Guardian.co.uk references a Net Applications' chart from January 2010 showing that IE8 now commands the largest maket share of any browser in the world. Previously, IE6 held the crown. For some time now, Microsoft, as well as many other companies (such as Google), have been trying to push people away from IE6 and upgrade to the latest available version. It seems that all the pushing, combined with strong Windows 7 sales, is paying off.
In January 2010, IE8 has captured 22.31 percent of the browser market. According to Guardian, if you count the times that IE8 is used in compatibility mode, its market share jumps another 3 percent. NetApps also shows that Windows XP's market share is declining. The world's most dominant OS has fallen from 75.02 percent in March 2009, to 66.31 percent in January 2010. As more users replace Windows XP with 7, IE 8 will gain market share as it is the default browser for most copies of the Windows 7 platform.
Here's the current browser market breakdown:
- IE8 - 22.31%
- IE6 - 20.07%
- Firefox 3.5 - 17.01%
- IE7 - 14.58%
- Firefox 3.0 - 5.29%
- Chrome - 3.92%
- Safari - 3.55%
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