datasets / browser-stats

Web browser usage statistics

Web browser usage statistics over time.

Data

Primary data source is W3Schools browser statistics. The data provided comes from the log files of W3Schools' servers.

data.csv contains usage statistics for both current browsers as well as several now-defunct browsers.

data-extant.csv only includes data for current browsers.

Preparation

This package includes scripts/process.py to scrape the data. Currently it is required to manually change the index to match which calendar year's table data to act on.

License

Non-commerical use of this data appears to be covered under W3Schools' Fair Use in their Terms of Use, but please review these terms or contact W3Schools yourself to clarify terms for your specific usage.

browser-stats's Issues

W3Schools is not a good source for actual usage statistics.

This issue is more of a warning to those that would want to use this data to express browser usage percentages for reporting or coding standard initiatives as the data source only shows the data for clients that connect to the W3Schools website. People that connect to the website are usually developers as such are a bit more technically savvy than the average user, as such, this will skew any results derived.

Perhaps a a disclaimer should be added to the Readme.md to clarify this possible issue.