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| Germany and Croatia join the circle of European countries with over 30% Firefox use. |
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| The use rate of the Firefox web browser continues to increase. Germany and Croatia have just exceeded the 30% barrier, and at the same time Europe retains it place as leading world user. |
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- Study carried out from 28/08/2006 to 09/03/2006
- The entire XiTi perimeter
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| European trend |
Firefox market share above 30% in Slovenia, Finland, Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany and Croatia.
The Firefox usage rate progressed from 21.1% to 21.9% over all the European countries with websites audited by XiTi between the week of 3 to 9 July 2006 (previous study) and the week of 28 August to 3 September 2006. Of the 29 countries below, only five saw their rates fall: Finland, Romania (which had seen strong growth by early July), Latvia, Bulgaria and Ukraine. The highest growth was observed in Slovenia and Austria, with +2.4 and +3 points respectively in the rate of use of Firefox in these two countries.
Slovenia (39% Firefox use) moves back into the lead, ahead of Finland (35.4%) and Slovakia (34.3%). Poland reclaims 4th place (+1.4 points) ahead of the Czech Republic in 5th. Growth in the rate of use of Firefox in France (19.6% vs. 18.4%) is, for the first time in several months, higher than the European average. Good growth is also apparent in Spain, whose rate rises from 12.4% to 13.5%.
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| Global trend |
Oceania continues its progress, breaking the 21% barrier and moving closer to Europe.
The rate of use of Firefox is growing on all continents: particularly in Oceania, where it has gained 1.4 points, as well as in Europe (+0.8 points) and Asia (+0.7 points), the last continent to reach the 10% threshold.
The growth in Firefox use is smaller in Africa and South America (+0.3 points), and the rate remains stable in North America.
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The data for North America and South America are not comparable with those of previous studies. Mexico, previously classed with South America, has been correctly reassigned to North America.
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| Weekly rhythm of use |
In our July study, we saw that Firefox was gaining ground during the week while holding steady at the weekend. This trend has reversed in the last 2 months, and growth in the Firefox usage rate is once again larger at the weekend (24% on 2 and 3 September 2006 vs. 22.7% on 8 and 9 July 2006) than during the week (21.2% vs. 20.6%).
This dynamism in weekend "home" use of Firefox can be seen in all the European countries. Usually, several countries are distinguished by more "professional" use (during the week); but between 28 August and 3 September 2006 this was not the case, and all the European countries had a higher weekend usage rate. These are the 5 countries where this characteristic is the most marked:
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Methodology :
The Firefox usage rate corresponds to all visits made using Firefox during the period as compared with the total number of visits.
In this study, the indicator for a continent is taken to be representative of the audited countries in that continent. This indicator is an average of the indicators for the countries. Thus the behaviour of a country that generates relatively few visits contributes equitably to the behaviour of the whole continent.
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