MacOS hits 10% of browsing marketshare according to NetApplications

Cleve Nettles
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February 01, 2009
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OK, it's 9.93% but we're rounding up to 10% which is a significant milestone.   The Mac OS rose from 9.63% in December, a gain of over 3% in Net Applications most recent survey of January Internet usage.  If you look at the past year, there is no question the Mac is steadily gaining ground vs. Windows.

iPhone and the iPod touch also did very well posting significant gains.  Specifically the iPod touch gained 37% since December on very strong holiday sales.

Comments (7)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 01, 2009 - 8:44pm

Add in the iPhone share and no rounding is necessary. OS X = 10.41%

Benjamin Dobson | February 01, 2009 - 11:38pm

9.93% - 9.63% = 0.3%, not 3%.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 01, 2009 - 11:53pm

The article is correct, they say it's a gain of over 3%.
9,63/9,93 = 1.03 ≈ 3%.

Benjamin Dobson | February 03, 2009 - 9:44am

I fail to see both how 9.63/9.93 = 1.03, and how 1.03 ≈ either 3 or 3%.

Second, percentages of percentages are meaningless. If a country's export of oranges grew by 2% in one year and 3% in the next, that's an increase of 50%. Completely meaningless.

hansolo1979 (not verified) | February 01, 2009 - 11:46pm

well its an overall gain of 3% since its not the absolute values that were ment but the relative ones
9.93/9.63 = 1.03 ==> 3% gain since december

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 02, 2009 - 11:28am

yay

Polarbear (not verified) | February 02, 2009 - 3:54pm

It's nice to see something you have loved for many years finally getting the respect it soooo much deserves.