Does Firefox Really Have 71,115,024 users? (And Counting..)

July 14th, 2005 • Related • Filed Under

For some strange reason I installed the Tickerfox extension for Firefox which shows a live feed for the number of downloads for Firefox.

Over the last day or so the count has speeded up and at first I thought, ‘great, more people are converting’. Then I realised that the counter counts how many times the application has been downloaded, not the number of users, and the reason that the ticker has increased over the last 24 hours is because version 1.05 has just come out and everyone is upgrading (you have to download a full new .exe not just an update).

Also, I’ve upgraded 3 machines where I’m the only user so again the ticker is double-counting downloads.

Given that Firefox in the last month or so has gone from 1.02 to 1.03, to 1.04 to 1.05 in quick succession (and who knows how many iterations before that), how many users does Firefox really have? 71,116,045 (its gone up since I started writing this post), 50m, 20m or even just 10m?

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Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 7 News.

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