Browser Statistics Month by Month

2005	IE 6	IE 5	O 7	Ffox	Moz	NN 4	NN 7
January	65.4%	4.5%	2.1%	18.7%	4.1%	0.3%	1.1%
2004	IE 6	IE 5	O 7	Moz	NN 3	NN 4	NN 7
December	66.0%	4.8%	2.0%	21.3%	0.2%	0.3%	1.2%
November	68.5%	5.0%	2.2%	19.3%	0.2%	0.2%	1.2%
October	69.5%	5.7%	2.2%	17.5%	0.2%	0.2%	1.3%
September	69.6%	6.2%	2.3%	16.9%	0.2%	0.2%	1.3%
August	70.3%	7.0%	2.3%	15.5%	0.3%	0.3%	1.4%
July	71.0%	7.7%	2.3%	13.8%	0.3%	0.3%	1.4%
June	72.4%	8.3%	2.3%	11.8%	0.3%	0.3%	1.4%
May	72.6%	9.2%	2.2%	11.0%	0.3%	0.3%	1.4%
April	72.4%	10.1%	2.1%	10.3%	0.3%	0.3%	1.4%
March	72.1%	10.7%	2.1%	9.6%	0.4%	0.4%	1.4%
February	71.5%	11.5%	2.2%	9.0%	0.4%	0.4%	1.5%
January	71.3%	12.8%	2.1%	8.2%	0.4%	0.5%	1.5%
2003	IE 6	IE 5	O 7	Moz	NN 3	NN 4	NN 7
November	71.2%	13.7%	1.9%	7.2%	0.5%	0.5%	1.6%
September	69.7%	16.9%	1.8%	6.2%	0.6%	0.6%	1.5%
July	66.9%	20.3%	1.7%	5.7%	0.6%	0.6%	1.5%
May	65.0%	22.7%	1.4%	4.6%	1.0%	0.9%	1.4%
March	63.4%	24.6%	1.2%	4.2%	0.9%	1.1%	1.4%
January	55.3%	29.3%		4.0%	1.2%	1.7%	1.1%
2002	IE 6	IE 5	IE 4	AOL	NN 3	NN 4	NN 5+
November	53.5%	29.9%		5.2%	1.1%	2.0%	4.9%
September	49.1%	34.4%		4.5%	1.3%	2.2%	4.5%
July	44.4%	40.1%	0.5%	3.5%	1.2%	2.6%	3.5%
May	40.7%	46.0%	0.7%	2.8%	1.2%	3.4%	2.7%
March	36.7%	49.4%	0.7%	3.0%	1.2%	4.1%	2.4%
January	30.1%	55.7%	1.0%	2.8%	1.3%	4.4%	2.2%

IE	Internet Explorer
Ffox	Firefox (identified as Mozilla before 2005)
Moz	Mozilla
O	Opera
NN	Netscape
AOL	America Online (based on both Internet Explorer and Mozilla)

Browsers that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.

OS Platform Statistics

Current trend is that Windows XP is growing fast. The windows family counts for about 90%:

2004	Win XP	W2000	Win 98	Win NT	Win 95	Linux	Mac
December	59.8%	23.5%	5.4%	1.1%	0.1%	3.1%	2.7%
November	59.1%	23.7%	5.6%	1.2%	0.1%	3.1%	2.7%
October	57.8%	25.0%	6.0%	1.3%	0.2%	3.1%	2.6%
September	55.9%	26.2%	6.4%	1.5%	0.2%	3.1%	2.6%
August	53.2%	28.1%	7.0%	1.8%	0.2%	3.0%	2.5%
July	52.5%	28.4%	7.5%	1.9%	0.2%	3.1%	2.4%
June	51.2%	29.6%	8.0%	2.0%	0.3%	2.9%	2.5%
May	51.0%	29.6%	8.2%	2.0%	0.3%	2.9%	2.5%
April	49.7%	30.2%	8.7%	2.2%	0.3%	2.7%	2.5%
March	48.0%	31.1%	9.4%	2.4%	0.4%	2.6%	2.4%
February	46.0%	32.8%	9.5%	2.9%	0.4%	2.6%	2.5%
January	44.1%	33.6%	10.4%	3.0%	0.4%	2.7%	2.4%
2003	Win XP	W2000	Win 98	Win NT	Win 95	Linux	Mac
December	43.6%	35.2%	10.5%	3.4%	0.4%	2.7%	2.3%
November	42.6%	36.3%	10.9%	3.5%	0.4%	2.6%	2.2%
October	39.4%	37.8%	11.5%	4.0%	0.5%	2.5%	2.1%
September	38.0%	37.9%	12.1%	4.1%	0.5%	2.4%	2.0%
August	36.3%	39.9%	12.6%	4.6%	0.5%	2.4%	2.0%
July	33.9%	40.6%	12.6%	5.3%	0.6%	2.3%	1.9%
June	32.8%	40.4%	13.4%	5.4%	0.6%	2.3%	1.8%
May	31.4%	41.0%	13.9%	5.8%	0.7%	2.2%	1.8%
April	30.8%	40.9%	14.7%	6.0%	0.7%	2.1%	1.8%
March	29.1%	41.9%	14.8%	6.6%	0.8%	2.2%	1.8%

Platforms that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.

Display Resolution

The current trend is that more and more computers are using a screen size of 1024x768 pixels:

2004	Higher	1024x768	800x600	640x480	Unknown
October	10%	51%	34%	1%	4%
July	10%	50%	35%	1%	4%
January	10%	47%	37%	1%	5%
2003
October	9%	45%	40%	2%	4%
July	8%	43%	44%	2%	5%
January	6%	40%	47%	2%	5%
2002
October	6%	38%	49%	2%	5%

Color Depth

The current trend is that more and more computers use 24 or 32 bits hardware to display 16,777,216 different colors:

2004	16,777,216	65,536	Lower
October	65%	29%	6%
July	66%	30%	4%
January	65%	31%	4%
2003
October	60%	35%	5%
July	55%	40%	5%
January	51%	44%	5%
2002
October	49%	46%	5%

Older computers and laptops often use 16 bits display hardware. This gives a maximum of 65,000 different colors.

Handheld computers (and very old computers) often use 8 bits color hardware. This gives a maximum of 256 colors.

JavaScript Statistics

There are no absolute trends about the use of JavaScript. Some users have scripting turned off. Some browsers don't support scripting:

2004	JavaScript On	JavaScript Off
October	90%	10%
July	90%	10%
January	92%	8%
2003
October	90%	10%
July	89%	11%
January	89%	11%
2002
October	88%	12%