Internet Trends - full year analysis on 201,417 unique visitors - 2009

Internet statistics report summary for the year 2009 (01 January to 31 December) with comparisons to the previous year (2009) - justweb.com.au

Total unique visits: 201,417
Previous year visits (2008): 162,613
Increase: 23.86%

Unique keywords used: 180,167 visits via 61,059 keywords

Direct and referral traffic: 21,250

Statistics covered in the 2009 justweb™ internet traffic full report are:

• Browser types
• Operating systems
• Versions of Windows
• Browser / Operating system combinations
• Screen resolutions
• Java support
• Connection speeds
• Top 20 networks (please note: over 14,000 networks in total)
• Top ten search engines
• Visits by rank and country

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Browsers (46 in total)

1. Internet Explorer 125,196 62.24%
2. Firefox 55,801 27.74%
3. Safari 10,894 5.42%
4. Chrome 6,035 3.00%
5. Opera 1,684 0.84%
6. Mozilla 989 0.49%
7. SeaMonkey 91 0.05%
8. Mozilla Compatible Agent 79 0.04%
9. Opera Mini 75 0.04%
10. Konqueror 68 0.03%
11. Camino 60 0.03%
12. Playstation 3 46 0.02%
13. BlackBerry9000 23 0.01%
14. Netscape 18 0.01%
15. NetFront 17 0.01%

Comment: Internet Explorer continues to lose ground against Firefox. Googles browser offering, Chrome, has gained a reasonable following, but will have to work hard to get anywhere near Firefox (or IE for that matter). Nothing much else has changed since last year.

Comparison to previous year (display info ∇)

Operating Systems (23 in total)

1. Windows 182,664 90.81%
2. Macintosh 14,703 7.31%
3. Linux 2,128 1.06%
4. iPhone 894 0.44%
5. (not set) 243 0.12%
6. iPod 153 0.08%
7. Danger Hiptop 145 0.07%
8. SymbianOS 91 0.05%
9. Playstation 3 46 0.02%
10. BlackBerry 27 0.01%
11. Android 15 0.01%
12. FreeBSD 14 0.01%
13. SunOS 12 0.01%
14. Sony 6 > 0.00%
15. PalmOS 4 > 0.00%

Comment: Windows has lost some ground against Macintosh, but still retains a stranglehold on the operating system market. iPhone browsing has increased (of course), but not to the extent I would have thought. 2010 statistics will no doubt show a further increase.

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Versions of Windows Operating Systems

1. XP 126,636 69.24%
2. Vista 48,110 26.30%
3. Server 2003 3,197 1.75%
4. NT 1,983 1.08%
5. 2000 1,680 0.92%
6. 7 1,102 0.60%
7. 98 157 0.09%
8. CE 20 0.01%
9. ME 7 > 0.00%
10. (not set) 6%

Comment: Vista has left such a bad stain on Windows users, a huge majority of people still use good old reliable XP. I can attest to why personally - Vista was, and is, a joke - I recall having less problems with Windows 98. BUT, since changing to Windows 7, I'm saving myself an estimated 5 or so hours per week. For XP users afraid of going to Windows 7, I would say don't be - it is a breeze to install, and a joy to use. I will say this however - I recommend that if you do decide to go to Windows 7, you don't upgrade, but instead do a complete install on a new hard drive. You should probably have at least 2gb of ram in your system as well. If you are buying new computer parts, be sure to ask your retailer about an OEM version of Windows 7 - it's much cheaper.

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Browser / Operating system combinations (86 in total)

1. Internet Explorer / Windows 125,340 62.23%
2. Firefox / Windows 49,184 24.42%
3. Safari / Macintosh 9,201 4.57%
4. Chrome / Windows 6,015 2.99%
5. Firefox / Macintosh 5,395 2.68%
6. Opera / Windows 1,569 0.78%
7. Firefox / Linux 1,252 0.62%
8. Safari / iPhone 877 0.44%
9. Mozilla / Linux 736 0.37%
10. Safari / Windows 568 0.28%

Comment: No surprises here. IE is favoured by Windows users, and Safari by Mac users.

