Browser Display Statistics


What is the trend in screen resolution and color depth?

This is the statistic that will help you determine the canvas you have to work with and give you an idea of how your design will display on your visitors screen.


Web Statistics and Trends

Screen

Statistics are important information.

W3Schools.com is for people with an interest for web technologies. This fact indicates that the numbers represented below might not be 100% true for the average internet users but reflects the characteristics of the visitors to this particular site. The average internet-user may be using a lower screen resolution and/or color depth.

The data collected from W3Schools' log-files over many years draws out the long term trends.


Screen Resolution Statistics

Recent statistics reveal that about 97% of the visitors to W3Schools.com use a screen resolution of 1024x768 pixels or higher.

Higher screen resolutions may also be indicative of newer hardware, desktop PC's, browsing with Smart TV's or gaming machines.

Note Of interest is the difference in usage between the standard width screens versus wide screens (*), which reflects the use of widescreen format laptops, netbooks and desktop monitors.

Date Other high 1920x1080* 1366x768* 1280x1024 1280x800* 1024x768 800x600 Lower
January 2015 32.7% 16% 33% 7% 5% 4% 0.3% 2%
January 2014 34% 13% 31% 8% 7% 6% 0.5% 0.5%
January 2013 36% 11% 25% 10% 8% 9% 0.5% 0.5%
January 2012 35% 8% 19% 12% 11% 13% 1% 1%
January 2011 50% 6%   15% 14% 14% 0% 1%
January 2010 39% 2%   18% 17% 20% 1% 3%
January 2009 57%         36% 4% 3%
January 2008 38%         48% 8% 6%
January 2007 26%         54% 14% 6%
January 2006 17%         57% 20% 6%
January 2005 12%         53% 30% 5%
January 2004 10%         47% 37% 6%
January 2003 6%         40% 47% 7%
January 2002 6%         34% 52% 8%
January 2001 5%         29% 55% 11%
January 2000 4%         25% 56% 15%

Color Depth Statistics

Newer computers use 24 or 32 bits display hardware, and are able to display 16,777,216 different colors.

Older computers use 16 bits display hardware, which gives a maximum of 65,536 different colors.

Very old computers use 8 bits color hardware, which gives a maximum of 256 colors.

Date 16,777,216 65,536 256
January 2015 99% 0.5% 0.5%
January 2014 98.5% 1% 0.5%
January 2013 98% 1.5% 0.5%
January 2012 98% 2% 0%
January 2011 97% 3% 0%
January 2010 97% 3% 0%
January 2009 95% 4% 1%
January 2008 90% 8% 2%
January 2007 86% 11% 2%
January 2006 81% 16% 3%
January 2005 72% 25% 3%
January 2004 65% 31% 4%
January 2003 51% 44% 5%
January 2002 43% 50% 7%
January 2001 37% 55% 8%
January 2000 34% 54% 12%

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Mobile Devices Statistics


What is the trend in mobile device usage? It is a known fact that there is an upward trend in accessing the internet using mobile devices. These statistics aid in determinig the development path of your website.


Mobile Devices Statistics and Trends

Iphone

A mobile device is a pocket-sized computing device.

Smartphones today have large touch screens, nice user interfaces, and are highly optimized for browsing the web.

From the statistics below (collected from W3Schools' log-files), you can see the trends of mobile device usage.


Mobile Devices Statistics

The following figures are extracted from the OS Platform Statistics of the W3Schools.com site.

*iOS is the operating system for Apple mobile devices (like iPhone, iPad and iPod).

