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Firefox Tops 300 Million Downloads But Loses Market Share
Published February 18th, 2007 in Browser Security, Firefox
Mozilla’s Firefox Web browser, in all its versions, has been downloaded more than 300 million times since its initial release on Nov. 9, 
2004, but last month for the first time in more than year, it lost market share. In January, Firefox saw its share of the browser market drop to 13.67% from 14% in December, according to Web metrics vendor Net Applications. During this same period, Microsoft Internet Explorer reversed a year of consistent decline, to reach 79.75% market share, a gain of 0.11 percentage points from the previous month.
It’s not clear from Net Applications’ numbers whether Firefox lost market share to Microsoft or Apple. In January, Apple’s Safari browser also gained market share, rising to 4.7% from 4.24% in December. Netscape, Opera, and other browsers all showed declines in January. Firefox Tops 300 Million Downloads But Loses Market Share - News by InformationWeek
