 0.6% | 58.8% | 5.3% | 24.5% | 2.4% | 0.5% | 1.5% |
| February | 0.5% | 59.5% | 5.7% | 25.1% | 2.9% | 0.4% | 1.5% |
| January | 0.2% | 60.3% | 5.5% | 25.0% | 3.1% | 0.5% | 1.6% |
| 2005 | IE6 | IE5 | Ffox | Moz | N7 | O8 | O7 |
| December | 61.5% | 6.5% | 24.0% | 2.7% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.2% |
| November | 62.7% | 6.2% | 23.6% | 2.8% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.2% |
| October | 67.5% | 6.0% | 19.6% | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 0.2% |
| September | 69.8% | 5.7% | 18.0% | 2.5% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.2% |
| August | 68.4% | 6.3% | 18.9% | 2.4% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.3% |
| July | 67.9% | 5.9% | 19.8% | 2.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% |
| June | 65.0% | 6.8% | 20.7% | 2.9% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| May | 64.8% | 6.8% | 21.0% | 3.1% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% |
| April | 63.5% | 7.9% | 20.9% | 3.1% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| March | 63.6% | 8.9% | 18.9% | 3.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 1.6% |
| February | 63.9% | 9.5% | 17.9% | 3.3% | 1.0% | 1.7% | |
| January | 64.8% | 9.7% | 16.6% | 3.4% | 1.1% | 1.9% | |
| 2004 | IE6 | IE5 | Moz | N3 | N7 | N4 | O7 |
| December | 65.5% | 9.9% | 17.0% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 0.2% | 1.8% |
| November | 66.0% | 10.2% | 16.5% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 1.6% |
| October | 67.3% | 10.8% | 14.7% | 0.3% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 1.6% |
| September | 67.8% | 11.2% | 13.7% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 0.3% | 1.7% |
| August | 67.0% | 13.0% | 12.7% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| July | 67.2% | 13.2% | 12.6% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| June | 67.6% | 13.2% | 12.2% | 0.5% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| May | 68.1% | 13.8% | 9.5% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| April | 68.2% | 14.0% | 8.5% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1.4% |
| March | 68.2% | 14.6% | 7.9% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1.4% |
| February | 68.3% | 15.2% | 7.3% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 1.5% |
| January | 68.9% | 15.8% | 5.5% | 0.4% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 1.5% |
| 2003 | IE6 | IE5 | Moz | N3 | N7 | N4 | O7 |
| November | 71.2% | 13.7% | 7.2% | 0.5% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 1.9% |
| September | 69.7% | 16.9% | 6.2% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 1.8% |
| July | 66.9% | 20.3% | 5.7% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| May | 65.0% | 22.7% | 4.6% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| March | 63.4% | 24.6% | 4.2% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| January | 55.3% | 29.3% | 4.0% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.7% | |
| 2002 | IE6 | IE5 | AOL | N3 | N5 | N4 | IE4 |
| November | 53.5% | 29.9% | 5.2% | 1.1% | 4.9% | 2.0% | |
| September | 49.1% | 34.4% | 4.5% | 1.3% | 4.5% | 2.2% | |
| July | 44.4% | 40.1% | 3.5% | 1.2% | 3.5% | 2.6% | 0.5% |
| May | 40.7% | 46.0% | 2.8% | 1.2% | 2.7% | 3.4% | 0.7% |
| March | 36.7% | 49.4% | 3.0% | 1.2% | 2.4% | 4.1% | 0.7% |
| January | 30.1% | 55.7% | 2.8% | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4.4% | 1.0% |
| IE | Internet Explorer |
| Ffox | Firefox (identified as Mozilla before 2005) |
| Moz | Mozilla |
| O | Opera |
| N | Netscape |
| AOL | America Online (based on both Internet Explorer and Mozilla) |
Browsers that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.
W3Schools is a website for people with an interest for web technologies. These people are more interested in using alternative browsers than the average user. The average user tends to use Internet Explorer, since it comes preinstalled with Windows. Most do not seek out other browsers.
These facts indicate that the browser figures below are not 100% realistic. Other web sites have statistics showing that Internet Explorer is used by at least 80% of the users.
Anyway, our data, collected over a five year period, clearly shows the long and medium-term trends.
