2018-2 - Browser usage and platform - Web Experience Toolkit (WET) documentation

Purpose

Environmental scan of top browser and platforms statistic in order to provide guidance for testing and to better define what browser need to be supported. Usually, the browser supported include the popular ones and the latest version of every major browser.

List of top browser (Conclusion)

  1. Chrome
  2. Chrome mobile
  3. Safari
  4. Mobile Safari
  5. Firefox
  6. IE11
  7. Edge

Source

Result

Central agency website using WET

Period: March 1, 2017 to February 28, 2018

The following list of browser and platform are ordered by the usage statistic percentage. The source and the actual value can’t be disclosed.

Browser:

The following are above the threshold

Platform:

The following are above the threshold

W3Counter

Period: February 2018

Source: https://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php?year=2018&month=2

Browser:

  1. Chrome: 59.9%
  2. Safari: 15.7%
  3. Firefox 8.5%
  4. Internet Explorer and Edge: 7.3%
  5. Opera: 3.4%

Aside: IE11 is 2.90%

Platform:

  1. Windows 10: 15.96%
  2. Windows 7: 15.92%
  3. Android 7: 12.86%
  4. iOS 11: 11.46%
  5. Android 6 10.09%
  6. Android 5: 8.03%
  7. Android 4: 5.10%
  8. Mac OS X: 4.61%
  9. Windows 8.1: 3.02%
  10. iOS 10: 2.73%

StatCounter - Worldwide

Period: February 2018

Browser:

Source: http://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

  1. Chrome: 57.46%
  2. Safari: 14.39%
  3. UC Browser: 7.91%
  4. Firefox: 5.5%
  5. Opera: 3.69%
  6. IE: 3.06%

Platform:

Source: http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share

  1. Android: 40.11%
  2. Windows: 39.69%
  3. iOS: 13.06%
  4. OS X: 5.45%
  5. Unknown: 2.46%
  6. Linux: 0.67%

StatCounter - Canada

Period: February 2018

Source: http://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/canada

Browser:

  1. Chrome: 47.95%
  2. Safari: 29.53%
  3. IE: 6.63%
  4. Firefox: 6.07%
  5. Edge: 3.98%
  6. Samsung Internet: 2.18%

Platform:

Source: http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/canada

  1. Windows: 41.72%
  2. iOS: 25.7%
  3. Android: 17.79%
  4. OS X: 11.73%
  5. Linux: 0.89%
  6. Chrome OS: 0.75%

Wikimedia

Period: March 1, 2017 to February 28, 2018

Source: https://analytics.wikimedia.org/dashboards/browsers/#all-sites-by-browser

Browser:

  1. Chrome Mobile: 24%
  2. Chrome: 23%
  3. Mobile Safari: 19%
  4. Other: 10%
  5. IE: 7.6% (IE11: 4.1%)
  6. Firefox: 6.2%
  7. Safari: 2.7%
  8. Edge: 1.9%
  9. Android: 1.1%

NetMarketShare

Period: March 1, 2017 to February 28, 2018

Browser:

  1. Chrome: 58.57%
  2. Safari: 17.15%
  3. Firefox: 6.61%
  4. Internet Explorer: 6.52%
  5. Edge: 2.11%
  6. UC Browser: 1.97%
  7. Android Browser: 1.37%
  8. Opera Mini: 1.27%

Platform:

  1. Windows: 45.09%
  2. Android: 16.03%
  3. iOS: 16.03%
  4. Mac OS: 4.27%
  5. Linux: 1.20%
  6. Unknown: 0.27%
  7. Series 40: 0.26%
  8. Chrome OS: 0.16%