Browser Statistics

Browser statistics are interesting reading for website developers.

What we can read from the current statistics, is that Internet Explorer is the dominating browser, and that most users are displaying 800x600 pixels or more, with a color depth of at least 65K colors.

Browser Statistics

Browser Version	Jul 01	Oct 01	Jan 02	Apr 02	Jul 02
Internet Explorer 6.x		9%	23%	32%	39%
Internet Explorer 5.x	81%	71%	64%	55%	51%
Internet Explorer 4.x	7%	5%	4%	3%	2%

Netscape 4.x	5%	5%	4%	4%	3%
Other Netscape compatible	4%	5%	1%	1%	1%

Browsers that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.

Display Statistics

Screen Resolution	Jul 01	Oct 01	Jan 02	Apr 02	Jul 02
1024x768 or more	38%	37%	39%	41%	44%
800x600	53%	54%	52%	51%	50%
640x480	4%	4%	4%	3%	3%
Other or Unknown	5%	5%	5%	5%	3%

Color Depth	Jul 01	Oct 01	Jan 02	Apr 02	Jul 02
32 bit (max color power)	26%	28%	31%	34%	36%
24 bit (16 million colors)	10%	11%	10%	10%	10%
16 bit (65000 colors)	58%	55%	53%	50%	48%
8 bit (256 colors)	4%	4%	4%	4%	3%
Other or Unknown	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%

OS Statistics

Operating System	Jul 01	Oct 01	Jan 02	Apr 02	Jul 02
Windows 98 / ME	74%	70%	65%	65%	64%
Windows 95	8%	7%	6%	5%	4%
Windows NT	5%	5%	4%	5%	5%
Windows 2000	7%	11%	16%	17%	20%
MAC	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%

Operating systems that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.

JavaScript	Jul 01	Oct 01	Jan 02	Apr 02	Jul 02
JavaScript 1.2 (or higher)	88%	86%	88%	87%	88%
JavaScript 1.1.(or less)	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
JavaScript Turned Off	11%	12%	11%	11%	11%
Unknown	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%

Source : http://www.thecounter.com/

Other Internet Statistics

http://webdesign.about.com/cs/statistics/

http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat.htm

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