Operating Systems - What Are Your Viewers Using?

[GPallan]

Hey guys. I'm trying to configure some vids for a website and was wondering what our viewers/members are using these days so that i know what formats to go with.

Obviously most are using Windows, but what percentage? and Macs? WebTV? Linux?

Is it really all that important to go through the trouble of being compatible with Macs these days?

And how about WebTV and Linux users? Is it even necessary to take them into consideration?

Thanks,

Allan

[Xstr8guy]

XP and ME and other Windows versions 95%... Macintosh less than 5%... everything else combined less than 1%. I don't have a huge sampling and most of my traffic is from AVS and SE. I imagine TGP and Paysite traffic would be different.

Good question, by the way!

[Chilihost]

yup those stats are about the same for me. I also read an article today saying that I.E. is starting to take back market share from firefox:

In July, 87.2 percent of Web site visitors used Microsoft's Internet Explorer, up from 86.56 percent the month before. Firefox, IE's closest rival, saw its share decline from a record high 8.71 percent in June to 8.07 percent this month.

interesting, isn't it!

cheers,
Luke

[GPallan]

all you pay-site owners, what are your stats showing? what operating systems are your members using?

[H2ohNeil]

Most of them are using the different versions of Windows. But personally I'm addict to linux.

[HotMaleVideos]

Macs have a version of Windows Media Player 9 for OSX, so if you went with that codec you should be compatible with them too. It's not pre-installed, but it's available.

[GPallan]

check out this great source for Browser & OS Statistics http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

but i'm wondering if these stats also hold true for adult traffic

[Chilihost]

that stats page shows a huge number of firefox users compared to the stats I am seeing...and yes I am talking about paysites here too.

cheers,
Luke

[GPallan]

that stats page shows a huge number of firefox users compared to the stats I am seeing...and yes I am talking about paysites here too.

cheers,
Luke

yeah, that struck me as strange too. they make a comment about that on the site. and their stats show that more people are using Linux than Macs. ??? can that be true?

[CuriousToyBoy]

Interesting.

Very interesting.

:construct

[GPallan]

here is a more accurate stat i think http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2005/July/os.php

that is a sample size of ~265 million visitors from june

[basschick]

good site!

they also have browser stats
http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2005/July/browser.php

why not just check your pages in firefox after you make them?

[Xstr8guy]

I find it hard to believe that Windows ME has 0%. And you gotta love those 13 people that are still using Netscape 1. Lol

[hdkbill]

all you pay-site owners, what are your stats showing? what operating systems are your members using?

Windows 92.4%
MAC 5.7%
Linux 0.2%
Others 1.7%

Browers

MSIE 81.4%
Firefox 8.8%
Netscape 2.2%
Others 7.6%

[desslock]

Following your browser report is usually interesting, and helpful. For friskyfans the big ones are 69.62%: MSIE, 11.27%: Firefox 3.16%: Safari

Other interesting items include
0.51%: msnbot
0.48%: Googlebot
BlackBerry7100, Nokia6610I/1, Konqueror/3, SonyEricssonT306, SIE-C65,

And then this lovely item:
10054 page views this past week from Microsoft URL Control - 6.00.8862, which is a damn hacker visual basic application which after every access leaves that cryptic footprint.

Steve