{"id":11352,"date":"2011-08-29T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T23:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=11352"},"modified":"2023-12-30T07:12:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T13:12:19","slug":"statcounter-ie-drops-below-40-marketshare-for-first-time-since-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/08\/statcounter-ie-drops-below-40-marketshare-for-first-time-since-1998\/","title":{"rendered":"StatCounter: IE Drops Below 40% Marketshare For First Time Since 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/browser-death-bed.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"570\" data-attachment-id=\"11353\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/08\/statcounter-ie-drops-below-40-marketshare-for-first-time-since-1998\/browser-death-bed\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/browser-death-bed.jpg?fit=773%2C570&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"773,570\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"browser-death-bed\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/browser-death-bed.jpg?fit=602%2C443&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/browser-death-bed.jpg?resize=773%2C570&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11353\" title=\"browser-death-bed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/browser-death-bed.jpg?w=773&amp;ssl=1 773w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/browser-death-bed.jpg?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/browser-death-bed.jpg?resize=602%2C443&amp;ssl=1 602w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/browser-death-bed.jpg?resize=180%2C132&amp;ssl=1 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Break out the champagne, nerds of the world. According to data from StatCounter, Sunday August 28th saw Internet Explorer&#8217;s marketshare numbers dip below what <a title=\"IE Falls Below 40% Market Share For The First Time Since 1998\" href=\"http:\/\/www.conceivablytech.com\/9113\/products\/ie-falls-below-40-market-share-for-the-first-time-since-1998\">ConceivablyTech believes<\/a> are 1998 levels. Largely at the expense of Google&#8217;s Chrome, with Firefox still taking a substantial portion of the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>StatCounter is expected to share their monthly marketshare numbers on Thursday for the average numbers for the month of August, which are likely to place IE at 42%. This is still greater than Chrome&#8217;s roughly 25%, or Firefox&#8217;s nearly 28%. However, it&#8217;s becoming clear that IE is losing the market. Prior to March 2009, IE had over 60%. So, in about two and a half years, you nerds have succeeded in convincing 20% of the world&#8217;s web browser users (that is, everyone with a computer) to cut that mess out, for crying out loud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chrome is the big winner here. First released in September 2008, Chrome has scraped up 25% of the market in 3 short years, and doesn&#8217;t look to be slowing any time soon. This might come as a bit of a blow to the avid Firefox fans who were hoping that an independent, open source browser alternative would replace the corporate-owned entity we&#8217;ve all been cursed with up until now, but hey! Replacing one corporate-owned browser with a different corporate-owned browser is basically just as good, right? Right!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever. I like it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conceivablytech.com\/9113\/products\/ie-falls-below-40-market-share-for-the-first-time-since-1998\">ConceivablyTech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIP Internet Explorer? Chrome &#038; Firefox Feast on IE&#8217;s Market Share! 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