Boston, USA and Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday, 11th April, 2012: A major
milestone in screen resolution sizes has been passed according to
independent web analytics company, StatCounter. The company's research
arm, StatCounter Global Stats reports that for the first time 1366x768
has become the most popular screen resolution worldwide, having
overtaken 1024x768.
"The data reflects a continuing trend of
users moving to larger screen resolution sizes," commented Aodhan
Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. "The screen resolution size people are using
is a critical factor for developers when it comes to web design,
particularly in the case of fixed width web pages."
Since
StatCounter began its tracking of screen resolution in March 2009, as a
free service to developers and other users, 1024x768 has been the
dominant screen size globally on the web (excluding mobile*).
1024x768
has fallen from 41.8% in March 2009 to 18.6% in March 2012.
Over the
same period 1366x768 has grown from 0.68% to 19.28%.
The third most
popular size is 1280x800 at 13%.
Cullen also said that while
StatCounter Global Stats provides information on worldwide and regional
trends, monitoring the specific screen resolutions being used to view
individual sites is also very important.
StatCounter Global Stats
data is based on over 15 billion page views per month (4 billion from
the US) to the StatCounter network of more than three million websites.
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