Internet Browser Facts and Statistics for 2024

In this installment of my random digital stats post series, we look at the internet browser wars and some of the usage stats for the major players.

OK, this may not be every internet browser stat you ever wanted to know, but it is a good start. As with all my other stats posts, sources are linked and the list will grow and be updated as I find new and fresher data.

Also like the other posts, some of these stats may come from the companies, some are third hand media reports. Obviously, it is easier to gather user info from the browser that are downloaded (Chrome, Firefox, Opera) than those that come installed with hardware (Internet Explorer, Safari). I try to find what appears to be the most accurate info, but always take it with a grain of salt.

…and without further ado, here are your internet browser statistics…

Monthly Internet Browser Usage Share:

1. Chrome: 16.84% (Tweet this stat) (February 2014)
2. Internet Explorer: 58.19% (Tweet this stat) (February 2014)
3. Firefox: 17.68% (Tweet this stat) (February 2014)
4. Safari: 5.67% (Tweet this stat) (February 2014)
5. Opera: 1.23% (Tweet this stat)(February 2014)

Chrome Statistics:

• Date of Chrome Launch: September 2008 (Tweet this fact)
• Number of Chrome users: 750 million (Tweet this stat) Last updated 5/15/13
• Chrome’s percentage of web browser usage (across web and mobile): 34.68% Last updated 10/24/13
• Number Chrome apps/extensions: still searching
• Number of Chrome developers: still searching
• Percentage of iOS web traffic generated from Google’s Chrome browser: 3% Last updated 10/11/13

Internet Explorer Statistics:

• Date of Internet Explorer launch: August 16, 1995 (Tweet this fact)
• Internet Explorer’s total share of Internet browser usage: 58.19% (February 2014)
• Internet Explorer 11’s share of Internet browser usage: 12.80% (February 2014)
• Internet Explorer 10’s share of Internet browser usage: 8.04% (February 2014)
• Internet Explorer 9’s share of Internet browser usage: 8.80% (February 2014)
• Internet Explorer 8’s share of Internet browser usage: 21.73% (February 2014)
• Internet Explorer 7’s share of Internet browser usage: 1.87% (February 2014)
• Internet Explorer 6’s share of Internet browser usage: 4.65% (February 2014)
• Number of Internet Explorer users: still searching
• Date of IE 10 release: 2/25/2013
• Date of IE 9 release: 3/14/2011
• Date of IE 8 release: 3/11/2009
• Date of IE 7 release: 10/3/2007

Firefox Statistics:

• Date of Firefox Launch: June 5, 2002 (Tweet this fact)
• Number of Firefox Users: 450 million (Tweet this stat)
• Number of Firefox for Android downloads: 40 million (Tweet this stat)
• Number of volunteer Firefox developers: 1,000 (Tweet this stat)
• Number of volunteer Firefox bug-trackers: 400,000 (Tweet this stat)
• Number of languages Firefox is available in: 75 (Tweet this stat)

Safari Statistics:

• Date of Safari Launch: January 7, 2003 (Tweet this fact)
• Number of Safari Users: still searching

Opera Statistics:

• Date of Opera Launch: 1994 (Tweet this fact)
• Number of Opera Users: 300 million (Tweet this stat)
• Number of Oupeng (Opera’s Chinese mobile browser) downloads: 100 million (Tweet this stat)

Other Mobile and Non-US Based Browsers:

• Number of Dolphin Browser downloads: 80 million (Tweet this stat)
• Number of Maxthon monthly unique users: 100 million (Tweet this stat)
• Number of UCWeb users: 400 million (Tweet this stat)
• Yandex browser: 8 million (Tweet this stat)

Image Credit: Van_PC via flickr