Net-Metrix: Mobile browser and Google Chrome on the rise
Net-Metrix statistics on browsers and operating systems show significant changes over the past six months: While Internet Explorer and the Windows operating system remain at the top, Google Chrome, Android, and Apple’s browsers and operating systems are posting significant growth rates. An increasing number of visits are being generated via mobile devices.
The figures are based on the usage behavior measured in the Net-Metrix Audit web statistics for June and December 2010, with Internet Explorer showing a significant decrease from 55.4% to 49.4%. The most significant increase was recorded by surfing via Mobile Safari, which generated 4.3% of all visits in December, an increase of over 80% compared to June. Conventional Safari and surfing via iApps (applications used on the iPhone and iPad) also increased significantly (from 3.5% to 6.2%). Google Chrome grew from 2.7% to 3.8%, which corresponds to an increase of almost 40%. All other browsers remain below a share of 1 percent. (See chart below)
There was no change in the ranking of operating systems either, but here too the shift in favor of mobile devices continued: After the Android operating system was hardly worth mentioning in June with a share of 0.2%, it increased its share to 1.1% in December. The mobile operating system iOS, which includes visits from the iPhone, iPad and iPod, achieved a visit share of 10.2% in December, which corresponds to an increase of 90% compared to June (5.4%). Windows operating systems remain at the top, with their share falling from 80.9% to 74%, and MacOS, which remains fairly constant at 11.8%. The remaining operating systems each have a share of less than 1%. (See chart below)
