Browser Statistics – October 2013

The web browser statistics have been released through October 2013. The stats are published monthly at W3CSchools.com.

Below are the web browser stats for October 2013.

2013 IE9 IE8 IE7 IE6
January 5.9% 6.4% 1.0% 0.3%
February 5.7% 5.8% 0.9% 0.2%
March 5.2% 5.5% 0.8% 0.2%
April 4.4% 5.3% 0.8% 0.1%
May 3.9% 5.2% 0.8% 0.1%
June 3.2% 4.9% 0.7% 0.1%
July 2.8% 4.8% 0.7% 0.1%
August 2.8% 4.7% 0.6% 0.1%
September 2.8% 4.6% 0.6% 0.1%
October 3.0% 4.1% 0.5% 0.1%
2013 Firefox Chrome Safari Opera
January 30.2% 48.4% 4.2% 1.9%
February 29.6% 50.0% 4.1% 1.8%
March 28.5% 51.7% 4.1% 1.8%
April 27.9% 52.7% 4.0% 1.7%
May 27.7% 52.9% 4.0% 1.6%
June 28.9% 52.1% 3.9% 1.7%
July 28.9% 52.8% 3.6% 1.6%
August 28.2% 52.9% 3.9% 1.8%
September 27.8% 53.2% 3.9% 1.7%
October 27.2% 54.1% 3.8% 1.7%

As usual, Chrome is on the rise, while just about every other browser we’re tracking is on the decline. IE9 has gained a few users but I am guessing, since the older IE versions have all decreased in popularity, that perhaps this surge is due to users upgrading instead of converting from a different browser.