Mac Marketshare Continues to Rise
Net Applications has published their latest numbers on browser and operating system marketshare. The numbers indicate that the Mac's marketshare, as reflected by their sample population, has continued to increase to as high as 7.94% in June.
These marketshare numbers are always a bit suspect as they are measured based on aggregated web visitors alone:
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Still, the numbers have shown almost steady increases, reflecting the same trend seen in retail sales data.
In addition, Net Applications reveals that 73% of visitors use Internet Explorer, 19% use Firefox and only 6.3% use Safari. Safari's marketshare, however, has also been on the rise from the lowest recorded figure of 4.71% in August 2007.
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