The Browser War

Who is winning the browser war?

What is the trend in browser usage at W3Schools?.

The Browser War

When new browsers are released it is always interesting to see how fast they can pick up marked shares.

Note: The statistics below are extracted from W3Schools weekly log-files. Statistics are often misleading. Different sites attracts different audiences and the log may have an incomplete or faulty browser detection.

Browser Statistics Week by Week

IE 6	Internet Explorer 6.x
IE 5	Internet Explorer 5.x
IE 4	Internet Explorer 4.x
AOL	America Online
NN 5+	Netscape 5.x / 6.x or compatible
NN 4	Netscape 4.x
NN 3	Netscape 3.x

Week	IE 6	IE 5	IE 4	AOL	NN 3	NN 4	NN 5+
Year 2001
Week 48	23.2%	61.9%	1.1%	2.7%	1.3%	5.4%	2.0%
Week 50	24.9%	60.5%	1.1%	2.2%	1.2%	5.5%	2.3%
Week 52	27.2%	56.8%	1.1%	2.4%	1.2%	4.8%	2.4%
Year 2002
Week 2	27.7%	57.9%	1.0%	2.4%	1.4%	4.7%	2.3%
Week 4	30.1%	55.7%	1.0%	2.8%	1.3%	4.4%	2.2%
Week 6	31.1%	55.0%	1.0%	2.5%	1.2%	4.5%	2.3%
Week 8	33.5%	52.9%	0.9%	2.7%	1.2%	4.4%	2.3%
Week 10	35.7%	50.0%	0.8%	3.1%	1.1%	4.0%	2.5%
Week 12	36.7%	49.4%	0.7%	3.0%	1.2%	4.1%	2.4%
Week 14	37.6%	48.6%	0.7%	3.2%	1.4%	3.5%	2.4%
Week 16	39.0%	48.2%	0.7%	3.2%	1.4%	3.8%	2.6%
Week 18	40.7%	46.4%	0.7%	2.7%	1.2%	3.5%	2.5%
Week 20	40.7%	46.0%	0.7%	2.8%	1.2%	3.4%	2.7%
Week 22	41.9%	44.4%	0.6%	3.0%	1.2%	3.2%	2.9%
Week 24	43.2%	43.3%	0.6%	2.7%	1.2%	3.1%	3.1%

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

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