OS and browser market shares for June 2012

NetMarketShare’s desktop Operating System Market Share metrics for June 2012 show both OS X and Linux making incremental gains, with Windows slipping a bit compared with May’s metrics (shown in parentheses for comparison).

• Windows – 92.23 (92.53% )
• Mac - 6.72% (6.44%)
• Linux - 1.05% (1.03%)

Over in the Mobile/Tablet category, the iOS enjoyed a big gain in June of about two and a half percentage points while Android advanced only slightly, Java ME’s slide continuing, and the BlackBerry resuming its fade.

• iOS - 65.27% (62.65%)
• Android - 19.73% (19.69%)
• JavaME - 10.22% (12.17%)
• BlackBerry - 1.87% (2.09%)
• Symbian - 1.49% (1.86%)
• Windows Phone - 0.61% (0.66%)
• Kindle - 0.47% (0.47%)
• Bada - 0.11 (0.13%)
• Samsung - 0.09% (0.10%)
• Windows Mobile - 0.08% (0.11%)

Desktop Operating Systems

In terms of OS specific versions, Windows stays in front by a wide margin, with anceint XP still tenaciously hanging on to top spot Windows 7 pulling closer, and Vista dropping a bit more. Apple’s OS X 10.7 Lion is opening up its lead over OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion showing up for the first time, and Linux stays above one percent.

Windows:

• Windows XP - 43.61% (44.85%)
• Windows 7 - 41.59% (40.51%)
• Windows Vista - 6.72% (6.88%)
• Windows 8 - 0.18% (0.13%)

Macintosh:

• Mac OS X 10.7 - 3.12% (2.82%)
• MacOS X 10.6 - 2.57% (2.59%)
• Mac OS X 10.5 - 0.78% (0.79%)
• Mac OS X 10.4 - 0.18% (0.19%)
• Mac OS X 10.8 - 0.03%

Linux - 1.05% (1.03%)

Mobile/Tablet Operating System Versions

Apple’s iOS remains on top, with the iPad stretching out its lead in first place and the iPhone a strong second.

iOS – 65.27% (62.65%)

• iPad - 36.68% (33.41%)
• iPhone - 26.85% (27.29%)
• iPod - 1.74% (1.95%)

JavaME - 10.22% (12.17%)

Android – 19.73% (19.69%)

• Android 2.3 - 11.95% (12.41%)
• Android 2.2 - 2.61% (2.97%)
• Android 4.1 - 2.27% (1.43%)
• Android 3.2 - 1.13% (1.03%)
• Android 2.1 - 0.56% (0.65%)
• Android 3.1 - 0.53% (0.55%)

Symbian – 1.49% (1.86%)

BlackBerry – 1.87% (2.09%)

Kindle Fire – 0.47% (0.47%)

Windows

• Windows Phone OS 7.5 – 0.57% (0.61%)
• Windows CE - 0.07% (0.09%)
• Windows Phone OS 7 - 0.04% (0.05%)

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Browser Share

In desktop Web browsers, we see something for which I don’t recall recent precedent—Firefox taking back some share and Chrome slipping, and Safari desktop gaining a bit as well.

In the Mobile/Tablet browser category, Safari for iOS leaps ahead again, albeit with a slightly lower margin. Android slips a smidge but remains solidly in second place. Opera Mini was down nearly two points in June, and mobile Chrome and Firefox register marginally.

Desktop browser market share:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer – 54.02% (54.05%)
• Firefox – 20.06% (19.71%)
• Chrome – 19.08% (19.58%)
• Safari – 4.73% (4.62%)
• Opera – 1.60% (1.57%)

Mobile/Tablet

• Safari - 65.79% (63.24%)
• Android Browser - 19.17% (19.20%)
• Opera Mini - 10.45% (12.43%)
• BlackBerry - 1.45% (1.63%)
• Symbian - 0.86% (1.05%)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer - 0.86% (0.74%)
• Opera Mobile - 0.38% (0.42%)
• Chrome - 0.14%
• Firefox - 0.02%
• Proprietary or Undetectable - 0.26% (0.32%)

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