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| Subject: | RE: FLASH: General role of Flash in webdesign... |
| From: | Verhaegen Tom |
| Date: | Wed, 24 May 2000 13:37:47 +0100 |
Hi Thorvald,
at the Macromedia site you can do a search on "statistics", here are some
results i pulled.
take also a look at http://www.idc.com/
Tom
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These statistics provide insight for developers and publishers into
the trend towards ubiquity for Flash Player, around the world and the
different sources of the players.
Worldwide ubiquity of Flash (cumulative, in thousands)
Q1 '99 Q2 '99 Q3 '99 Q4 '99 Q1 '00
Worldwide Web users (1, 2)
180,290
193,543
210,429
228,789 248,635
Worldwide Flash installed base
108,702
138,807
177,050
208,926 247,173
Percentage of Web users with Flash
60%
72%
84%
91% 99.4%
Worldwide Ubiqity of Flash by Version, - Q1 '00
(NPD Online - Worldwide Survey) Flash 2 Flash 3 Flash 4
US (7)
89.9% 86.9% 64.2%
Canada (7) 91.7% 88.3% 72.7%
Europe (7) 90.1% 84.7% 66.0%
Asia (7) 88.1% 82.1% 58.2%
South America (7) 89.5% 76.2% 60.0%
Sources of Flash Players (cumulative, in thousands)
Q1'99 Q2 '99 Q3 '99 Q4 '99 Q1 '00
Downloads from macromedia.com (3)
84,003
113,694
151,521
182,454 222,468
Bundled with browsers (AOL and Netscape) (4, 5)
16,945 17,358 17,774 17,490 17,619
Bundled with operating systems (MacOS/Win95/98) (6)
7,755
7,755
7,755
8,982 7,086
Total 108,703 138,807 177,050 208,926 247,173
Data Sources
1. Number of online (Web) users-IDC Online User Forecast
International Data Corporation
2. Number of online (Web) users in Europe and Asia-Jupiter
Communications World Online Population
3. Number of Flash and Shockwave Players downloaded from
macromedia.com-Macromedia download data
4. Number of AOL subscribers-IDC Quarterly ISP Online/Internet
Subscriptions
5. Number of Netscape Navigator browsers installed-IDC World
Wide Web Browser Market Share and Forecast Review
6. Installed base of PCs-IDC PC Forecast
7. NPD Online Worldwide survey-Conducted March 2000
Monthly download statistics for the Flash 4 Player since it shipped.
Month
Total Flash downloads
(in thousands) Total Flash ActiveX downloads
(in thousands)
Total Flash plug-in downloads
(in thousands)
Average ActiveX downloads per day
(in thousands)
Average plug-in downloads per day
(in thousands) Average daily Flash downloads
(in thousands) Number of days
May '99
14,440 12,914 1,526 417 49 466 31
Jun '99
14,172 12,242 1,930 408 64 472 30
Jul '99
16,540 14,395 2,145 464 69 534 31
Aug '99
18,046 15,634 2,412 504 78 582 31
Sep '99
20,255 15,634 2,548 571 82 633 31
Oct '99
24,450 21,749 2,701 702 87 789 31
Nov '99 28,265 25,264 3,001 842 100 942 30
Dec '99 30,525 27,919 2,605 900 84 984 31
Jan '00 38,525 35,535 2,523 1,146 81 1,227 31
Feb '00 41,936 39,207 2,728 1,351 94 1,446 29
Mar '00 51,761 48,741 3,020 1,572 97 1,669 31
Source: Downloads from www.macromedia.com
Number of Flash Player and Shockwave Player users by geographic
region.
Flash around the world (cumulative, in thousands)
Q1 '99 Q2 '99 Q3 '99 Q4 '99 Q1 '00
Worldwide
108,702
138,807
177,050
208,926 247,173
North America
68,823
87,370
105,299
119,503 125,679
Europe
23,582
30,741
42,550
51,953 55,190
Asia Pacific
4,173
5,355
11,604
18,259 46,459
Japan
12,124
15,341
17,597
19,209 19,842
International Data Corporation
-----Original Message-----
From: owner
chinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of ThorvaldNeumann
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 12:22 PM
To: Verhaegen Tom
Subject: Re: FLASH: General role of Flash in webdesign...
Hej Tom, and hi to everyone else!
Wednesday, May 24, 2000, 12:02:36 PM, Verhaegen Tom
<tom [dot] verhaegen
carels [dot] com> wrote:> To be franc, i changed Job ;-)
First, I have to earn some money to back me up. ;-)
> The only way the convince the clients is to make a studie. A studie in
wich
> you screen there compatitors and the technologie they use. If that doesn't
> work you can pull out the statistique of the flash usage.
Do you have an URL for good webstatistics on plugins etc.?
> I have taken a look at the Jacon Nielsen and I even haven't read it (it
just
> not attractive and it doesnt invite me to read it.
Me too! I looked over it shortly and closed the browser window.
> If a company gives a business-presentation they try hard to look good, so
> way should there website look like &%#$@@%^. A web site is an extra
office,
> so make it look good and the people will enter. (maybe this is an
argument)
That's what they already do consider. Despite the "negative thinking"
of the programmer (uses only Unix and Lynx), who is one of the two
bosses I have, we use graphics to put life into a website.
(Imagine complaining voice: 'But no Flash...')
Sincerely,
Thorvald Neumann
Medienentwickler
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