{"id":471,"date":"2009-03-19T11:42:56","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T18:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/metrics\/?p=471"},"modified":"2019-09-18T12:07:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T19:07:07","slug":"what-is-firefoxs-market-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/metrics\/2009\/03\/19\/what-is-firefoxs-market-share\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Firefox’s Market Share?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recent weeks, we’ve seen either major updates or new launches from a couple significant sources of browser market share.\u00a0 Thus, we thought this would be a good opportunity to provide a high-level overview of a few sources that are out there, what their samples look like, and the ability of each to slice and dice data.<\/p>\n

Below you’ll find four different sources of browser market share data.\u00a0 Please note this isn’t meant to be a comprehensive list (if you know of other good sources, please leave a comment).\u00a0 I’ve sorted the following by sample size, largest to smallest, based purely on my own best guess.<\/p>\n

1) Gemius<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gemius<\/a> describes themselves as the “largest online research agency in Central and Eastern Europe”.\u00a0 Even though their data is concentrated on just one region<\/a>, their sample size is stellar.\u00a0 Looking at any report, you can quickly see the exact number of page views that their data is based on, e.g., browser market share for last week in Poland<\/a> is based on nearly 10 Billion page views.\u00a0 Looking across different countries, it appears that their monthly sample size is greater than 50 Billion page views.\u00a0 Better yet, all of Gemius’ market share data is free and publicly available.<\/p>\n

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2) Net Applications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Net Applications<\/a> describes themselves as “a leading source of applications for webmasters and eMarketers”.\u00a0 Their browser market share data has been published for many years and has been often relied upon by the business press.\u00a0 Derived from site visitors to their network of live stats customers, Net Applications’ data is based on 160 million visitors per month.\u00a0 Most of their data is available publicly<\/a>, and for a small subscription fee, you can also drill into their data by region\/country, by week, and in several other ways.<\/p>\n

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3) StatCounter<\/strong><\/p>\n

StatCounter<\/a> appears a bit similar to Net Applications in that they’re a web analytics firm publishing market share reports based on data from across their customers’ web sites.\u00a0 While StatCounter has been around for many years, they just recently launched their browser market share report.\u00a0 They present a super slick (i.e., cool) interface<\/a> where you can instantly adjust the date range, select a region\/country, and choose a bar or trended line chart.\u00a0 And it’s all publicly available.\u00a0 They describe their sample as follows, “Stats are based on aggregate data collected by StatCounter on a sample exceeding 4 billion pageviews per month collected from across the StatCounter network of more than 3 million websites.”\u00a0 So far, I’ve noticed a few inconsistencies when drilling down by region or country (and the data only dates to last summer), but otherwise, it’s good to see StatCounter recently release this service.<\/p>\n

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4) AT Internet Institute (formerly Xiti)<\/strong><\/p>\n

AT Internet Institute<\/a> describes itself as a company that “enables an integral analysis of websites, intranet and mobile sites”.\u00a0 They have been publishing browser market share reports<\/a> for nearly five years, and they collect their data in a way similar to the providers highlighted above.\u00a0 For their most recent report<\/a> (released last week), AT Internet Institute describes their sample as a “cross-section of 122,099 websites”.\u00a0 I believe the majority of these sites are based in France, and the vast majority of the traffic comes from European internet users.\u00a0 While you can’t drill down into their raw data, their quarterly reports do a fairly good job of analyzing and interpreting interesting trends.<\/p>\n

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