{"id":34316,"date":"2011-09-20T13:14:26","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T11:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=34316"},"modified":"2011-09-20T13:18:07","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T11:18:07","slug":"browser-wars-usage-stats-for-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/34316-browser-wars-usage-stats-for-august-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Browser Wars: Usage stats for August 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

While most users take it for granted, a web browser is actually a complex piece of software.<\/p>\n

On top of that, the web has evolved and your browser needs to be capable of rendering intricate web pages and provide a solid user experience to boot.<\/p>\n

It is a good thing then, that there is so much choice to be had in browser software; whether you want something lean and minimalist, all the bells and whistles, or a browser with a specific subset of features that appeals to you.<\/p>\n

If a browser doesn\u2019t have everything you want, then the big 5 browsers, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera, all let you load plugins and extensions to customise your browsing experience as you see fit.<\/p>\n

Regardless of which you prefer, most like to know how their browser of choice is doing in terms of its global (and local) usage and cheer them on, or perhaps rage against the stacked odds.<\/p>\n

The same way many South Africans like to watch sports, really.<\/p>\n

Desktop browser usage stats<\/h3>\n

Now\u2026 without further ado, the worldwide and South African browser usage statistics as per StatCounter.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
StatCounter desktop browser stats: July 2011<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Browser<\/strong><\/th>\nWorldwide<\/strong><\/th>\nSouth Africa<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Internet Explorer<\/td>\n41.89%<\/td>\n59.79%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Firefox<\/td>\n27.49%<\/td>\n19.91%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chrome<\/td>\n23.16%<\/td>\n14.63%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Safari<\/td>\n5.19%<\/td>\n4.10%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Opera<\/td>\n1.67%<\/td>\n1.16%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other<\/td>\n0.60%<\/td>\n0.41%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

As can be seen, Chrome\u2019s global rise seems to continue unabated while Internet Explorer and Firefox continue to bleed usage share.<\/p>\n

Safari\u2019s usage also\u00a0 continues to steadily climb while Opera\u2019s remains more-or-less stable.<\/p>\n

We also recently started looking at browser usage on MyBroadband, the table and chart for which is shown below.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/strong><\/th>\nBrowser<\/strong><\/th>\n2011 August<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nInternet Explorer<\/td>\n33.22%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nFirefox<\/td>\n30.06%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nChrome<\/td>\n23.31%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nSafari<\/td>\n6.26%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nOpera Mini<\/td>\n3.74%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nOpera<\/td>\n2.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nOther<\/td>\n1.41%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
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MyBroadband August 2011 browser usage graph<\/p><\/div>\n

Mobile browser usage stats<\/h3>\n

More people are starting to use the Internet from their mobile phones and tablet PCs, especially on the African continent.<\/p>\n

The fact that Opera Mini usage on MyBroadband continues to be higher than that of the normal Opera desktop browser supports this. It is interesting to see the usage share of mobile browsers.<\/p>\n

The table below shows the worldwide and South African usage share of mobile browsers according to StatCounter.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
StatCounter mobile browser stats: July 2011<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Browser<\/strong><\/th>\nWorldwide<\/strong><\/th>\nSouth Africa<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Opera<\/td>\n21.61%<\/td>\n66.35%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nokia<\/td>\n16.99%<\/td>\n13.73%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iPhone<\/td>\n14.91%<\/td>\n6.36%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Android<\/td>\n19.72%<\/td>\n4.38%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BlackBerry<\/td>\n11.64%<\/td>\n3.02%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NetFront<\/td>\n4.05%<\/td>\n1.33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iPod Touch<\/td>\n4.40%<\/td>\n0.59%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samsung<\/td>\n0.62%<\/td>\n1.65%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Openwave<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n0.49%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UCWEB<\/td>\n0.81%<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other<\/td>\n5.25%<\/td>\n2.10%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chrome\u2019s popularity is still rising while usage of Firefox and Internet Explorer continue to slide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":34322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[605,979,1567,981,167,1137,35,983,123,975,4930,207,985],"class_list":["post-34316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","category-software","tag-apple","tag-browser","tag-chrome","tag-firefox","tag-google","tag-google-chrome","tag-headline","tag-internet-explorer","tag-microsoft","tag-mozilla","tag-mozilla-firefox","tag-opera","tag-safari"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34320,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34316\/revisions\/34320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}