MIT WebHits Data - WORKING DRAFT
November 2003, February 2004, April 2004
All the WebHits data collected for November 2003 and February 2004 were used to determine this usage data. Highlighted below are the "browsers of choice" by platform in November 2003 and February 2004. The WinNT numbers are notable, split between Netscape and IE, but the volume of the hits are lower compared to the other Windows platforms.
| November 2003 MITNet (18.*) only |
Linux | Misc UNIX | Mac | Mac OS X |
Win95/ 98/ME | WinNT | Win2K | WinXP | |
| Internet Explorer | 0% | 25% | 75% | 47% | 61% | 77% | IE | ||
| Mozilla | 91% | 92% | 3% | 12% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 4% | Mozilla |
| Netscape | 7% | 8% | 73% | 73% | 22% | 52% | 37% | 18% | Netscape |
| Opera | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | Opera | ||
| Safari (OSX only) | 15% | Safari | |||||||
| # of web hits represented | 40,743 | 25,133 | 35,958 | 39,644 | 29,437 | 11,727 | 163,599 | 326,836 |
| February 2004 MITNet (18.*) only |
Linux | Misc UNIX | Mac | Mac OS X |
Win95/ 98/ME | WinNT | Win2K | WinXP | |
| Internet Explorer | 28% | 73% | 52% | 63% | 76% | IE | |||
| Mozilla | 92% | 94% | 2% | 12% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 5% | Mozilla |
| Netscape | 5% | 6% | 69% | 73% | 23% | 47% | 34% | 18% | Netscape |
| Opera | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | Opera | |
| Safari (OSX only) | 16% | Safari | |||||||
| # of web hits represented | 52,188 | 36,092 | 33,201 | 55,897 | 28,185 | 8,045 | 183,938 | 418,289 |
| April 1-18, 2004 MITNet (18.*) only |
Linux | Misc UNIX | Mac | Mac OS X |
Win95/ 98/ME | WinNT | Win2K | WinXP | *Opera did not appear |
| Internet Explorer | 32% | 78% | 52% | 62% | 75% | IE | |||
| Mozilla | 96% | 96% | 5% | 12% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 7% | Mozilla |
| Netscape | 4% | 4% | 64% | 74% | 18% | 47% | 35% | 18% | Netscape |
| Safari (OSX only) | 14% | Safari | |||||||
| # of web hits represented | 25,429 | 17,656 | 14,731 | 35,861 | 12,886 | 4,078 | 93,527 | 233,596 |
A collapsed and charted view for the three major platform categories might also be useful to review:
| February 2004 MITNet (18.*) only |
Linux/ UNIX | Macintosh | Windows |
| Internet Explorer | - | 11% | 72% |
| Mozilla | 93% | 8% | 4% |
| Netscape | 5% | 71% | 23% |
| Opera | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Safari | - | 10% | - |
| # of web hits represented | 88,280 | 89,098 | 638,457 |
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All the WebHits data collected for November 2003 and February 2004 were used to determine this usage data. It may be useful to note how the web hits differ on MITNet and Outside MITNet. The top 3 in each are highlighted.
Browser |
MITNet (18.*) | Outside MITNet | |||
| November 2003 | February 2004 | November 2003 | February 2004 | ||
| Internet Explorer 5 | 4% | 3% | 14% | 17% | |
| Internet Explorer 6 | 53% | 55% | 73% | 71% | |
| Mozilla | 12% | 14% | 5% | 4% | |
| Netscape 4 | 5% | 3% | 1% | 2% | |
| Netscape 6 | 4% | 3% | 0% | 0% | |
| Netscape 7 | 19% | 20% | 4% | 4% | |
| Opera | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
| Safari only available on MacOSX |
1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
| Operating System | MITNet (18.*) | Outside MITNet | |||
| November 2003 | February 2004 | November 2003 | February 2004 | ||
| Linux | 6% | 6% | 2% | 2% | |
| Misc UNIX | 4% | 4% | 0% | 0% | |
| Macintosh | 5% | 4% | 2% | 2% | |
| Macintosh OS X | 6% | 7% | 2% | 2% | |
| Windows 95/98/ME | 4% | 3% | 21% | 18% | |
| Windows NT | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | |
| Windows 2000 | 24% | 22% | 24% | 23% | |
| Windows XP | 48% | 51% | 46% | 49% | |
jag@mit.edu, last updated April 21, 2004