According to foreign media reports, the U.S. Internet analytics company Net Applications said on Tuesday that Firefox's share in the browser market has been growing steadily since this year, and has already exceeded 20%; the IE market share has fallen below 70%.
Net Applications said that as of the end of November, Firefox's market share was 20.78%, and IE was 69.77%. Firefox's market share has been growing steadily, with January in 16.98%; IE's market share has been declining, with 75.47% at the beginning of the year.
Data shows that Apple's Safari market share has also been growing steadily, from 5.82% at the beginning of the year to November at the end of 7.13%. Shortly after its release in September, Google Chrome's market share reached 1%, soon afterwards, it began to decline, which was November by the end of 0.94%.
Mozilla CEO John Lilly said, "reaching 20% of the market is an" important milestone and a major achievement of the Mozilla community around the world, which was unimaginable a few years ago."
Net Applications said that Firefox's market share increased by November age points in 0.8, mainly because of the U.S. election, Thanksgiving Day holiday, and 10-day weekend holiday in November, it increases the time for people to access the internet at home.
Net Applications pointed out that Firefox's market share in December and later is expected to remain above 20%.