This is the February 2015 release of browser and OS stats for www.radionz.co.nz and The Wireless.
Overall, the Chrome browser is increasing its market share, and the shift from desktop to mobile continues. Windows has dropped to under 50%.
Browsers
| Browser | 02/2015 | 09/2014 | 03/2014 | 11/2013 | 06/2012 | 11/2011 | 11/2010 | 11/2009 | 11/2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | 33.6 | 30.8 | 25.23 | 23.7 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 8.75 | 4.2 | 1.47 |
| IE | 17.2 | 18.9 | 24.02 | 26.3 | 37.5 | 41.2 | 50.6 | 56 | 63 |
| Safari | 18 | 18.8 | 18.94 | 17.52 | 17.3 | 5.6 | 13.1 | 10 | 5.66 |
| Firefox | 12.3 | 14.5 | 14.81 | 16.6 | 19.8 | 23.2 | 25.52 | 27.5 | 27.73 |
| Android | 8.3 | 9.0 | 11.71 | 11 | 7.5 | ||||
| Opera | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.46 | 0.69 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.02 | 1.08 |
IE is still in decline, and IE6 is 0.12%, IE7 1.2%, IE8 10%, IE9 16.2%, IE10 9.9%. IE11 is at 61%.
At The Wireless things are very different: Chrome 49%, Firefox 13.03%, Safari 13.8%, Safari (in app) 11.4%, IE 7.6%, Android 3.6%
Operating System
| OS | 02/2015 | 09/2014 | 03/2014 | 11/2013 | 06/2012 | 11/2011 | 11/2010 | 11/2009 | 11/2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | 44.8 | 48.9 | 52.9 | 58 | 67.3 | 72 | 81 | 84.8 | 89.3 |
| iOS | 21.42 | 18.4 | 16.6 | 14 | 7.88 | ||||
| Android | 20.89 | 17 | 16.5 | 13.7 | 7.79 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.02 | 0 |
| Mac | 9.44 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 12.6 | 8.5 |
| iPhone | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.56 | 0.19 | |||||
| iPad | 2.4 | 0.63 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Linux | 1.38 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.27 | 1.53 | 1.4 | 1.45 | 1.72 |
| Win Phone | 0.63 | 0.57 | 0.44 | 0.39 | |||||
| iPod | 0.5 | 0.35 | 0.22 | 0.08 |
And at The Wireless, Windows 44.7%, iOS 20.3%, Mac 17.7%, Android 14.35%, Linux 1.37%, Win Phone 0.47%
Mobile
In June 2012 mobile was 16% of our traffic. In November 2013 it was 29%. In March 2014 it was 23.4% mobile and 10.8% for tablet, making 34.2%. In September 2014 it was 61.8%, 26.3% mobile and 11.8% for tablet. Now it is 55.5% desktop, 32.8% mobile and 11.% for tablet.
The most popular devices are – iPhone (27.6%), iPad (20%), and Samsung GT-I9300 Galaxy S III (3.03%)
Over at The Wireless 28% of the traffic is mobile and 6.8% tablet, with popular devices being iPhone (40%), iPad (15.1%) Galaxy S IV (5%).
Richard Hulse 
Hi Richard! I enjoy these stat posts, but I think they would be really improved if you could include some simple graphs! Cheers
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