Windows XP is the most popular operating system. The windows family counts for nearly 90%:
| 2006 | WinXP | W2000 | Win98 | WinNT | W2003 | Linux | Mac |
| July | 74.3% | 10.1% | 1.5% | 0.3% | 2.0% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| June | 74.1% | 10.6% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 2.0% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| May | 74.2% | 10.7% | 1.6% | 0.2% | 2.0% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| April | 74.0% | 11.2% | 1.8% | 0.3% | 1.9% | 3.3% | 3.6% |
| March | 72.9% | 11.9% | 2.0% | 0.3% | 1.8% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
| February | 73.3% | 12.3% | 2.1% | 0.3% | 1.8% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| January | 72.3% | 13.1% | 2.4% | 0.3% | 1.7% | 3.3% | 3.5% |
| 2005 | WinXP | W2000 | Win98 | WinNT | W2003 | Linux | Mac |
| December | 71.6% | 13.6% | 2.6% | 0.3% | 1.7% | 3.2% | 3.3% |
| November | 71.0% | 14.6% | 2.7% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| October | 70.2% | 15.0% | 2.8% | 0.4% | 1.6% | 3.3% | 3.2% |
| September | 69.2% | 15.8% | 3.2% | 0.5% | 1.7% | 3.3% | 3.1% |
| August | 66.3% | 17.5% | 3.2% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 3.3% | 2.9% |
| July | 65.3% | 17.7% | 3.9% | 0.6% | 1.6% | 3.5% | 3.0% |
| June | 64.9% | 19.1% | 3.6% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3.5% | 3.0% |
| May | 64.5% | 19.4% | 3.9% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 3.3% | 2.9% |
| April | 64.0% | 19.7% | 4.1% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 3.3% | 2.9% |
| March | 63.1% | 20.2% | 4.7% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 3.2% | 3.0% |
| February | 62.0% | 21.1% | 5.1% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 3.2% | 2.9% |
| January | 61.3% | 21.6% | 5.3% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 3.2% | 2.8% |
| 2004 | WinXP | W2000 | Win98 | WinNT | Win95 | Linux | Mac |
| December | 59.8% | 23.5% | 5.4% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 3.1% | 2.7% |
| November | 59.1% | 23.7% | 5.6% | 1.2% | 0.1% | 3.1% | 2.7% |
| October | 57.8% | 25.0% | 6.0% | 1.3% | 0.2% | 3.1% | 2.6% |
| September | 55.9% | 26.2% | 6.4% | 1.5% | 0.2% | 3.1% | 2.6% |
| August | 53.2% | 28.1% | 7.0% | 1.8% | 0.2% | 3.0% | 2.5% |
| July | 52.5% | 28.4% | 7.5% | 1.9% | 0.2% | 3.1% | 2.4% |
| June | 51.2% | 29.6% | 8.0% | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2.9% | 2.5% |
| May | 51.0% | 29.6% | 8.2% | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2.9% | 2.5% |
| April | 49.7% | 30.2% | 8.7% | 2.2% | 0.3% | 2.7% | 2.5% |
| March | 48.0% | 31.1% | 9.4% | 2.4% | 0.4% | 2.6% | 2.4% |
| February | 46.0% | 32.8% | 9.5% | 2.9% | 0.4% | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| January | 44.1% | 33.6% | 10.4% | 3.0% | 0.4% | 2.7% | 2.4% |
| 2003 | WinXP | W2000 | Win98 | WinNT | Win95 | Linux | Mac |
| December | 43.6% | 35.2% | 10.5% | 3.4% | 0.4% | 2.7% | 2.3% |
| November | 42.6% | 36.3% | 10.9% | 3.5% | 0.4% | 2.6% | 2.2% |
| October | 39.4% | 37.8% | 11.5% | 4.0% | 0.5% | 2.5% | 2.1% |
| September | 38.0% | 37.9% | 12.1% | 4.1% | 0.5% | 2.4% | 2.0% |
| August | 36.3% | 39.9% | 12.6% | 4.6% | 0.5% | 2.4% | 2.0% |
| July | 33.9% | 40.6% | 12.6% | 5.3% | 0.6% | 2.3% | 1.9% |
| June | 32.8% | 40.4% | 13.4% | 5.4% | 0.6% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| May | 31.4% | 41.0% | 13.9% | 5.8% | 0.7% | 2.2% | 1.8% |
| April | 30.8% | 40.9% | 14.7% | 6.0% | 0.7% | 2.1% | 1.8% |
| March | 29.1% | 41.9% | 14.8% | 6.6% | 0.8% | 2.2% | 1.8% |
Platforms that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.
The current trend is that more and more computers are using a screen size of 1024x768 pixels or more:
| 2006 | Higher | 1024x768 | 800x600 | 640x480 | Unknown |
| January | 17% | 57% | 20% | 0% | 6% |
| 2005 | |||||
| July | 14% | 55% | 25% | 0% | 6% |
| January | 12% | 53% | 30% | 0% | 5% |
| 2004 | |||||
| July | 10% | 50% | 35% | 1% | 4% |
| January | 10% | 47% | 37% | 1% | 5% |
| 2003 | |||||
| July | 8% | 43% | 44% | 2% | 5% |
| January | 6% | 40% | 47% | 2% | 5% |
| 2002 | |||||
| October | 6% | 38% | 49% | 2% | 5% |
Web developers be aware: Many
users still have only 800x600 display screens.
The current trend is that most computers use 24 or 32 bits hardware to display 16,777,216 different colors:
Older computers and laptops often use 16 bits display hardware. This gives a maximum of 65,536 different colors.
Handheld computers (and very old computers) often use 8 bits color hardware. This gives a maximum of 256 colors.
| 2006 | 16,777,216 | 65,536 | 256 |
| January | 81% | 16% | 3% |
| 2005 | |||
| July | 77% | 20% | 3% |
| January | 72% | 25% | 3% |
| 2004 | |||
| July | 69% | 28% | 3% |
| January | 65% | 31% | 4% |
| 2003 | |||
| July | 55% | 40% | 5% |
| January | 51% | 44% | 5% |
| 2002 | |||
| October | 49% | 46% | 5% |
Read more about the display of
colors: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colors.asp
There are no absolute trends about the use of JavaScript. Some users have scripting turned off. Some browsers don't support scripting:
| 2006 | JavaScript On | JavaScript Off |
| January | 90% | 10% |
| 2005 | ||
| July | 90% | 10% |
| January | 89% | 11% |
| 2004 | ||
| July | 90% | 10% |
| January | 92% | 8% |
| 2003 | ||
| July | 89% | 11% |
| January | 89% | 11% |
| 2002 | ||
| October | 88% | 12% |
INDEX | STATISTIEKEN | INTERNET EXPLORER| NETSCAPE | MOZILLA | FIREFOX | OPERA
bron: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp