Hey all, trying to find out what percentage of users these days are using IE.. well not the latest versions of IE.. would love to hear from webmasters / site owners.. im sure the IE user percentage is dropping these days but but am worried about potential losing customers if i don't cater for ie users. I am interested in general numbers but have also asked in the adwords section as i intend on using it to promote my products in a few weeks. Ive recently sold off most of my portfolio so i don't have the data i need.. well not from sites with decent traffic numbers. Thanks
it's dropping day by day against FIREFOX - Chrome - Opera firefox updating occasionally and chrome made a very wide marketing and people got bored for using IE
Thanks for your reply.. that's what i thought but still am wondering if it's worth spending a lot of extra time making not only my website but also products IE friendly.. I am a forum skin designer and will obviously need to ensure my products are ie friendly.. mainly interested in wondering if i should worry about my main site / product base.. Cheers
IE usage is definitely dropping. Recent stats released by both w3schools and StatCounter back this up; however, the statistics provided by the two vary. w3schools shows a much smaller percentage of IE users (21%) compared to StatCounter - but that might be because it only keeps track of tech-savvy users, who're bound to use Firefox, Chrome or Safari. Most users still use the default IE coming with their operating system. Check out this interesting article for more info
IE has been losing more than 5% market share every year for the last eight years. Now, more people are using browsers other than IE and the trend shows Chrome may pass IE next year.
IE 6 ~ 8% IE 7 ~ IDK but still a sizable percent . There is some good news thou : http://www.ie6countdown.com