Highlights from NetApplications data for February '09

NetApplicationsdata for February ‘09 is out so it’s time to take a look at the trends.

Note: I know that many of you distrust NetApplications data, but remember that we are only using the data to examine trends.

• Windows market share up slightly to 88.41% (up from 88.20% last month and down from 91.52% a year ago).
• Vista market share stands at 22.91% (up from 22.48% a month ago and up from 12.92%).
• iPhone market share stays put at 0.48% (up from 0.14% a year ago).
• IE down slightly to 67.44% (from 67.55% last month and down from 74.88% a year ago). Losses here still caused by IE6 users moving to different browsers.
• Firefox up slightly to 21.77% (from 21.53% last month and 17.27% a year ago).
• Safari down to 8.02% (from 8.29% a month ago, but up from 5.70% a year ago) - NetApplications say that the reason for this is less home browsing in Feb compared to Dec and Jan.
• Chrome up to 1.15% (from 1.12% last month).
• Opera up to 0.71% (up from 0.71% last month, and 0.69% a year ago).

Nothing very interesting this month.

Note: NetApplication’s Global Market Share Statistics are based on aggregate data from a variety of ecommerce, corporate, and content provider websites from dozens of countries in regions which include North America, South America, Western Europe, Australia, the Pacific Rim, and Parts of Asia. Data is based on approximately 160 million unique monthly visitors.