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- Mon, 02 Mar 2015
Yahoo's growth stalls in February but earlier gains largely retained - Mon, 02 Feb 2015
Yahoo gains further US search share in January - Wed, 07 Jan 2015
Yahoo achieves highest US search share since 2009 - Wed, 03 Dec 2014
Three times more Yahoo search usage on Firefox 34 in the US - Mon, 01 Dec 2014
Windows 8.1 overtakes XP and breaks 10% mark for first time globally in terms of internet usage - Thu, 18 Sep 2014
Mobile internet usage soars by 67% - Mon, 08 Sep 2014
Apple 'holding its own' reports StatCounter ahead of imminent iPhone 6 announcement - Tue, 02 Sep 2014
Windows 8.1 overtakes 8 worldwide - Wed, 02 Apr 2014
Less than a week to go and XP remains world's second most popular operating system - Tue, 04 Feb 2014
New StatCounter report highlights global risk to business and other users from Windows XP - Mon, 16 Dec 2013
New StatCounter data finds that tablet internet usage is less than 5% globally - Mon, 09 Sep 2013
Web analytics company StatCounter charts Apple's global battle with Samsung ahead of rumored new iPhone launch - Wed, 10 Jul 2013
Web analytics company StatCounter launches "Internet Wars" Report - Mon, 04 Feb 2013
Apple and Samsung displace Nokia worldwide for first time in terms of internet usage - Fri, 30 Nov 2012
Windows 8 slower out of the traps than predecessor Windows 7 - Thu, 25 Oct 2012
Windows 8 has battle globally to kill off XP - Mon, 09 Jul 2012
Web analytics company StatCounter highlights evolving global browser landscape in new video - Mon, 18 Jun 2012
[Note] An Open Letter to Roger Capriotti, Microsoft - Fri, 01 Jun 2012
Independent web analytics firm StatCounter confirms milestone as Chrome overtakes IE globally for first calendar month - Wed, 30 May 2012
[Note] Response to articles on certain Spanish websites 28th & 29th May - Tue, 08 May 2012
IE9 bucks the trend of older Microsoft browsers at weekends - Wed, 11 Apr 2012
Screen Resolution Alert for Web Developers - Wed, 21 Mar 2012
Chrome is world's number one browser for a day - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Mobile internet usage is doubling year on year - Thu, 15 Dec 2011
Chrome 15 Becomes World's Most Popular Browser - Thu, 01 Dec 2011
Chrome Overtakes Firefox Globally for First Time - Tue, 01 Nov 2011
Windows 7 overtakes XP globally for first time in October - Mon, 01 Aug 2011
Chrome Overtakes Firefox for UK Number Two Browser Spot in July - Fri, 01 Jul 2011
Chrome Breaks 20% Globally in June - Wed, 01 Jun 2011
Firefox 4 Becomes Leading Firefox Version - Wed, 23 Mar 2011
Firefox 4 Hits the Ground Running and Eclipses Internet Explorer 9 - Tue, 08 Mar 2011
Android overtakes BlackBerry for first time - Tue, 01 Mar 2011
Bing overtakes Yahoo! globally for first time - Tue, 04 Jan 2011
Firefox overtakes Internet Explorer in Europe in browser wars - Wed, 01 Dec 2010
BlackBerry overtakes Apple in Mobile Wars - Tue, 05 Oct 2010
Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser falls below 50% of worldwide market for first time - Wed, 01 Sep 2010
Windows 7 Jumps Ahead of Vista Globally for First Time - Tue, 31 Aug 2010
Redd Monday for Digg - Mon, 28 Jun 2010
Chrome overtakes Safari for first time to claim third place in US Internet browser market - Tue, 01 Jun 2010
IE6 Falls Below 5% for First Time in US and Europe - Thu, 22 Apr 2010
Twitter Generates Almost One in Ten Social Media Hits to Websites - Wed, 13 Jan 2010
Google Gained Market Share in China in Last Six Months - Tue, 03 Nov 2009
Encouraging Start for Windows 7 - Mon, 02 Nov 2009
Bing US Market Share Stabilises but Yahoo! Continues Fall - Thu, 01 Oct 2009
Bing Records First Monthly Decline Since Launch - Tue, 01 Sep 2009
Bing Slows in Race against Google - Mon, 03 Aug 2009
Bing Gains Another 1% of Search Market - Fri, 10 Jul 2009
Bing Overtakes Yahoo! for Second Time - Thu, 02 Jul 2009
Firefox 3.5 Fast Out of Blocks - Wed, 01 Jul 2009
Bing Gains 1% of Search Market for Microsoft - Thu, 11 Jun 2009
Bing Takes Market Share Despite Falling Behind Yahoo! - Fri, 05 Jun 2009
Bing Overtakes Yahoo! - Tue, 02 Jun 2009
Opera Retakes Leadership from iPhone in Mobile Browser Market - Tue, 31 Mar 2009
Firefox 3.0 Becomes Most Popular Web Browser in Europe for First Time - Mon, 23 Mar 2009
Vista Breaks Through 30% U.S. Market Share - Fri, 20 Mar 2009
Microsoft IE 8 Launch 'Underwhelms' - Wed, 04 Mar 2009
Firefox 3 Gains Ground on Microsoft Internet Explorer in Internet Browser Wars - Tue, 03 Mar 2009
iPhone Takes Global Lead in Mobile Browser Wars - StatCounter Research - Tue, 03 Mar 2009
StatCounter Launches Free Global Stats Tool - Wed, 03 Sep 2008
Chrome Grabs 1% of Global Browser Market in First Day - Thu, 31 Jul 2008
Statcounter Research Shows New Search Engine Cuil is One to Watch - Thu, 19 Jun 2008
Stout Performance by Firefox 3 Confirmed by StatCounter - Tue, 18 Mar 2008
iPhone Increases Market Share in Mobile Browser Wars
Yahoo gains further US search share in January
- Google falls below 75% for first time
- US Yahoo-on-Firefox usage almost triples since November
San Francisco, CA & Dublin, Ireland; Monday 2nd February 2015: January saw Yahoo further increase the gain it made in US search share last month, according to the latest data from independent website analytics provider, StatCounter. Google fell below 75% in the US for the first time since StatCounter Global Stats began recording data*.
StatCounter Global Stats reports that in January, Google took 74.8% of US search referrals followed by Bing on 12.4% and Yahoo on 10.9%, its highest US search share for over five years.
"Some analysts expected Yahoo to fall in January as a result of Firefox users switching back to Google. In fact Yahoo has increased US search share by half a percentage point," commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. "It will be fascinating to see if these gains continue."
StatCounter has also run a special report on US search engine usage by Firefox users only. Yahoo-on-Firefox usage in the US increased from 9.9% in November 2014 to 28.3% in January. Over the same period Google-on-Firefox usage in the US fell from 81.9% to 63.9%.
StatCounter says that it is only Firefox users responsible for the change in US search share. "When we removed Firefox usage from the US search data, Yahoo's gains and Google's losses were erased," commented Aodhan Cullen. "This highlights the importance of the default search option and the significance of the upcoming Safari search deal for the major players."
Firefox users generated 14% of US internet usage in January according to StatCounter, whose main business is to provide independent website analytics, including a free option.
StatCounter (www.statcounter.com) members include companies, agencies, bloggers, self-employed, charities and those who want to measure activity on their website, blog or forum. Key features include ease of use, independence and ability to view individual visitors in real time.
StatCounter Global Stats data is based on over 15 billion page views per month to over three million websites. Further info is available here: http://gs.statcounter.com/faq
* StatCounter Global Stats began tracking global search statistics in July 2008.
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