Browser Market Share Vs Browser Usage Statistics

Hello there,
I was wondering if anyone could tell me the percentage of people who use
internet explorer VS firefox/mozilla for example when searching for browser
market share internet exploers stat is at 90% but when searing for browser
statistics it is at 70%

could someone please clear this up, i reckon its because that the browser
market share is how many computers actually have internet explorer and
browser usage statistics is actually how many people use a particular
browser, because most people would ahve itnernet explorer installed right
because most people run widow

anyway thanks alot
nathan

 

A recent count had firefox at over 10% and rising, of browsers in use.
If you add straight mozilla then that would have to be considerably more?

Just remember that the figures are skewed by non-Internet-Explorer users
setting their web browsers as Internet Explorer so they can access web
sites usually running a Microsoft server that is administered by an
incompetent person who can't configure a website properly to allow other
browsers (which are usually more secure) to access that site.
For skewed statistics, go to a "Microsoft" based website and the stats will
show a massive majority for "Internet Explorer", go to a "Linux" based
web site and there will be a massive majority for "Non Internet Explorer"
web browsers and I suppose go to a "Mac" site and "Safari" et al will be
the most common.

I use linux and often set my web browser to identify as something like
"Windows 2000 with Internet Explorer 5.01", yeah right, but it works ;-)
So there are several more supposed "IE" statistics for you

As far as getting some definate figures?
Good Luck!!

 

hi yeah i guess most statistics are bias

but there must be a true soruce of statistics somewhere

Nathan

 

There are a lot of people using MSIE derivatives
that are much more user friendly and secure than
MSIE yet they show on the stats as MSIE. I use
Avant, free and much more useful, and there are
many others out there.

The market share stats are more based on who
sold or had downloaded copies of the software,
whilst the usage stats are based on the browser
type identified as when hitting web sites. The
usage stats would show a higher level of non MSIE
hits than the market share as many technically
knowledgeable people will use almost anything
other than MSIE to get the better security, and
the people who worry about security most also
do a lot more surfing that the casual users who
don't care what browser they use.

Deadly Ernest

@bywater.net.au

(my new keyboard, with small keys,
accepts full responsibility for all
typographical and spelling errors)

 

No one can tell you, basically because its impossible to measure.

You cant even use the data from particular web sites
that keep track of what browsers are used on them,
because the mix varys a lot with the particular web site.

Even something like google isnt much use because some
browsers like firefox dont work that well on the google site.

And what does it matter anyway ?

 

Nope, because its completely impossible to measure
usage, particularly when some browsers are deliberately
setup to lie about what browser they are.

Its theoretically possible to work out what the browser
actually is by testing known quirks of each browser,
but even that only tells you about the mix that visit the
particular site that is running that code.

Browser type used has to vary a lot from type of site to type of
site. You'll likely find less use of IE on the linux sites for example.

 

Yeah - 47.3% of all statistics are made up anyway.

 

hi there, yes i can understand your point that there can never be any real
true statistics, but never the less, there are many 'pay for statistics'
sites that are around so therefore many people may be paying for what is
deamed to be true statistics,

anyway that wasnt my real point for being interested in this discussion, i
just wanted to know which browser was the most commonly used, cause like if
you look at many computer magazines and internet magazines they just seem to
be pulling statiscs out of the air
nathan

 

Those are only stats specific to the particular site paying for them.

Not the general stats you were asking about.

Not on that particular issue, what the browser
really is rather than what its set to pretend to be.

Thats IE by far, even if you're talking about what
it really is rather than what its set to pretend to be.

Yep, essentially because its not practical to measure it accurately.

It isnt even practical to accurately measure what the browser
is set to pretend to be accurately, because that varys a lot
from site to site, most obviously with the linux sites for example.

 

The good thing about made up statistics is that its usually more accurate.
Most made up statistics use one decimal place while real statistics do not
use any.

So if you want accurate results it appears common practice to make up the
statistics.