Internet Explorer 11 gains market share, as Microsoft’s desktop browser continues its domination
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Every month, Net Application reveals the market share of desktop browsers and operating systems. A moment ago we saw a spike in the market share of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, and now is the time to check how various browsers fared in the month of August.
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Internet Explorer has continued its dominance in the browser space. Internet Explorer 8, the default browser in Windows 7 (which has over 50% market share in the OS space) now has 21.4% market share (down from 21.56% from a month earlier). Whereas, the current version of Microsoft’s desktop browser, Internet Explorer 11 is quickly closing the gap for the top spot with 17.45% market share (up from 16.78% from a month earlier).
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Mozilla Firefox’s version 31 now has 10.51% users, up from 9.27% users who were on the version 30 as of July. Google Chrome 36 is the third most popular browser as of currently, with 11.04% share. Internet Explorer 10 has lost a few users, sliding from 6.26 percent to 6.18 percent, whereas Internet Explorer 6, the default browser in Windows XP still has 3.33% users. Other browsers and different builds account for 20.75%.
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Further reading: Browser War, Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 11
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