Firefox 3.5 Becomes World's Most Popular Browser (Version)
Firefox 3.5 Becomes World's Most Popular Browser (Version)
Posted 12/21/2009 at 4:50pm
| by Pulkit Chandna
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Mozilla released Firefox 3.5 back in June, leaving it with ample time to finish the year on a high that has no precedent in Mozilla's history. It has become the single most popular browser (version) in the world, according to StatCounter. It completed its conquest of the globe last week when it edged past IE 7.
Its share of the browser market stood at 21.93 percent, a shade ahead of IE 7's 21.2 percent. But the various versions of Internet Explorer are still a force to reckon with and together command more than half of the global browser market, with Mozilla's Firefox coming in second with around 32 percent.
IE8 has managed to stave off Firefox 3.5 in North America. The former leads in the region with around 25 percent market share. Most of Firefox's growth seems to be coming from Europe and Asia.
Image Credit: StatCounter
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gendoikari1
December 21, 2009 at 5:17pm
People still use IE7? I thought IE8 replaced it across the board.
lien_meat
December 21, 2009 at 5:55pm
IE6 is still being used by a huge number of people too...when IE7 was supposed to replace that. Just because there is a new version of a browser out, it doesn't mean that people care to try it (or know to, or can, as some work environments require you use a certain browser). Windows update doesn't work if you don't use windows update either...so that's how people have old browsers installed still.
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