**Others include Symbian and other low volume OS platforms.

Note The total column below represent the percentage of mobile operating systems the entire OS category!
2015 Total iOS* Android Windows Others**
December 5.32 % 1.31 % 3.47 % 0.34 % 0.20 %
November 4.99 % 1.32 % 3.09 % 0.41 % 0.22 %
October 4.96 % 1.01 % 3.37 % 0.36 % 0.22 %
September 4.96 % 1.21 % 3.24 % 0.34 % 0.17 %
August 5.01 % 1.16 % 3.23 % 0.40 % 0.22 %
July 5.03 % 1.12 % 3.15 % 0.45 % 0.31 %
June 5.37 % 1.28 % 3.28 % 0.50 % 0.31 %
May 5.37 % 1.50 % 3.16 % 0.48 % 0.23 %
April 5.00 % 1.27 % 2.99 % 0.46 % 0.28 %
March 4.98 % 1.10 % 3.08 % 0.54 % 0.26 %
February 5.01 % 1.27 % 2.93 % 0.49 % 0.32 %
January 5.00 % 1.31 % 2.88 % 0.46 % 0.35 %
2014 Total iOS* Android Windows Others
December 4.81 % 1.18 % 2.73 % 0.49 % 0.41 %
November 4.51 % 1.12 % 2.72 % 0.34 % 0.33 %
October 4.32 % 1.10 % 2.36 % 0.39 % 0.47 %
September 4.29 % 1.11 % 2.34 % 0.43 % 0.41 %
August 4.89 % 1.37 % 2.51 % 0.42 % 0.59 %
July 4.57 % 1.13 % 2.46 % 0.39 % 0.58 %
June 4.34 % 1.23 % 2.31 % 0.24 % 0.56 %
May 4.16 % 1.27 % 2.14 % 0.13 % 0.62 %
April 4.03 % 1.20 % 2.10 % 0.11 % 0.62 %
March 4.00 % 1.32 % 2.01 % 0.11 % 0.56 %
February 4.00 % 1.21 % 2.01 % 0.12 % 0.66 %
January 4.00 % 1.23 % 1.93 % 0.08 % 0.76 %
2013 Total iOS* Android Others
December 3.80 % 1.13 % 1.76 % 0.91 %
November 3.68 % 1.20 % 1.67 % 0.81 %
October 3.29 % 1.12 % 1.44 % 0.73 %
September 3.26 % 0.95 % 1.55 % 0.76 %
August 3.38 % 1.21 % 1.43 % 0.74 %
July 3.16 % 1.03 % 1.37 % 0.76 %
June 3.17 % 1.15 % 1.32 % 0.70 %
May 2.64 % 1.12 % 1.04 % 0.48 %
April 2.24 % 1.06 % 0.97 % 0.21 %
March 2.26 % 1.11 % 0.96 % 0.19 %
February 2.17 % 1.06 % 0.91 % 0.20 %
January 2.18 % 1.07 % 0.90 % 0.21 %
2012 Total iOS* Android Others
December 2.19 % 1.05 % 0.90 % 0.24 %
November 1.97 % 1.00 % 0.77 % 0.20 %
October 1.84 % 0.94 % 0.70 % 0.20 %
September 1.78 % 0.89 % 0.68 % 0.21 %
August 1.79 % 0.91 % 0.66 % 0.22 %
July 1.71 % 0.90 % 0.59 % 0.22 %
June 1.63 % 0.90 % 0.52 % 0.21 %
May 1.57 % 0.88 % 0.50 % 0.19 %
April 1.47 % 0.83 % 0.45 % 0.19 %
March 1.40 % 0.78 % 0.44 % 0.18 %
February 1.27 % 0.71 % 0.39 % 0.17 %
January 1.25 % 0.70 % 0.38 % 0.17 %
2011 Total iPhone iPad iPod Android Others
December 1.17 % 0.20 % 0.39 % 0.04 % 0.35 % 0.19 %
November 1.02 % 0.19 % 0.36 % 0.04 % 0.30 % 0.13 %
October 0.96 % 0.19 % 0.33 % 0.04 % 0.28 % 0.12 %
September 0.89 % 0.17 % 0.30 % 0.04 % 0.25 % 0.13 %
August 0.91 % 0.19 % 0.30 % 0.05 % 0.24 % 0.13 %
July 0.95 % 0.20 % 0.31 % 0.06 % 0.24 % 0.14 %
June 0.87 % 0.19 % 0.30 % 0.05 % 0.21 % 0.12 %
May 0.80 % 0.20 % 0.25 % 0.05 % 0.19 % 0.11 %
April 0.78 % 0.20 % 0.25 % 0.05 % 0.18 % 0.10 %
March 0.70 % 0.18 % 0.21 % 0.06 % 0.16 % 0.09 %
February 0.66 % 0.18 % 0.19 % 0.06 % 0.14 % 0.09 %
January 0.65 % 0.18 % 0.20 % 0.06 % 0.13 % 0.08 %

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The Internet Explorer Browser


Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer is a free web browser from Microsoft.

Internet Explorer was released in 1995 and is one of the most popular browsers today.


