“September was a cruel month, at least for Internet Explorer,” Woody Leonhard reports for InfoWorld.
“Microsoft’s browser lost almost a full percentage point in market share compared to August, sinking to 54.4 percent of the total for desktop and laptop machines, according to Net Applications’ latest statistics,” Leonhard reports. “Firefox is holding steady, Chrome continues to grow — up nearly a full percentage point in one month. Safari, for the first time in living memory, went over 5 percent, proof positive that Macs continue to make up for lost time.”
Leonhard reports, “Far more interesting are mobile browsing numbers… Here’s what’s remarkable… According to Net Applications’ numbers, Safari (the browser used in iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch) has grown from 42 percent market share last September to almost 56 percent this September, with a 1.5 percent share gain in the past month. Android’s browser has grown from 8 percent a year ago to 16 percent this September, but it only inched up by less than half a percentage point in the past month… Every indication is that browsing on the iPad has come of age.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Brawndo Drinker” for the heads up.]
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Apple’s Mac grabs 13.74% U.S. web share; iOS takes 61.58% U.S. mobile web share – October 1, 2011
I do 90% of my casual browsing on iPad. Mac is reserved for work research. I just prefer reading sites on iPad.
Ditto. I love browsing on the iPad. This long time Windows “Fan Boy” has become a much happier and much more productive Mac fanboi!
Instructions for how to browse a website on an Android tablet: flog it on eBay (cheap) and buy an iPad.
These numbers are impressive. I know when I use Safari I prefer it on the iPad VS the iPhone. But when I am out and about I don’t have the iPad with me. So the iPhone (3GS) works in a pinch.
Very impressive numbers! 😀
Huh. I’d use iPad safari even more if it didn’t keep crashing on me. iPhone safari seems far more reliable.
Running illegal software on it are you?
Me thinks thou detectiths a jail-breaker. I’ve never had any Apple app crash on my iPad.
How can that be? iOS devices don’t run Flash.
“I’d use iPad safari even more if it didn’t keep crashing on me. iPhone safari seems far more reliable.”
Interesting, I have both the iPad 1 & 2 and have never had a single Safari crash on either.
When you use an app, like a news app MDN app, Zite app, does that count to the browser share ?
I use safari very little, consume everything through apps, if you haven’t tried ZITE, give it a try, its fantastic
That’s what I’ve been wondering, too. I do most of my web access via various iPad apps not traditional browsers.
Do the browser market share statistics take this into account?! How are the iPad app web accesses identified in those statistics? I suppose they use the webkit engine but how does it identify itself to the host?
Microsoft really should have made a fork of IE9 that works in XP, and pushed users into updating. Not doing so has left IE permanently fragmented, which harms Microsoft’s browser strategic interests, creates compatibility nightmares for all web developers, and stifles innovation in across the entire World Wide Web. It was a tragically Microsoftian thing to do.
The difference between Apple’s and Microsoft’s contribution to the world could not be startling. The more you learn about Apple, the more you learn about the greatest accomplishments in computer history (the personal computer, the birth of the World Wide Web, mouse and multi-touch GUI, desktop publishing and home video production, etc) and the more you learn about Microsoft, the more you learn about the saddest moments in computer history (BOB, BSOD, botnets, zero-day vulnerabilities, stuxnet, clippy).
Enjoy it fan boys, it will no last after Nov 2011.
We will take top spot in growth from then on!
Guaranteed!
I think this article is more about iPad browsing than it is about the brand of browser. I never expected my iPad to become the indispensable, carry-nearly-everywhere device it has become. The ONLY time I browse on my iPhone is when my iPad is not handy.
I still do my serious research browsing on the desktop though. It’s just a better experience, with more desktop space and a more convenient way to save links.
‘”… Every indication is that browsing on the iPad has come of age.” — Like Hayden Panetierre.
Let me start be saying that I love Apple. I own an iMac, MacBook Pro, 2 iPods, iPad 2 and an Airport Extreme. The Mac OS x is far superior to Windows and I have had no issues with all the listed items above. The iPad is more stable better than my Droid Charge 4G because of the iOS.
However, am I the only person that when browsing ends up on flash websites all the time? I can not view the full website because of this. It makes browsing with the iPad annoying. I know there are Apps out there that allow for Flash, but they really distort the websites.
What am I doing wrong?
One word
PUFFIN BROWSER
Well that was two words.