Web Statistics and Trends
Display Resolution
The current trend is that more and more computers are using a screen size of 1024x768 pixels or more:
| Date |
Higher |
1024x768 |
800x600 |
640x480 |
Unknown |
| January 2008 |
38% |
48% |
8% |
0% |
6% |
| January 2007 |
26% |
54% |
14% |
0% |
6% |
| January 2006 |
17% |
57% |
20% |
0% |
6% |
| January 2005 |
12% |
53% |
30% |
0% |
5% |
| January 2004 |
10% |
47% |
37% |
1% |
5% |
| January 2003 |
6% |
40% |
47% |
2% |
5% |
| January 2002 |
6% |
34% |
52% |
3% |
5% |
| January 2001 |
5% |
29% |
55% |
6% |
5% |
| January 2000 |
4% |
25% |
56% |
11% |
4% |
Browser Statistics
Internet Explorer is the most common browser. However, FireFox has become quite popular as well.
| 2008 |
IE7 |
IE6 |
IE5 |
Fx |
Moz |
S |
O |
| April |
24.9% |
28.9% |
1.0% |
39.1% |
1.0% |
2.2% |
1.4% |
| March |
23.3% |
29.5% |
1.1% |
37.0% |
1.1% |
2.1% |
1.4% |
| February |
22.7% |
30.7% |
1.3% |
36.5% |
1.2% |
2.0% |
1.4% |
| January |
21.2% |
32.0% |
1.5% |
36.4% |
1.3% |
1.9% |
1.4% |
OS Platform Statistics
Windows XP is the most popular operating system. The windows family counts for nearly 90%:
| 2008 |
WinXP |
W2000 |
Win98 |
Vista |
W2003 |
Linux |
Mac |
| April |
73.3% |
3.3% |
0.5% |
8.8% |
1.9% |
3.7% |
4.6% |
| March |
72.7% |
3.7% |
0.6% |
8.5% |
1.9% |
3.9% |
4.4% |
| February |
72.4% |
4.0% |
0.8% |
7.8% |
1.8% |
3.8% |
4.3% |
| January |
73.6% |
4.0% |
0.8% |
7.3% |
1.9% |
3.6% |
4.4% |
JavaScript Statistics
Some users have scripting turned off. Some browsers don't support scripting:
| Date |
JavaScript On |
JavaScript Off |
| January 2008 |
95% |
5% |
| January 2007 |
94% |
6% |
| January 2006 |
90% |
10% |
| January 2005 |
89% |
11% |
| January 2004 |
92% |
8% |
| January 2003 |
89% |
11% |
| January 2002 |
88% |
12% |
| January 2001 |
81% |
19% |
| January 2000 |
80% |
20% |
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W3Schools' famous month-by-month statistics and trends:
http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp
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