With the advent of IE 8 being sent out across the globe I thought I’d take a look at how the browser wars are going.  I found out some interesting things.

Here’s the method to my madness.  I looked at the Google Analytic’s for two sites I designed and developed.  I looked at the percentages for each browser for the months of March, April and May and listed the top 10.

Here are a few of the findings.

• IE market share has dropped a small amount overall.
• IE 6 market share seems to have dropped in the US but grown in other areas of the world.
• IE 7 is the dominant browser but has dropped a small amount in the US but a larger amount around the world.
• IE 8 seems to be growing steadily in the US and even more around the world.
• Firefox seems to be maintaining it’s share in the US and possibly grown a bit worldwide.
• Chrome is gaining steadily in the US and at a much larger rate worldwide.
• Opera is on the decline in the US but growing worldwide.

Browser Comparison

Here is the geographical distribution of the traffic for the the first US/Regional website.

Us Local/Regional Website

Here is the geographical distribution of the traffic for the the first US with international traffic website.

Us & International Website