Market share for browsers, operating systems and search engines

Mac Web Share Hits Record 8.82%, Windows Dips Below 90%
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — According to a Net Applications web survey issued overnight Monday, Apple’s (AAPL) cut of the “Internet pie” increased in November as the Mac and iPhone hit record numbers in Internet share. Naturally, this comes at the cost of Microsoft’s web presence, with Windows’ Internet share dropping below 90% for the first time ever and Internet Explorer’s market share coming in at less than 70%. After losing traction in October, Mac computers share of Web hits grew 7.43% in the month of November to a record ...

Mac internet share hits record 8.87%
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... month before. Also notable is that Windows users accounted for less than 90 percent of Internet users for the first time in recent memory. Also, market share for Internet Explorer dropped below 70 percent for the first time since its popularity surged in the late 90s. Linux also gained ground, increasing almost 17 percent to 0.83 percent of all Internet users. Net Applications tracks statistics from over 160 million visits to websites it monitors. The full report is here. TUAWMac internet share hits record 8.87% originally appeared on ...

The Mac continues its increase on the Web
HardMac.com — New figures of the market share of the computers on the American Web have been announced. Mac, as always, increases a bit, passing from 8,21% in October to 8,87% in November. Even though the difference is only 0,66 points, it represents an enormous gain for the Mac. The iPhone also continues to progress, passing from 0,33% to 0,37%. It should be noted that Windows regressed in a significant way, going from 90,46% to 89,62% while Linux also increases from 0,71% to 0,83%. If Apple appears the big winner over the period, it is ...

Safari and Mac market share up in November '08
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop — ... for Mac OS X, Net Applications data shows surfers using a Mac jump to nearly 9 percent . The 8 percent gain over last month's share follows a ...

Mac web share nears 10% in December
AppleInsider — ... Published: 10:40 AM EST In spite of fears of a late-year plunge, Apple has again beat its own market share record in December and now has a record 9.6 percent of web traffic as Microsoft's own influence continues to fall. Net Applications' December results show Mac OS X surging from just under 8.9 percent in November to the new 9.6 percent mark for the tens of thousands of sites monitored by the web tracking firm. The figure is an all-time high for Apple and a significant jump from the same period a year before, when the Mac maker held 7.3 percent. Its iPhone also made ...

Apple nabs 10% share in December market share survey
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop — This month's market share results from Internet tracking firm Net Applications show Apple collecting 10 percent market share, while Windows' share continues to slowly erode. Mac OS X gained nearly another point in December, up to 9.63 percent. Meanwhile, Windows lost another point, dropping to 88.68 percent. iPhone OS also made a small gain, going from 0.37 to 0.44 percent. For its part, Linux more or less held steady. If you look at the iPhone and iPod touch as pocket-sized mobile computers (which they are), over 10 percent of the hits to Net Applications "member sites" in ...

Apple market share tops 10%, Windows share lowest since tracking began
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... NetApplications, the company that tracks browser and operating system market share for a variety of sites across the Internet, released its data for December 2008. According to ...

Mac web share hits record 9.9 percent in January
AppleInsider — ... Published: 11:40 PM EST Even as the economy has continued to falter, Apple's share of web users has climbed up to a landmark 9.93 percent in the first month of 2009 while Windows' own share continues to slide downwards. Web tracking data compiled from tens of thousands of websites by Net Applications shows Apple reaching the all-time high with an 0.3 percent bump to the number of Macs making page requests. The web firm doesn't explain the increase, which comes despite fears of a ...

Apple Hardware Market Share Over 10% in USA
HardMac.com — According to MarketShare, the number of Apple hardware connected to the internet keeps growing in USA. A bit less than 10% (9.93%) of internet-connected computers are Mac hardware units, while the iPhone represents now 0.48%. In other words, more than 10% of internet connected units are Apple hardware. Apple marketshare increased by 1.5% compared to the previous month, a more than substantial performance. We are curious to know at which level Apple marketshare will stabilize or at which pace it will keep growing. This study also indicates that Windows ...

Report: Apple nabs (almost) 10% market in January
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop — ... Despite predictions that Apple's market share would slide after the holidays, the latest market share numbers from Net Applications shows Mac OS X gaining slightly while Windows continues to slide. ...

Apple market share continues to climb, Windows drops
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Net Applications, a company that tracks operating system and market share by looking at results from search engines, reports that Apple has a 9.93% share of OS users for January of 2009, up from 9.63% the previous month. Windows OS market share measured 88.26% in January, dropping slightly from 88.7% in December. ...

Windows Vista 'New Coke' of operating systems?
Computerworld Blogs - Macintosh & Apple — ... A simple and more telling web metrics measure, the monthly Net Applications rating of OS's and browsers , reveals that Microsoft is steadily losing ground in both browser market share: ...

Net stats show Apple market share near 10 percent
MacUser — ... Even in this slowed-down economy, it looks like Apple is doing some things right. According to new figures from the analysis firm Net Applications , Apple's market share is now just under the 10 percent mark. Of course, this study isn't totally scientific, as they use a certain set of websites to monitor OS and browser usage. Apple has been above eight percent for three months in a row now— ...

Net stats show Apple market share near 10 percent
Macworld — ... Even in this slowed-down economy, it looks like Apple is doing some things right. According to new figures from the analysis firm Net Applications , Apple's market share is now just under the 10 percent mark. Of course, this study isn't totally scientific, as they use a certain set of websites to monitor OS and browser usage. Apple has been above eight percent for three months in a row now— ...

Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your ‘killer instinct’
The Apple Core — ... to work at Microsoft. After a few months they would talk as if Microsoft and their department were under attack, that the company was Number 2 in the market and not the de facto monopoly that it is. Going “reptilian, bloodthirsty” would take advantage of the paranoid corporate culture already in place at Microsoft. Next, who knew that the Mac had so much pull? No doubt, the return of the Macintosh is an amazing story. However, let’s put that success into context. According to the latest Net Applications statistics , the Mac has a 9.93 percent market share and Windows has 88.26 ...

MarketShare Unveils Figures for March
HardMac.com — ... As every months, figures related to the market share of computer OS used to browse the US web have been collected and analyzed by MarketShare. In March, Apple marketshare moves up from 9.61% to 9.77%. Windows keeps dropping slowly, from 88.41% to 88.14%. The iPhone OS remains stable will 0.49% a quite big achievement for a non-computer OS. Regarding web browser, Safari market shares increases from 8.02% to 8.23%. ...