Chitika Insights brings you our latest Web Browser Market Share Report, breaking down the distribution of the biggest players in the industry.
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Web Browser Market Share, October 2012 Update
Chitika Insights brings you our latest Web Browser Market Share Report, breaking down the distribution of the biggest players in the industry.
Firefox 16 Security Flaw: Quick Response by Mozilla Minimizes Impact on Adoption
Mozilla released its newest version of the Firefox Web browser last Tuesday, October 9th, 2012. Unfortunately, this version had a major security issue, which prompted Mozilla to remove the download from its page just a day after initially releasing it. The software was patched and re-released less than 24 hours later as Version 16.0.1. At Chitika Insights, we were interested in seeing what percentage of Firefox users had updated to version 16 before the fix, and how the issue may have affected adoption rates.
Web Browser Market Share, September 2012 Update
Chitika Insights brings you our latest Web Browser Market Share Report, breaking down the distribution of the biggest players in the industry.
Google Usage Rates Vary Across Browsers
The now ubiquitous phrase “Google it” certainly points to a clear king of the search engine marketplace, but many prefer to do their “Googling” in a variety of browsers to take advantage of certain plugins, privacy features, and other attributes. With this in mind, Chitika Insights looked to measure whether the Web browser a person uses has any impact on the search engine they use.
Google Chrome Adoption Rate Blows Past Firefox
According to Chitika Insights’ live Firefox version tracker, Firefox 14 is achieving strong rates of adoption within the Firefox family following its release on July 17th. Yet, our latest numbers show Google’s Chrome 21, released two weeks after Firefox 14, is already responsible for 75.7% of all Chrome traffic – nearly 9% higher than the adoption rate seen for Firefox 14.
Firefox 6 Takes Off, up to Over 8% of Traffic
Firefox 6 was released over a week ago, and already sees a large share of Chitika’s traffic. How big can Firefox 6 get?
Portrait of a Clicker Part 2: Internet Explorer and Opera?
In the second installment of our Portrait of a Clicker series, we look at the various web browsers to see what using Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome says about someone’s likelihood to click on an ad.
Stumbleupon.com – Where Internet Explorer Goes to Die
A lot can be learned from a site when one knows of the browsers that hit the website. While only these websites can know for sure what their browser distribution is, Chitika Insights is able to study the traffic generated by referrals to find out some interesting numbers on a few networks.
Chrome Users More Tech-Forward Than Firefox Users?
Firefox has long held the crown of the tech elite’s browser of choice. However, with the rapid growth of Google’s Chrome, that may no longer be the case – according to new data, Chrome users are six times more likely to seek out and run the beta version of their browser than Firefox users.