OS and browser market shares for July 2012

NetMarketShare’s desktop Operating System Market Share metrics for July 2012 show Windows down a fraction of a point, Mac up by a similar increment, and Linux sideways compared with June’s metrics, which are shown in parentheses for comparison.

• Windows - 92.01% (92.23)
• Mac - 6.97% (6.72%)
• Linux - 1.02% (1.05%)

Over in the Mobile/Tablet category, iOS maintained and slightly increased a big gain made in June of about 2-1/2 percentage points, while Android advanced again slightly. Java ME is now at less than 10%, and BlackBerry is static on the month.

• iOS - 65.74% (65.27%)
• Android - 20.16% (19.73%)
• JavaME - 9.11% (10.22%)
• BlackBerry - 1.86% (1.87%)
• Symbian - 1.61% (1.49%)
• Windows Phone - 0.70% (0.61%)
• Kindle - 0.49% (0.47%)
• Samsung - 0.10% (0.09%)
• Bada - 0.09% (0.11)
• Windows Mobile – 0.06% (0.08%)

Desktop Operating System Versions

In terms of OS specific versions, Windows stays in front by a wide margin. Greybeard XP still hanging on to the top spot by its fingernails, but Windows 7 is now only a fraction of a point behind, and Vista fading a bit more. Apple’s OS X 10.7 Lion is still in first place, with OS 10.6 Snow Leopard still a fairly close second while OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion has passed OS X 10.4 Tiger already, showing up for the first time. Linux stays just above one percent.

Windows:

• Windows XP - 42.86% (43.61%)
• Windows 7 - 42.21% (41.59%)
• Windows Vista - 6.60% (6.72%)
• Windows 8 - 0.18% (0.13%)

Macintosh:

• Mac OS X 10.7 - 3.27% (3.12%)
• MacOS X 10.6 - 2.48% (2.57%)
• Mac OS X 10.5 - 0.73% (0.78%)
• Mac OS X 10.8 - 0.28% (0.03%)
• Mac OS X 10.4 - 0.17% (0.18% )

Linux -  1.02% (1.05%)

Mobile/Tablet Operating System Versions

In the mobile/tablet category, Apple’s iOS remains on top, with the iPad stretching out its lead in first place and the iPhone a strong second (but actually declining slightly).

iOS – 65.74% (65.27)

• iPad – 37.32% (36.68%)
• iPhone - 26.66% (26.85%)
• iPod - 1.76% (1.74%)

JavaME - 9.11% (10.22%)

Android - 20.16% (19.73%)

• Android 2.3 - 11.42% (11.95%)
• Android 4.0 - 3.54% (2.27%)
• Android 2.2 - 2.42% (2.61%)
• Android 3.2 - 1.04% (1.13%)
• Android 3.1 - 0.54% (0.53%)
• Android 2.1 - 0.51% (0.56%)

Symbian - 1.61% (1.49%)

BlackBerry - 1.86% (1.87%)

Kindle Fire - 0.49% (0.47%)

Windows

• Windows Phone OS - 7.5 0.67% (0.57%)
• Windows CE - 0.05% (0.07%)
• Windows Phone OS - 7 0.03% (0.04%)

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Browser Share

In desktop Web browsers, a mild trend we first noted last month—Firefox taking back some share and Chrome slipping—has continued, and Safari desktop is now just shy of five percent.

In the Mobile/Tablet browser category, Safari for iOS extends its massive lead slightly, with Android managing a tiny gain in second place ahead while Opera Mini continues to slide. Mobile Chrome more than doubled its tiny share, and mobile Firefox barely registers.

Desktop Browser Market Share:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer – 53.93% (54.02%)
• Firefox – 20.16% (20.06%)
• Chrome – 18.88% (19.08%)
• Safari 4.93% (4.73%)
• Opera – 1.59% (1.60%)

Mobile/Tablet Browser Market Share:

• Safari – 66.22% (65.79%)
• Android Browser - 19.41% (19.17%)
• Opera Mini - 9.32% (10.45%)
• BlackBerry - 1.45% (1.45%)
• Symbian - 0.80% (0.86%)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer - 0.76% (0.86%)
• Opera Mobile - 0.35% (0.38%)
• Chrome - 0.34% (0.14%)
• Firefox - 0.02% (0.02%)

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