Internet Explorer Statistics

The following figures are based on W3Schools' users, and are extracted from the browser Statistics:

2015 Total Edge IE 11 IE 10 IE 9 IE 8 IE 7
December 6.3 % 1.0 % 3.9 % 0.6 % 0.4 % 0.3 % 0.1 %
November 6.8 % 1.0 % 4.4 % 0.6 % 0.5 % 0.4 % 0.1 %
October 6.9 % 0.9 % 4.1 % 0.6 % 0.5 % 0.5 % 0.1 %
September 7.2 % 0.8 % 4.2 % 0.9 % 0.9 % 0.5 % 0.1 %
August 6.6 % 0.3 % 3.5 % 0.8 % 1.0 % 0.7 % 0.2 %
July 6.5 %   3.4 % 0.8 % 1.0 % 0.9 % 0.2 %
June 7.1 %   4.2 % 0.8 % 1.2 % 0.9 % 0.1 %
May 7.1 %   4.1 % 1.1 % 1.2 % 0.7 % 0.1 %
April 8.0 %   4.5 % 1.0 % 1.4 % 1.0 % 0.1 %
March 7.7 %   4.1 % 1.0 % 1.4 % 1.1 % 0.1 %
February 8.0 %   4.1 % 1.1 % 1.5 % 1.2 % 0.1 %
January 7.8 %   3.7 % 1.1 % 1.4 % 1.2 % 0.2 %

2014 Total IE 11 IE 10 IE 9 IE 8 IE 7 IE 6
December 8.0 % 3.6 % 1.1 % 1.6 % 1.3 % 0.2 % 0.0 %
November 9.8 % 4.7 % 1.4 % 1.8 % 1.6 % 0.3 % 0.0 %
October 9.5 % 4.3 % 1.5 % 1.8 % 1.6 % 0.2 % 0.0 %
September 9.9 % 3.8 % 1.7 % 2.4 % 2.0 % 0.3 % 0.0 %
August 8.3 % 3.2 % 1.4 % 1.6 % 1.8 % 0.2 % 0.0 %
July 8.5 % 3.0 % 1.5 % 1.8 % 1.8 % 0.2 % 0.0 %
June 8.8 % 3.0 % 1.4 % 1.2 % 2.1 % 0.3 % 0.1 %
May 8.9 % 2.7 % 1.4 % 1.9 % 2.1 % 0.2 % 0.0 %
April 9.4 % 2.7 % 1.6 % 2.0 % 2.4 % 0.3 % 0.1 %
March 9.7 % 2.6 % 1.6 % 2.1 % 2.5 % 0.3 % 0.1 %
February 9.8 % 2.5 % 1.7 % 2.1 % 2.7 % 0.3 % 0.1 %
January 10.2 % 2.5 % 1.7 % 2.3 % 3.1 % 0.4 % 0.1 %

2013 Total IE 11 IE 10 IE 9 IE 8 IE 7 IE 6
December 9.0 % 0.8 % 2.1 % 2.4 % 3.2 % 0.4 % 0.1 %
November 10.5 %   3.5 % 2.5 % 3.6 % 0.5 % 0.1 %
October 11.7 %   4.0 % 3.0 % 4.1 % 0.5 % 0.1 %
September 12.1 %   4.0 % 2.8 % 4.6 % 0.6 % 0.1 %
August 11.8 %   3.6 % 2.8 % 4.7 % 0.6 % 0.1 %
July 11.8 %   3.3 % 2.8 % 4.8 % 0.7 % 0.1 %
June 12.0 %   3.1 % 3.2 % 4.9 % 0.7 % 0.1 %
May 12.6 %   2.6 % 3.9 % 5.2 % 0.8 % 0.1 %
April 12.7 %   2.0 % 4.4 % 5.3 % 0.8 % 0.1 %
March 12.9 %   1.3 % 5.2 % 5.5 % 0.8 % 0.2 %
February 13.5 %   0.9 % 5.7 % 5.8 % 0.9 % 0.2 %
January 14.3 %   0.8 % 5.9 % 6.4 % 1.0 % 0.3 %

