I came across a tweet<\/a> this morning from a librarian who noted that 40% of their users are on Google Chrome. That number struck me as quite high, so I thought I would take a quick look at the usage statistics for the Library’s web site<\/a> and see where we were at.<\/p>\n I also thought I’d compare it to last years numbers to get a sense of how things had shifted, if at all.<\/p>\n
Browser<\/strong><\/td>\n| Sept 2012<\/strong><\/td>\n | Sept 2013<\/strong><\/td>\n | Change<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Internet Explorer<\/td>\n | 44%<\/td>\n | 38%<\/td>\n | -6%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Firefox<\/td>\n | 22%<\/td>\n | 20%<\/strong><\/td>\n | -2%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Chrome<\/td>\n | 16%<\/td>\n | 23%<\/strong><\/td>\n | +7%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Safari<\/td>\n | 16%<\/td>\n | 18%<\/td>\n | +2%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | While we are no where near a 40% share for Chrome, Chrome has made the largest gain in our user base, to the point where it is now the second-most-used browser, usurping the long-held order of IE-Firefox-Chrome-Safari!<\/p>\n Again, this isn’t altogether surprising, although I would have expected Firefox to have gained a part of the share lost to IE. Still, it is interesting to note, if only to firmly establish Chrome as browser ascendant.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I came across a tweet this morning from a librarian who noted that 40% of their users are on Google Chrome. That number struck me as quite high, so I thought I would take a quick look at the usage … Continue reading |