Safari, Firefox Market Share Slipped in May

by , 10:40 AM EDT, June 1st, 2006

Safari's market share dipped noticeably in May along with Firefox, while Microsoft's Internet Explorer reversed its steady decline. Apple's Web browser ended the month with a 2.53 percent market share, down from April's 3.30 percent. According to statistics from Market Share, Firefox slipped from 10.68 percent in April to 9.58 percent.

Internet Explorer rose from 83.88 percent to 85.89 percent. Explorer's market share has been generally declining over the past year, but occasionally shows a small increase. The last increase was in January of this year when it inched up to 85.31 percent from December 2005's 85.05 percent.

In comparison, Safari and Firefox have been on a slow upward trend over the past year.