2012 Total IE 10 IE 9 IE 8 IE 7 IE 6
December 14.7 % 0.6 % 5.9 % 6.8 % 1.1 % 0.3 %
November 15.1 % 0.4 % 6.5 % 6.8 % 1.1 % 0.3 %
October 16.1 % 0.2 % 6.8 % 7.6 % 1.2 % 0.3 %
September 16.4 % 0.2 % 6.6 % 7.9 % 1.3 % 0.4 %
August 16.2 % 0.1 % 6.1 % 7.8 % 1.8 % 0.5 %
July 16.3 % 0.1 % 5.9 % 7.9 % 2.0 % 0.6 %
June 16.7 % 0.1 % 6.1 % 8.0 % 1.9 % 0.6 %
May 18.1 % 0.1 % 6.5 % 8.8 % 2.1 % 0.6 %
April 18.3 % 0.1 % 6.4 % 8.8 % 2.3 % 0.7 %
March 18.9 % 0.0 % 6.1 % 9.4 % 2.5 % 0.9 %
February 19.5 % 0.0 % 5.7 % 10.2 % 2.6 % 1.0 %
January 20.1 % 0.1 % 5.3 % 10.5 % 3.1 % 1.1 %

2011 Total IE 9 IE 8 IE 7 IE 6
December 20.2 % 5.1 % 10.7 % 3.2 % 1.2 %
November 21.2 % 5.1 % 11.5 % 3.4 % 1.2 %
October 21.7 % 5.1 % 11.8 % 3.5 % 1.3 %
September 22.9 % 4.8 % 12.4 % 3.9 % 1.8 %
August 22.5 % 4.2 % 11.9 % 4.2 % 2.0 %
July 22.0 % 3.9 % 11.7 % 4.1 % 2.3 %
June 23.2 % 3.6 % 12.9 % 4.4 % 2.3 %
May 24.9 % 3.1 % 14.1 % 5.3 % 2.4 %
April 24.3 % 2.1 % 14.8 % 4.9 % 2.5 %
March 25.8 % 1.1 % 16.3 % 5.4 % 3.0 %
February 26.5 % 0.6 % 16.7 % 5.7 % 3.5 %
January 26.6 % 0.5 % 16.6 % 5.7 % 3.8 %

2010 Total IE 9 IE 8 IE 7 IE 6
December 27.5 % 0.5 % 16.5 % 6.1 % 4.4 %
November 28.6 % 0.4 % 17.6 % 6.5 % 4.1 %
October 29.7 % 0.4 % 17.3 % 7.2 % 4.8 %
September 31.1 % 0.2 % 17.3 % 8.0 % 5.6 %
August 30.7 %   16.2 % 7.8 % 6.7 %
July 30.4 %   15.6 % 7.6 % 7.2 %
June 31.0 %   15.7 % 8.1 % 7.2 %
May 32.2 %   16.0 % 9.1 % 7.1 %
April 33.4 %   16.2 % 9.3 % 7.9 %
March 34.9 %   15.3 % 10.7 % 8.9 %
February 35.3 %   14.7 % 11.0 % 9.6 %
January 36.2 %   14.3 % 11.7 % 10.2 %

2009 Total IE 8 IE 7 IE 6
December 37.2 % 13.5 % 12.8 % 10.9 %
November 37.7 % 13.3 % 13.3 % 11.1 %
October 37.5 % 12.8 % 14.1 % 10.6 %
September 39.6 % 12.2 % 15.3 % 12.1 %
August 39.3 % 10.6 % 15.1 % 13.6 %
July 39.4 % 9.1 % 15.9 % 14.4 %
June 40.7 % 7.1 % 18.7 % 14.9 %
May 41.0 % 5.2 % 21.3 % 14.5 %
April 42.1 % 3.5 % 23.2 % 15.4 %
March 43.3 % 1.4 % 24.9 % 17.0 %
February 43.6 % 0.8 % 25.4 % 17.4 %
January 44.8 % 0.6 % 25.7 % 18.5 %

2008 Total IE 7 IE 6 IE 5
December 46.0 % 26.1 % 19.6 % 0.3 %
November 47.0 % 26.6 % 20.0 % 0.4 %
October 47.4 % 26.9 % 20.2 % 0.3 %
September 49.0 % 26.3 % 22.3 % 0.4 %
August 51.0 % 26.0 % 24.5 % 0.5 %
July 52.4 % 26.4 % 25.3 % 0.7 %
June 54.2 % 27.0 % 26.5 % 0.7 %
May 54.4 % 26.5 % 27.3 % 0.6 %
April 54.8 % 24.9 % 28.9 % 1.0 %
March 53.9 % 23.3 % 29.5 % 1.1 %
February 54.7 % 22.7 % 30.7 % 1.3 %
January 54.7 % 21.2 % 32.0 % 1.5 %

