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Google Chrome Remains Top Browser for US Government Websites As IE Declines


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Windows 10 adoption is also growing at a slow pace

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Stats provided by US govt for the past 90 days

 

Statistics provided by the US government’s analytics.usa.gov service show that Google Chrome continues to be the top browser for loading their websites, as Internet Explorer is dropping closer to the 21 percent mark.

At this point, Google Chrome is being used by 41.8 percent of the visitors to US government websites while Internet Explorer has nearly half that score. A total of 21.6 percent of the computer users who connected to a .gov website in the United States were running Internet Explorer, with version 11 currently the leading version with 15.1 percent.

Internet Explorer 11 is the latest version of Microsoft’s browser and is the default option in Windows 7 and 8.1, while also being available for Windows 10 users (not as default, though, as it’s been replaced with Edge browser).

And speaking of Edge, Microsoft’s new browser is presently at 2 percent, according to these figures, which is pretty decent, given the limited availability of the application (as it’s currently integrated in Windows 10 only). Apple’s Safari is at 21.2 percent while Firefox dropped to 8.8 percent, so Google Chrome is very likely to remain the leading application for many months from now.

Windows 7 still king

As far as operating systems are concerned, Windows is obviously the leading platform with 54.3 percent, with Windows 7 taking the leading seat with 34.5 percent.

Windows 10 is quite far behind, so it appears that US government website visitors are not very interested in the new operating system, with only 8.5 percent of them using this version. Windows 8.1 is very close, with 7.2 percent.

iOS is the second platform in the charts, so iPhones and iPads are quite popular for Americans who look for information on government websites, and 18.1 percent of them are using such a device. Android is not far behind, as it’s currently at 16.3 percent.

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We’re already one-twelfth of the way into the year, so let’s examine the latest StatCounter statistics to discover the winners and losers in the browser market …

 

Worldwide Desktop & Tablet Browser Statistics, December 2015 to January 2016

The following table shows browser usage movements during the past month.

 

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Worldwide Desktop & Tablet Browser Statistics, January 2015 to January 2016

The following table shows browser usage movements during the past twelve months:

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(The tables show market share estimates for desktop browsers. The ‘change’ column is the absolute increase or decrease in market share. The ‘relative’ column indicates the proportional change, i.e. Edge’s user base grew 15.8% last month. There are several caveats so I recommend you read How Browser Market Share is Calculated and StatCounter vs NetMarketShare.)

 

Another month, another Chrome increase. 0.62% is nothing special, but other vendors can only dream such delights. Firefox and Edge enjoyed a small jump, but it was fairly depressing news for others.

Google doesn’t get everything right with Chrome, but they don’t do much wrong, either. It’s not the fastest or most stable browser but, for typical web users, Chrome is an easy option. It smoothly integrates with Google services and synchronizes with mobile devices.

 

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