Mozilla Firefox 3 was fastest off the block when it clocked 8 million downloads in the first 24 hours after its launch in June 2008. Next was Opera 11 with 6.7 million downloads in the first day after launch in December 2010.
Both browsers were ahead of Internet Explorer 9 in terms of number of downloads in the first 24 hours.
Following behind was Apple’s Safari which reached 6 million downloads but only after three days. Data for Chrome were unavailable.
The above statistics were compiled by Gavin Clarke of The Register and based on claims by the companies themselves without any means of external verification.
I have summarised the compilation below. Also included are downloads statistics for Angry Birds, the Mac App Store, Nokia Ovi store and the all-time-favourite – Adobe Flash Player.
| Browser/ App/ Plug-in |
Claimed downloads | Time period | Launch Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox 3.0 | 8 million | 1 day | Jun 2008 |
| Opera 11 | 6.7 million | 1 day | Dec 2010 |
| IE 9 | 2.35 million | 1 day | 14 Mar 2011 |
| Apple Safari 4.0 | 6 million | 3 days | Jun 2009 |
| IE9 beta | 2 million | 2 days | Sep 2010 |
| IE8 beta | 1.3 million | 5 days | Aug 2008 |
| Angry Birds | 5 million | 1 month | Dec 2010 |
| Mac App Store | 1 million | 1 day | Jan 2011 |
| Nokia Ovi | 3 million | Daily | Ongoing |
| Adobe Flash Player | 8 million | Daily | Ongoing |
Tags: Adobe, Apple Safari, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera
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