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Firefox is Dying and China's Opera Already Outgrew Mozilla in Many Dozens of Nations

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 07, 2024

Metropolitan Cathedral of Asuncion, Paraguay

Let's first examine the story of Paraguay

GNU/Linux usage in Uruguay has long been high, but how about Paraguay? GNU/Linux is at 3.5% on desktops/laptops, Windows is down to a third (of Web requests), but the browser breakdown is interesting. It shows not only that Opera is now measured as more widely used than Firefox (the same is true in several dozens of nations*) and Firefox fell below the threshold that, according to US standards, means that testing for Firefox/Gecko is no longer required, at least not for public sites such as government services. Paraguay's alta vista:

Browser Market Share Paraguay: Feb 2009 - June 2024

Desktop Operating System Market Share Paraguay: Feb 2009 - June 2024

4 days ago we showed that "Microsoft Lost South America". Android grew by a lot and it had dethroned Windows about half a decade ago.

Paraguay map

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* Countries where Opera is measured as above Firefox include:

Trinidad and Tobago 
Singapore 
Paraguay 
Uzbekistan 
Algeria 
Argentina 
Lebanon 
Mexico 
Bahrain 
Moldova 
Guatemala 
Philippines 
Sri Lanka 
Montenegro 
Bangladesh 
Afghanistan 
Bolivia 
Dominican Republic 
Gabon 
Palestinian Territory 
Angola 
Colombia 
Kazakhstan 
Syrian Arab Republic 
Uruguay 
United Arab Emirates 
Panama 
Georgia 
South Africa 
India 
Guinea 
Kuwait 
Cameroon 
Pakistan 
Tunisia 
Peru 
Qatar 
Ethiopia 
Turkey 
Brazil 
Honduras 
Azerbaijan 
Chile 
Mozambique 
Poland 
Russian Federation 
Benin 
Ukraine 
Libya 
Zimbabwe 
Malawi 
Belarus 
Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
Ghana 
Uganda 
Zambia 
Tanzania 
Kenya 
Nigeria 

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