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Press
Release -
July 14, 2005
   
Firefox Falters – Netscape Loses Market Share
Park City, UT –
Janco’s IT Productivity Center has just released its July Browser Market
Share White Paper. The major findings include that Firefox maintained its
number 2 browser position but has lost momentum. Netscape has released
version 8, however it continues to lose market share and dropped from 4th
place to 5th place. New in this white paper are recommendations
on which browsers to use and not use. A summary of Janco’s browser market
share data can be found on the IT Productivity Center (ITPC) web site (http://www.itproductivity.org/browser.htm).
The top five browser market
share rankings are: 1 - Microsoft’s IE – 85.07%; 2 - Firefox – 8.83%; 3 –
Mozilla – 3.31%; 4 – AOL – 0.81%; 5 – Netscape – 0.75%. The CEO of Janco
Associates, Inc., M. Victor Janulaitis said: “The positive glow on Firefox
was dulled in April with the identification of some security gaps in
Firefox. While still maintaining its number 2 position, Firefox seems to
have lost its momentum.” He added, “Netscape’s release of version 8 has
become a non-event. According to our data, Netscape continues to lose
market share.”
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January 2005 |
June-2005 |
Net Change |
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Browser |
Rank |
Percent |
Rank |
Percent |
Rank |
Percent |
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Internet Explorer |
1 |
84.85% |
1 |
85.07% |
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0.22% |
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FireFox |
3 |
4.23% |
2 |
8.83% |
1 |
4.60% |
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Mozilla |
2 |
4.48% |
3 |
3.31% |
-1 |
-1.17% |
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AOL |
5 |
2.20% |
4 |
0.81% |
1 |
-1.39% |
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Netscape |
4 |
3.03% |
5 |
0.75% |
-1 |
-2.28% |
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MSN |
6 |
0.58% |
6 |
0.62% |
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0.04% |
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Opera |
7 |
0.34% |
7 |
0.59% |
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0.25% |
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Total |
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99.71% |
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99.98% |
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Apr-05 |
Jun-05 |
Net Change |
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Browser |
Rank |
Percent |
Rank |
Percent |
Rank |
Percent |
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Internet Explorer |
1 |
79.49% |
1 |
85.07% |
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5.59% |
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FireFox |
2 |
12.77% |
2 |
8.83% |
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-3.93% |
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Mozilla |
3 |
4.46% |
3 |
3.31% |
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-1.15% |
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AOL |
5 |
0.77% |
4 |
0.81% |
+1 |
0.03% |
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Netscape |
4 |
0.78% |
5 |
0.75% |
-1 |
-0.03% |
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MSN |
6 |
0.64% |
6 |
0.62% |
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-0.02% |
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Opera |
7 |
0.56% |
7 |
0.59% |
|
0.03% |
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Total |
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98.91% |
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99.39% |
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0.48% |
Janco’s has collected
consistent data on browser activity since September 1997. The data is
collected from commercial sits which a focus on business to business
activity. Janco has over 350,000 data points for each month of the second
quarter of 2005 as it continues to expand it client base. Janco anticipates
that it will issue an update to it market share data at the end of the third
quarter of this year.
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