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Internet Statistics – March 2009

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Browser Statistics

march-09_browser-trendIE8 has been released, but unfortunately will not be a high priority until around the 20th April 2009.

Biggest Rise: Safari (3.09%)
Biggest Fall: Other (-2.82%)

OS Statistics

march-09_os-averageWinXP is still very dominant, but is losing ground to Vista and other OS’s.

Biggest Rise: Vista (0.31%)
Biggest Fall: WinXP (-0.39%)

Internet Penetration

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Latin America/Caribbean and North America had the same increase in Internet Penetration in March 2009. Could the gradual increase in Internet Penetration be a sign that the recession is soon to subside?

Internet Usage

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Internet Usage stayed relatively constant in relation the previous month, even though there was an increase in internet penetration.

New iPod Shuffle

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

View Apple’s iPod Shuffle Website | Buy it on Amazon

I’m not sure what to make of this, either someone at Apple has gone crazy or they released it’s next wave of geniuses.

The Specifications can be found here.

Related Links

Future Stuff : 4GB iPod Shuffle in the works?
SNL Envisioned New iPod Shuffle in 2005
Apple’s redesigned iPod shuffle hits 4GB, talks to you

Internet Statistics – February 2009

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Browser Statistics

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IE6 is dying slowly; maybe it’s time we drop support for it.

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Biggest Rise: Other (2.29%)
Biggest Fall: Safari (-2.45%)  Possibly due to new version of Safari, or that a hacker said Apple Safari is ‘easy pickings’.

OS Statistics

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WinXP is still a very dominant. Maybe Windows 7 will be its downfall.

feb-09-os-trendsBiggest Rise: Mac (0.9%)
Biggest Fall: WinXP (-0.51%)

Internet Penetration

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Latin America/Caribbean internet penetration has grown by 4.5%

Internet Usage

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Asians seem to have a high internet usage and is expect to grow even more!

feb-09-internet-usage-averagesRelated Links

W3C Browser Information
Global Market Share Statistics
Internet Traffic Report
The ISC Domain Survey

*This data is an average from approximately 25 differently sources (Some listed above). Feel free to use the graphs and pie charts; however a link back would be appreciated.

Internet Statistics – January 2009

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Browser Statistics

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FF (33.27%) and IE7 (36.51%) are almost equal in market share.

Biggest Rise: Safari (1.46%)
Biggest Fall: FF (-1.81%), but closely followed by IE6 (-1.18%).

OS Statistics

jan-09-os-statsWinXP is still a very dominant OS even though it had a -1.53% fall.

Biggest Rise: Vista (1.13%)
Biggest Fall: WinXP (-1.53%)

Internet Penetration

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North America currently has the largest penetration percentage (73.6%)

Internet Usage

jan-09-internet-usage2Asia currently has the highest internet usage.