Microsoft still dominates browser usage worldwide, Chrome growing

Based on these worldwide share numbers for the just-concluded month of December 2011, it looks like this Microsoft company continues to be successful with a web browser called Internet Explorer.

Source: Net Applications "Desktop Browser Version Market Share, December 2011"

The U.S. share numbers are a little different. In the U.S., usage of IE6 has dropped below 1%. A post on the official Exploring IE blog notes other countries where IE6 usage is under 1%: Austria, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway, with this month’s additions of the Czech Republic, Mexico, Ukraine, Portugal, and the Philippines.

Update: this t-shirt arrived in the afternoon mail from the Internet Explorer team, which is no doubt as sick of supporting IE6 as the rest of us:

The Internet Explorer team celebrates the decline of IE6 w/ commemorative t-shirt

XP, you’re next.

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74 Thoughts on “Microsoft still dominates browser usage worldwide, Chrome growing”

JohnJ on January 3, 2012 at 3:16 pm said:

I use IE9, and have no complaints. I have Firefox installed as an emergency backup browser, but rarely use it. As for Chrome, I haven’t tried it, because Google gives me the privacy creeps. There is a data collection aspect to everything that Google does.
Rene on January 4, 2012 at 7:38 am said:

I want that shirt! Where can I get one ?

Rene
James Morrin on January 4, 2012 at 8:31 am said:

I would love to purchase one of those shirts! ie6 is the ZombieBrowser from hell!.. But yes 10 years ago it was awesome!
Jim Kirkpatrick on January 4, 2012 at 8:54 am said:

I’d love to get one of those shirts. Where can I order one?
Jake on January 4, 2012 at 8:59 am said:

IE was never awesome and never will be. It has been SO far behind the times. FF 4 Life.
Oz on January 4, 2012 at 9:08 am said:

I came here ready to buy one! Can I get one please?
Scott Duff on January 4, 2012 at 9:10 am said:

I’d love to get my hands on one of those shirts as well. Any details?
Wondering on January 4, 2012 at 9:27 am said:

@JohnJ

I agree with you on the privacy thing with Google but don’t all browsers (and sites themselves) basically collect data on you? What’s Google doing that’s more extreme or worse than the others?
Scott on January 4, 2012 at 10:30 am said:

I seriously don’t understand the “Google tracks me” hysteria. First of all, everyone tracks what you do, not just Google. (grab yer tin foil hats boys) And, why do you think you’re so special that they care what you as an individual does? They don’t. It’s crowd metrics that they are concerned with. So, in the end you are just another faceless data point. Big deal.

I personally use I.E. 9 everywhere I can. Chrome for those few sites that are MS stupid.
Todd Dubois on January 4, 2012 at 4:15 pm said:

I buy one too when you find out how to get them Ed.
Rob Cottingham on January 4, 2012 at 5:44 pm said:

I have to admire Microsoft’s sense of humor about it. Me, I started celebrating two years back: http://www.robcottingham.ca/cartoon/archive/rip-nfg-ie6/
Eric on January 4, 2012 at 5:52 pm said:

Haven’t used internet explorer in several years, and don’t plan on using it again anytime soon. Chrome is much faster than internet explorer, and is much better looking (aesthetically) than Firefox and IE. Not to mention you don’t have to restart the browser every time you install an extension.
Doug C on January 4, 2012 at 10:36 pm said:

I want that shirt!!!!
Ed Bott on January 5, 2012 at 4:49 am said:

OK, Eric, see if you can spot the logical flaw in your statement. If you “haven’t used Internet Explorer in several years,” how do you know Chrome is faster than IE9?

An open mind is a good thing to have.
William B on January 5, 2012 at 5:32 am said:

I wants a shirt
Richard Hay on January 5, 2012 at 5:33 am said:

Count me in Ed for a t-shirt if it works out – thanks!
Kurt on January 5, 2012 at 5:36 am said:

Shirt me please L or XL.
Lee on January 5, 2012 at 5:36 am said:

Please, please, please consider me for one of these shirts
Manan Kakkar on January 5, 2012 at 5:37 am said:

Can I has one tshirt? Please.
Chris Brown on January 5, 2012 at 5:37 am said:

IE6 is the bane of my existence. The number of organisations that simply won’t upgrade from it is ridiculous. The number that purport to have valid reasons to keep it is also laughable: “Our application developed in 1962 doesn’t work with any other browser! We certainly couldn’t consider bringing *that* up to date!”

Cool shirt, though!