IE breaks 55% market share as three-month old IE10 passes 1%; Chrome is only browser to decline

[froggyboy604]

Between December and January, Internet Explorer gained 0.37 percentage points (from 54.77 percent to 55.14 percent) and Firefox was up 0.12 percentage points (from 19.82 percent to 19.94 percent). Chrome meanwhile fell a whopping 0.56 percentage points (from 18.04 percent to 17.48 percent), though it gained more share the previous month. Safari didn’t budge at all and Opera picked up 0.04 percentage points.

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Wow, I'm surprise IE still have so many users.

 

[3DWaffle1]

It is intreasting. I think is the other way around. However, there are a lot of app written in a IE platform

 

[GracefulAssassin]

Why is IE still popular? It's a terrile browser.

 

[froggyboy604]

Must be because the Xbox 360 and Windows Phone also uses IE which increases the amount of users from consoles, smartphones, and the Windows 8 RT Tablets which were recently released which only have IE for it.

It also might be from the increase number of Windows 8 buyers from the $40 sale upgrade for XP-7, and $15 Windows 7 to 8 sale who use IE to download other browser, or to try out IE for a while before downloading other browsers.

 

[Lleyn]

Its most likely due the the fact that IE has been practically rebuilt from scratch, and is entirely different from the previous releases in terms of performance.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

Yet it's still slower and ugly.

 

[Lleyn]

Ugly yes, slower not that much.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

Chrome and Firefox are faster.

 

[Lleyn]

They are but only a little. The difference is barely noticeable if you have a fast connection.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

The most recent test I could find: http://lifehacker.com/5917714/browser-speed-tests-chrome-19-firefox-13-internet-explorer-9-and-opera-1164

 

[Nuke]

Who cares? This is inaccurate, anyway, IIRC it's more like Chrome-level popularity, dipping in popularity for weekends and holidays.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

What is inaccurate?

 

[Nuke]

The 55% statistic is wrong.

 

[Lleyn]

I don't think it is.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

No, it's just about 55%.

 

[Lleyn]

Obviously its not an exact percentage, but its still close to it. Even if it was actually 50 it would still be a lot.