1 in 5 Windows 7 Users Worldwide Are Running IE9

At least one in five Windows 7 customers worldwide have already upgraded to and are using Internet Explorer 9.

As of August 31st, 2011, no less than 20.4% of Windows 7 users had embraced IE9, according to Roger Capriotti, director, Internet Explorer Marketing, who shared usage statistics from Net Applications.

Worldwide, there are more people leveraging IE9 for their daily browsing needs than any other browser, including the most recent releases of rivals such as Chrome and Firefox.

Chrome 13 is runner-up in terms of browser usage share on Windows 7 with 18.3%, while Firefox 6 takes home the bronze with 13.2%.

In the U.S. IE9 is the clear favorite choice, with a massive 27.7% of Windows 7 customers having already upgraded, in comparison to just 12.7% which jumped to Chrome 13 and 11.3% that opted for Firefox 6.

“IE9 has now passed 20% usage share worldwide on Windows 7 as of the last day of August. In the US, IE9 closed out the month at 28% share on Windows 7. IE9 was built to take advantage of the unique capabilities of Windows 7 and it’s great to see more and more Windows 7 users picking IE9 as their browser of choice to get them to their favorite sites,” Capriotti noted.

“Growth of IE9 on Windows 7 is really just a reflection of how the web experiences we all enjoy get better when using a browser and operating system designed to put those experiences front and center. Pinning sites like Facebook in Windows 7 is become increasingly popular among our IE9 users.”

According to Net Applications, Internet Explorer continues to own a larger usage share on the browser market than Firefox and Chrome combined, no less than 55.31% at the end of August, down from 55.97% in July.

In the past two months, Firefox’s usage share also dipped, from 22.81% to 22.57%, while Chrome’s experienced a massive increase to 15.51% from 14.33%. Internet Explorer 8 continues to be the most used browser version worldwide, with a share of 30.07% at the end of the past month.

Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) Platform Preview 2 (PP2) Build 10.0.1008.16421 is available for download here.

Windows Internet Explorer 9 RTW for Windows 7 and Windows 7 SP1 is available for download here.

Google Chrome for Windows is available for download here.

Firefox 6 Final for Windows is available for download here.