Mac Has 9.9 Percent of Web Audience
8:00 am, February 2nd, 2009, Ed Sutherland
Apple now reaches a record 9.9 percent of Web users, according to an Internet monitoring firm. Net Applications reported a 0.3 percent jump in January of Macs surfing the Web.
A year ago, 7.57 percent of Internet access was Mac-based.
The number seems to run counter to fears the economy coupled with a post-holiday slowdown might hurt Apple’s online percentage.
A slight increase in iPhones used to access Web sites was also detected. The Apple handset had 0.48 percent of Web activity, up from 0.44 percent in December, according to Apple Insider.
Likewise, Apple’s Safari browser claims 8.29 percent of Web visits, up 0.36 from December.
As Apple continued its upward climb, the share of Windows-based Web connections fell in January. Microsoft has 88.26 percent, a 0.42 percent drop from December. The January figures dived 3.24 percent from 2007. Largely as a result of Apple’s Safari, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer controls 67.55 percent of Internet browsers, according to the firm.
Posted by Ed Sutherland in News | Comment on this article
I think this shows that an very important subset of the population – those who have money and are prepared to spend it – are more inclined towards Apple products than the competition. Commerce take notice, make your web sites work with Safari for goodness sake.
Keith Thomas, on February 2nd, 2009 at 9:14 am