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66%

66% -- browser market share for Microsoft Internet Explorer (2009)

2009  · Net Applications

Microsoft's browser market share declined to 66% from 72%.

  • Microsoft notes that most of the market share loss occurred on computers that do not readily support Internet Explorer, such as Apple computers.
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66%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2009
Entity
Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Global
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Independence
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Methodology
45
Freshness
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Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2009 Channel: Common Crawl
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Browser usage tracking by Net Applications; declined from 72%

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Period Value Change
2005 88.9%
2005 95.5% +7.4%
2009 (current) 66% -30.9%
2011-09 41.7% -36.8%
2012-05 54.05% +29.6%
2012-05 31.94% -40.9%
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Microsoft Internet Explorer: 66% browser market share. Source: Net Applications (2009). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/internet-explorer-browser-market-share-2009
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/internet-explorer-browser-market-share-2009" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>66%</strong> -- browser market share for Microsoft Internet Explorer<br><small>Source: Net Applications (2009) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/internet-explorer-browser-market-share-2009" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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