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1.59%

1.59% -- browser usage share for Internet Explorer (all versions) (2020)

Name: Browser Usage Share Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-10-01

2020 · StatCounter

1.59% of web users worldwide browse using any version of Internet Explorer according to StatCounter.

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Value

1.59%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2020

Entity

Internet Explorer (all versions)

Geography

Global

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

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StatCounter Primary Tier C

https://arineo.com/zh/blog/a-case-against-internet-explorer-support-in-modern-web-projects/ ↗

Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2020 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

A case against Internet Explorer support in modern web projects

Original Research

StatCounter · Original study ↗

Methodology

Cited from StatCounter global browser usage tracking; trend declining

Methodology documented

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Internet Explorer (all versions): 1.59% browser usage share. Source: StatCounter (2020). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ie-worldwide-browser-share

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