current crop of web browsers

Thousands of different types and versions of web browsers are in use today,
but itfs safe to say that for most people, there are just a few basic types,
which I list here in their current order of total global browser market penetration
(including mobile and desktop browsers):
. Internet Explorer (IE): IE browsers currently account for about 43 percent
of browsers.
. Mozilla: Mozilla is the name used to refer to browsers that are based on
the Gecko layout engine, which is developed by the Mozilla Foundation.
The list of Mozilla browsers includes Firefox, Netscape, Flock, Camino,
and Epiphany. They account for about 29 percent of browsers as of this
writing.


WebKit: WebKit-based browsers make up about 25 percent (and rising)
of all browsers today.
. Opera: Opera maintains approximately a 2-percent share of the total
browser market.
At this point, the general trend on the Web as we know it is that WebKit is
rising in market share (thanks to mobile browsers and Google Chrome), IE
and Firefox are declining, and Opera is staying steady. On mobile devices,
however, the picture is vastly different: WebKit browsers account for at least
70 percent of all mobile browsing. The rest (around 25 percent) is primarily
Opera Mini.

(courtesy of StatCounter) shows trends in mobile browser usage for a recent
one-year period. Opera has the largest share of mobile browser usage, but
WebKit-based browsers lead total market share.