Firefox reaches 28% in Europe

Posted on Sunday, February 03 2008 @ 1:05 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Research firm XiTi reports Firefox has reached a marketshare of 28 percent in Europe in December 2007, up from 23.1% the year before.
Over the totality of the European countries from XiTi’s perimeter, Mozilla Firefox’s use rate shows an evolution of +2% between November (27.3%) and December 2007 (28%).

Estonia allows itself the greatest increase in points: from 35.4% in November to 37.3% in December 2007 (+2 points), followed by Slovenia (+1.6 points). Among the 32 countries studied, only 3 see Mozilla Firefox’s visit share decrease and in relatively minimal proportions: Denmark (-0.6 points), Ukraine (-0.3 points) and the Netherlands (-0.1 points). These last two countries are also those where Mozilla Firefox’s visit share is the lowest in Europe for December 2007.

The leading trio in visit share remains unchanged: Finland with 45.4% precedes Slovenia (44.6%) and Poland (42.4%).

Mozilla Firefox’s use rate in France (25.8%) remains lower to that of Europe, like that of Spain (21.5%).


Internet Explorer now has a marketshare of 66.1%, Opera is third with 3.3%, Safari fourth with 2% and Netscape has 0.5%.

There are also Firefox usage figures per continent:
  • Oceania: 31.1%
  • Europe: 28%
  • North America: 21%
  • South America: 20.2%
  • Africa: 16.6%
  • Asia: 16.5%


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    Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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