Have US web users suddenly turned nostalgic for ancient browsers? One potential explanation could be the high profile corporate hacks and denial of service (DoS) attacks on the Xbox and Sony gaming networks.
During December, IE8 usage tripled from 5.03% to 14.37%. IE8 usage dropped everywhere - except the USA.
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Windows XP is the primary candidate for IE8 and the OS is heavily used throughout Asia. It took me some time to trace where the growth occurred. Microsoft won’t be celebrating though: more than 80% of the gain was for IE8. Chrome dropped almost 2% while Internet Explorer increased by 2.7%. There are several caveats so I recommend you read How Browser Market Share is Calculated.)ĭecember isn’t always a ‘normal’ month but 2014 was especially weird. 4.7% of Safari desktop users switched browsers last month. The ‘relative’ column indicates the proportional change, i.e. The ‘change’ column is the absolute increase or decrease in market share. (The tables show market share estimates for desktop browsers. The following table shows browser usage movements during the past twelve months: Browser Worldwide Desktop & Tablet Browser Statistics, December 2013 to December 2014 The following table shows browser usage movements during the past month. In last month’s browser trends report, Internet Explorer slipped further below the 20% mark but the latest figures from StatCounter indicate some strange user behavior… Worldwide Desktop & Tablet Browser Statistics, November to December 2014