Fresh statistics have been released into the wild by Net Applications for November 2011. Net Applications’ statistics are based on the activity of about 160 million visitors per month to Web sites using its services.
These are the latest figures on the performance of the Masters of the Universe of the Internet, as far as web browsing is concerned.
- Internet Explorer: 52.64 – 52.63 = 0.01 percent.
- Firefox: 22.14 – 22.52 = 0.38 percent.
- Chrome: 11.18 – 17.62 = 0.56 percent.
- Safari: 5.00 – 5.43 = 0.43 percent.
- Opera: 1.55 – 1.56 = 0.01 percent.
- Others: 0.49 – 0.24 = 0.25 percent.
COMMENTS:
Surprise, surprise. Microsoft Internet Explorer’s at last found the way to stop the hemorrhage. For the first time in several months, Internet Explorer held its ground. In fact, it advanced a nibble 0.01 percent market share during November. Will Microsoft perform a ballet on a tabletop and regain the legendary mojo of Internet Explorer? That would be something interesting to follow.
Mozilla’s Firefox is fighting tooth and nail to retain its fragile second place, but is loosing the fight. In November it was the loser together with Apple Safari. It lost 0.38 percentage points which is alarming. Mozilla can surely feel Google Chrome heavily breathing under their neck as it inches closer to second place. The question is not if, but when it will happen. I’m sure it will be a short waiting time.
Google Chrome continued its steady rise, from 17.62 to 18.18 percent. That’s a hike of 0.56 percent. The growing trend is very clear. They are heading north full speed ahead and will soon bump Firefox to third place. Google is also very active in the mobile arena where Android is rapidly becoming a favorite operating system. The race in this category is red-hot with Google, Apple and Opera trying to take the lead. The sweet spot is the browser used in computing tablets where Apple is a front-runner candidate to nail down the gold with its darling iPad. Amazon is the new kid in the block with its buzzing Kindle Fire which uses the Silk Web browser. Interesting to watch what happens in December when the Kindle Fire’s brouhaha settles down.
Apple Safari stumbled in November. I was taken by surprise. It lost 0.43 percent last month. Somewhere, Steve Jobs is not happy with this unexpected performance. I’m confused.
