Comments on: Firefox Download Counter Rolls Over 400 Million

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:11:09 +0000

Mohan wrote:

That is a whole lot of downloads. I wonder what the current market share is.

14.56% according to Net Applications: [marketshare.hitslink.com]

By: Mohan

Mohan — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:26:38 +0000

That is a whole lot of downloads. I wonder what the current market share is.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 04:12:24 +0000

Asa Dotzler wrote:

Actually, we have about 40 million daily users and about 120 million users who don’t use Firefox every day but do use it regularly. So, a little more than 25% become users and about 10% have become daily users. - A

Thanks for the update Asa! I'll modify the article.

By: Asa Dotzler

Asa Dotzler — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:32:09 +0000

Actually, we have about 40 million daily users and about 120 million users who don’t use Firefox every day but do use it regularly. So, a little more than 25% become users and about 10% have become daily users.

- A

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:57:24 +0000

The Guru wrote:

Only 2 weeks off from the estimate in your 300 million downloads article back in February.

I was quite surprised by that myself. I guess their growth is pretty steady.

By: The Guru

The Guru — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:54:59 +0000

Only 2 weeks off from the estimate in your 300 million downloads article back in February.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:21:11 +0000

Oops…I think you’re correct.

By: Ryan J.

Ryan J. — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:46:13 +0000

“April 15th, 2008 is my estimated date that Firefox will hit 1/2 million downloads.”

I think you meant to say 1/2 billion. They’ve already made 1/2 million.