Web browser Firefox increases market share in Europe
{{date|July 19, 2007}}

{| class="wikitable" align=right
!Firefox share by continent !! %
|-
|1. Oceania || 28.9%
|-
|2. Europe || 27.8%
|-
|3. North America || 18.7%
|-
|4. South America || 15.5%
|-
|5. Africa || 14.7%
|-
|6. Asia || 14.3%
|-
|<small>source:XiTiMonitor</small>
|}

The [[France|French]] web survey provider XiTiMonitor reports that in their study conducted from Monday, July 2 to Sunday, July 8, 2007 on 95,827 websites, web browser {{w|Mozilla Firefox}} reached a 27.8% share in [[Europe]], compared to 21.1% during the same period last year.

Firefox has its biggest market share in [[Slovenia]] and [[Finland]] where it amounts to 47.9% and 45.4%, respectively, while only 14.6% of people from the [[Netherlands]] and 15.2% of surfers in [[Denmark]] used Firefox in this survey. The share rose most in [[Ireland]]: from 24.9% to 38.6% (''i.e.'' +13.7 points).

[[Microsoft]]'s web browser {{w|Internet Explorer}} remains the most used browser in Europe with a market share of 66.5%. {{w|Opera (Internet suite)|Opera}} and {{w|Safari (web browser)|Safari}} have a 3.5% and 1.7% share respectively, with other browsers at less than 1%.

[[Oceania]] remains the region with the highest usage of the [[FLOSS|freely licensed and open source software]] browser Firefox, with 28.9%. The continent with the strongest relative increase in market share is [[South America]], where there is a 30% increase compared to last March. Numbers from the [[United States|U.S.]]-based company {{w|Net Applications|Net Applications Inc.}} last month showed a fall in Firefox's share from 15.42% in April to 14.54%.

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==Sources==
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.xitimonitor.com/en-us/browsers-barometer/firefox-july-2007/index-1-2-3-102.html
|title=Firefox narrowly misses 28% use in Europe - Internet Explorer under 70%
|author=
|pub=XiTiMonitor
|date=July 18, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070717-europeans-embrace-firefox-in-record-numbers.html
|title=Europeans embrace Firefox in record numbers
|author=Eric Bangeman
|pub=Ars Technica
|date=July 17, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,134615-c,mozilla/article.html
|title=Firefox Nears 30 Percent Market Share in Europe
|author=Gregg Keizer
|pub=PC World
|date=July 16, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9025162
|title=Vista, Mac OS X gain users; Firefox loses market share
|author=Gregg Keizer
|pub=Computer World
|date=June 18, 2007}}

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Firefox share by continent 

 %

1. Oceania 

 28.9%

2. Europe 

 27.8%

3. North America 

 18.7%

4. South America 

 15.5%

5. Africa 

 14.7%

6. Asia 

 14.3%

source:XiTiMonitor

The French web survey provider XiTiMonitor reports that in their study conducted from Monday, July 2 to Sunday, July 8, 2007 on 95,827 websites, web browser  reached a 27.8% share in Europe, compared to 21.1% during the same period last year.

Firefox has its biggest market share in Slovenia and Finland where it amounts to 47.9% and 45.4%, respectively, while only 14.6% of people from the Netherlands and 15.2% of surfers in Denmark used Firefox in this survey. The share rose most in Ireland: from 24.9% to 38.6% (i.e. +13.7 points).

Microsoft's web browser Opera (Internet suite)|Opera and Safari have a 3.5% and 1.7% share respectively, with other browsers at less than 1%.

Oceania remains the region with the highest usage of the freely licensed and open source software browser Firefox, with 28.9%. The continent with the strongest relative increase in market share is South America, where there is a 30% increase compared to last March. Numbers from the U.S.-based company Net Applications Inc. last month showed a fall in Firefox's share from 15.42% in April to 14.54%.


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