Macintosh Usage Statistics

Need to know how many people are on OS X

[Strange]

I was curious if anyone knows where I can get information regarding the statistics of how many folks are using OS X as opposed to OS 9 and below, and also how many mac users may be using safari as opposed to IE 5.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Strange

[Span]

In my stats from this month there are 7.1% MacIntosh and 1.7% Safari users.
Looks like most Mac users didn't upgrade to MacOs-X yet (X is required to use Safari) or they are using another browser.

[timster]

how many folks are using OS X as opposed to OS 9 and below

Bear in mind, the number of OS X/OS 9 users is different than the number of Web surfers on the platform...

The folks at OneStat.com say they can give you that answer...for a price.

how many mac users may be using safari as opposed to IE 5.

This is a tricky question, and I have never found a definitive answer on the Web, but a few things we know:

1) Safari is only available for Mac OS X

2) MSIE for Mac is a discontinued product

3) Safari's usage share is growing
[maccentral.macworld.com ]

4) Some websites report Safari is their most common Mac browsers; others, report Mac IE is most common

If you are looking to support just 1 Mac browser, you've got a tough choice on your hands. The target audience of the website may be the deciding factor.

Here's a good arcitle on Mac browsers:
[arstechnica.com ]

[Strange]

Thanks guys! I do appreciate the info. All of our websites display fine in safari. Some of the older graphic machines are still running OS 9 and they have IE5 on them. Someone saw a couple of the sites screwed up in that particular browser which cause a small ripple.

Mac users are on average only about 1.5% of the total visitors to our sites. So I was trying to get an idea of how many of those users are OS X w/ safari.

[jamesa]

Just a few days ago during his WWDC keynote Steve Jobs said that 50% of all Mac users are on OS X.

[Strange]

Thanks jamesa... I haven't had a chance to view that keynote yet.

[BwanaZulia]

I don't know how perfect AWstats (6.1) is at detecting the OS, but it says:

Mac: 7.2%
OSX: 5%
OS9: 2.2%

Of course, I use OSX, so that is a little off, but it is off of 712,851 hits.

BZ