Firefox Loses Market
Share and its Luster
Park City,
UT –
Janco has found the Firefox has lost some market share in
the last three months. Victor Janulaitis, the CEO of Janco said, “With
the demise of Netscape and the release of Vista Service Pack 1 users
have stopped jumping on the Firefox bandwagon.”
The summary findings in Janco's June 2008
Browser and OS Market Share White Paper are:
-
Firefox’s market share now is 15.05% versus 19.06% in
January 2008
-
IE’s market share is 65.50% versus 66.72% in May 2007
and 61.06% in January 2008
-
Netscape’s market share has remained at the same
level (10.64%) as before the announcement that it would no longer be
supported.
-
Google Desktop is gaining in popularity and now
commands 3.27% of the market
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Microsoft’s Vista continues to have a slow acceptance
and is on approximately 14.55% of internet connected desktops.
Firefox Browser Market Share History
Browser Market Share Changes
May 2008 to May 2007
| |
May-08 |
May-07 |
Change |
|
Browser |
Rank |
Percent |
Rank |
Percent |
Rank |
Percent |
|
Internet Explorer |
1 |
65.50% |
1 |
66.72% |
0 |
-1.21% |
|
Firefox |
2 |
15.05% |
2 |
16.08% |
0 |
-1.02% |
|
Netscape |
3 |
10.64% |
3 |
10.19% |
0 |
0.44% |
|
Google Desktop |
4 |
3.27% |
6 |
1.77% |
2 |
1.50% |
|
Mozilla |
5 |
2.18% |
5 |
1.47% |
0 |
0.71% |
|
Opera |
6 |
0.98% |
7 |
2.01% |
1 |
-1.04% |
|
Safari |
7 |
0.95% |
4 |
0.83% |
-3 |
0.12% |
|
|
|
98.56% |
|
99.07% |
|
|
One additional finding in the report is that
Microsoft’s new Operating System, Vista now has over 14% of the market of
business and enterprise users who browse the Internet.
Operating Systems Market Share
for Internet Users May 2008
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of Park City, Utah. In addition to consulting services, Janco offers
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