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by bobds 5719 days ago
Here are some better places to get real stats on browser usage:

http://marketshare.hitslink.com/

http://gs.statcounter.com/

http://getclicky.com/marketshare/global/web-browsers/

Your own browser stats are skewed at this moment, I wouldn't base any important decisions on them.

One interesting tidbit from Statcounter:

In Europe FF usage has caught up to IE, they are both around 40%.

In North America IE has double the usage of FF, with IE at ~50%.
2 comments
StavrosK 5719 days ago
What's a better place to get real stats on usage than your own analytics?
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bobds 5719 days ago
Do you think Chrome usage at 40% is not bogus?

I agree that your own stats are the best source, but not when you've only been public for less than a month and half your audience is coming from the likes of HN and Techcrunch.

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catshirt 5719 days ago
As a blog directed towards programmers, I have to ask what your visitor browser breakdown is; I don't know why you'd think 40% is bogus for this type of audience.
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bobds 5719 days ago
If you mean my personal blog, Chrome is at ~15%, less than IE. It's only been up for 2 months though, so I wouldn't put much trust in my stats.

I think it's bogus because global Chrome usage is around 10%, according to the sources I linked to above. The fact that 40% of their visitors use Chrome now, does not mean that their potential future visitors will match that statistic.

Discounting a lot of future users that use IE based on one month's worth of analytics is madness.

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catshirt 5719 days ago
It's not just a statistics problem, it's also a logic problem. I don't think it's in poor judgement to assume their audience, given their function and distribution channels, are largely Chrome and Firefox.

The key part of this post is that it is directed to startups. They're not suggesting they should dismiss IE users forever, but like many comments say it is about delegating resources properly where they matter.

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benologist 5719 days ago
Your own are going to be best right up until you hit a site that skews them - like "we had a few posts on Hacker News".
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code_duck 5719 days ago
It really depends on your market, as this article and comments illustrate.
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