Comparison to previous year (display info ∇)

Screen Resolutions (632 in total)

1. 1024x768 53,180 26.44%
2. 1280x800 40,147 19.96%
3. 1280x1024 33,766 16.79%
4. 1680x1050 17,632 8.77%
5. 1440x900 17,294 8.60%
6. 1920x1200 6,257 3.11%
7. 1152x864 5,241 2.61%
8. 800x600 3,896 1.94%
9. 1366x768 3,424 1.70%
10. 1280x768 3,373 1.68%
11. 1280x960 2,222 1.10%
12. 1920x1080 1,901 0.95%
13. 1280x720 1,466 0.73%
14. 1024x600 1,357 0.67%
15. 1400x1050 1,091 0.54%

Comment: Last years popular screen res (1024x768) has lost a lot of ground. This is due in part to more people using laptops, as well as opting for wide screen monitors. And why not? Laptops and monitors are so cheap these days. A tip for businesses: a very inexpensive way to increase your workers productivity - give them a second screen and run dual monitors - it will be the best $150 - $200 you can spend.

Comparison to previous year (display info ∇)

Java Support

1. Yes
187,073 93.00%

2. No
14,083 7.00%

Comment: Less people are enabling Java, or rather, disabling it in their options. Could be a problem with a lot of sites running Java based applications etc. now more than ever.

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Connection Speeds (7 in total)

1. Unknown 111,352
2. DSL 48,771
3. Cable 22,161
4. T1 12,721
5. Dialup 5,472
6. OC3 737
7. ISDN 203

Comment: None really - hard to comment when more than half the connection speeds are "unknown".

Top 25 Networks (14,044 in total)

1. telstra internet 40,202
2. optus internet - retail 15,139
3. iinet limited 9,702
4. tpg internet pty ltd. 9,083
5. internet service provider 5,081
6. 3g mobile service provider 3,353
7. primus telecommunications 2,380
8. imported inetnum object for tpa-1 2,187
9. adam internet pty ltd 2,159
10. road runner holdco llc 2,117
11. comcast cable communications inc. 2,070
12. westnet internet services 1,928
13. aapt limited 1,913
14. internet service provider australia. 1,577
15. layer 2 broadband customer network 1,421
16. verizon internet services inc. 1,330
17. amnet it services pty ltd 1,253
18. pacific internet (australia) pty ltd 1,189
19. nib (national internet backbone) 1,168
20. abts delhi 1,109
21. internode 1,039
22. vodafone australia pty. 1,034
23. iseek communications 936
24. singtel optus pty ltd 925
25. ip pools 897

Comment: BigPond (Telstra) is still miles (kilometres?) ahead of its nearest rival, Optus. Both iiNet and TPG gained ground over last year, whereas BigPond and Optus usage remained virtually the same.

Top Ten Search Engines (19 in total)

1. google 158,546
2. bing 8,085
3. yahoo 5,293
4. live 4,594
5. msn 1,460
6. search 868
7. ask 727
8. aol 498
9. altavista 52
10. netscape 10

Comment: Again, no surprises. Once the changes expected to happen with regards to Bing and Yahoo this year, we'll see a boost for Bing and a drop for Yahoo.

Countries/Territories of origin (194 in total)

Country/Territory Visits
Australia 137088
United States 21734
India 6200
United Kingdom 5327
Canada 3897
Philippines 2381
New Zealand 2109
Germany 1581
Singapore 1455
France 1206
Ireland 849
Pakistan 846
China 787
Malaysia 747
Indonesia 692
Hong Kong 665
Italy 631
South Africa 555
Netherlands 508
Nigeria 475
Japan 432
Romania 412
Vietnam 402
Spain 400
Thailand 363
Brazil 363
Poland 341
Switzerland 329
Russia 313
United Arab Emirates 309
Belgium 301
Israel 264
Mexico 259
Sweden 258
Ghana 247
Sri Lanka 236
Turkey 236
Egypt 203
Saudi Arabia 192
Serbia 173
Norway 171
Ukraine 168
Austria 168
Bangladesh 167
Greece 167
South Korea 165
Cameroon 163
Argentina 161
Croatia 159
(not set) 158

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