2007 Total IE 7 IE 6 IE 5
November 56.0 % 20.8 % 33.6 % 1.6 %
September 57.2 % 20.8 % 34.9 % 1.5 %
July 58.5 % 20.1 % 36.9 % 1.5 %
May 58.9 % 19.2 % 38.1 % 1.6 %
March 58.7 % 18.0 % 38.7 % 2.0 %
January 58.6 % 13.3 % 42.3 % 3.0 %

2006 Total IE 7 IE 6 IE 5
November 60.6 % 7.1 % 49.9 % 3.6 %
September 62.1 % 2.5 % 55.6 % 4.0 %
July 62.4 % 1.9 % 56.3 % 4.2 %
May 63.0 % 1.1 % 57.4 % 4.5 %
March 64.7 % 0.6 % 58.8 % 5.3 %
January 66.0 % 0.2 % 60.3 % 5.5 %

2005 Total IE 6 IE 5
November 68.9 % 62.7 % 6.2 %
September 75.5 % 69.8 % 5.7 %
July 73.8 % 67.9 % 5.9 %
May 71.6 % 64.8 % 6.8 %
March 72.5 % 63.6 % 8.9 %
January 74.5 % 64.8 % 9.7 %

2004 Total IE 6 IE 5
November 76.2 % 66.0 % 10.2 %
September 79.0 % 67.8 % 11.2 %
July 80.4 % 67.2 % 13.2 %
May 81.9 % 68.1 % 13.8 %
March 82.8 % 68.2 % 14.6 %
January 84.7 % 68.9 % 15.8 %

2003 Total IE 6 IE 5
November 84.9 % 71.2 % 13.7 %
September 86.6 % 69.7 % 16.9 %
July 87.2 % 66.9 % 20.3 %
May 87.7 % 65.0 % 22.7 %
March 88.0 % 63.4 % 24.6 %
January 84.6 % 55.3 % 29.3 %

2002 Total IE 6 IE 5 IE4
November 83.4 % 53.5 % 29.9 %  
September 83.5 % 49.1 % 34.4 %  
July 85.0 % 44.4 % 40.1 % 0.5%
May 87.4 % 40.7 % 46.0 % 0.7%
March 86.8 % 36.7 % 49.4 % 0.7%
January 86.8 % 30.1 % 55.7 % 1.0%

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge was released on July 29, 2015.

Microsoft Edge replaced Internet Explorer as the default browser on Windows 10. It is also the default browser in Windows 10 for smartphones and tablets. Edge is exclusive to Windows 10 and cannot be used on previous Windows versions.

Microsoft Edge is designed to be a lightweight web browser with a layout engine built around web standards, and Microsoft has committed to updating Edge to embrace new and existing standards that it does not yet support.


Internet Explorer 11

For Windows 8.1: Internet Explorer 11 was released on October 17, 2013.

For Windows 7: Internet Explorer 11 was released on November 7, 2013.

New features:

IE 11 REMOVED FEATURES:

IE 11 is fast and standards compliant. However, its major drawback is that it does not run on OS versions earlier than Windows 7 and does not offer syncing for that OS!


Internet Explorer 10

Internet Explorer 10 was released on September 4, 2012, and is the default browser in Windows 8.

In February 2013, Internet Explorer 10 became available for download to all Windows 7 SP1 users.

New features:

IE 10 NO LONGER supports the following:


Internet Explorer 9

Internet Explorer 9 was released in March 2011.

New features:


Internet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer 8 was released in March 2009.

New features:

IE 8 has full support for CSS 2.1. In addition, it has fixed many cross-browser inconsistencies such as get/set/removeAttribute, default attributes, Attribute object and the <q> tag.


Internet Explorer 7

Internet Explorer 7.0 was released in November 2006. IE7 was the standard browser in Windows XP with Service Pack 2.

New features:


Internet Explorer for Macintosh

Microsoft ended support for Internet Explorer for Mac on December 31, 2005.

Mac users are recommended to use other browsers, such as Apple Safari.


Older Internet Explorer Versions

IE 6.0 (released in 2001). Was the standard browser in Windows XP.

IE 5.5 (released in 2000) Support for XML/XSL, CSS, print preview and HTC behaviors.

IE 5.0 (released in 1999) The first major browser with XML support.

IE 4.0 (released in 1997). Support for CSS and DOM.

IE 3.0 (released in 1996) is now used by less than 0.1%.

IE 2.0 (released in 1995). It is too old. Nobody uses it.

IE 1.0 (released in 1995). Does anyone remember it?