GVU's Tenth WWW User Survey Graphs

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Frequency of Switching Browsers

How many times in the past year have you switched the vendor of your browser? That is, made an intentional change to use a browser produced by a different company not including trial evaluations, testing, etc.
Frequency of Switching Browsers

Frequency of Switching Browsers

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Never 1683 62.1 63.4 63.4
1 time 578 21.3 21.8 85.2
2 times 256 9.4 9.6 94.8
3-5 times 94 3.5 3.5 98.4
Don't know 43 1.6 1.6 100.0
Total 2654 97.9 100.0
Missing System 56 2.1

Total 2710 100.0


Frequency of Switching Browsers

Frequency of Switching Browsers
Location Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Never 23 67.6 67.6 67.6
1 time 3 8.8 8.8 76.5
2 times 7 20.6 20.6 97.1
Don't know 1 2.9 2.9 100.0
Total 34 100.0 100.0
USA Valid Never 1369 62.0 63.4 63.4
1 time 484 21.9 22.4 85.7
2 times 204 9.2 9.4 95.2
3-5 times 74 3.4 3.4 98.6
Don't know 30 1.4 1.4 100.0
Total 2161 97.9 100.0
Missing System 46 2.1

Total 2207 100.0

Europe Valid Never 156 69.3 70.6 70.6
1 time 33 14.7 14.9 85.5
2 times 17 7.6 7.7 93.2
3-5 times 8 3.6 3.6 96.8
Don't know 7 3.1 3.2 100.0
Total 221 98.2 100.0
Missing System 4 1.8

Total 225 100.0

Other Valid Never 135 55.3 56.7 56.7
1 time 58 23.8 24.4 81.1
2 times 28 11.5 11.8 92.9
3-5 times 12 4.9 5.0 97.9
Don't know 5 2.0 2.1 100.0
Total 238 97.5 100.0
Missing System 6 2.5

Total 244 100.0


Frequency of Switching Browsers

Frequency of Switching Browsers
Gender Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Never 23 67.6 67.6 67.6
1 time 3 8.8 8.8 76.5
2 times 7 20.6 20.6 97.1
Don't know 1 2.9 2.9 100.0
Total 34 100.0 100.0
Female Valid Never 490 63.5 64.1 64.1
1 time 174 22.5 22.8 86.9
2 times 60 7.8 7.9 94.8
3-5 times 19 2.5 2.5 97.3
Don't know 21 2.7 2.7 100.0
Total 764 99.0 100.0
Missing System 8 1.0

Total 772 100.0

Male Valid Never 1170 61.4 63.0 63.0
1 time 401 21.1 21.6 84.6
2 times 189 9.9 10.2 94.8
3-5 times 75 3.9 4.0 98.9
Don't know 21 1.1 1.1 100.0
Total 1856 97.5 100.0
Missing System 48 2.5

Total 1904 100.0


Frequency of Switching Browsers

Frequency of Switching Browsers
Age Groups Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Never 45 60.8 61.6 61.6
1 time 14 18.9 19.2 80.8
2 times 10 13.5 13.7 94.5
3-5 times 2 2.7 2.7 97.3
Don't know 2 2.7 2.7 100.0
Total 73 98.6 100.0
Missing System 1 1.4

Total 74 100.0

11-20 Valid Never 83 59.7 61.5 61.5
1 time 32 23.0 23.7 85.2
2 times 14 10.1 10.4 95.6
3-5 times 5 3.6 3.7 99.3
Don't know 1 .7 .7 100.0
Total 135 97.1 100.0
Missing System 4 2.9

Total 139 100.0

21-25 Valid Never 193 58.0 58.8 58.8
1 time 66 19.8 20.1 79.0
2 times 39 11.7 11.9 90.9
3-5 times 20 6.0 6.1 97.0
Don't know 10 3.0 3.0 100.0
Total 328 98.5 100.0
Missing System 5 1.5

Total 333 100.0

26-50 Valid Never 1083 63.2 64.5 64.5
1 time 367 21.4 21.9 86.4
2 times 156 9.1 9.3 95.7
3-5 times 49 2.9 2.9 98.6
Don't know 24 1.4 1.4 100.0
Total 1679 98.0 100.0
Missing System 35 2.0

Total 1714 100.0

50+ Valid Never 279 62.0 63.6 63.6
1 time 99 22.0 22.6 86.1
2 times 37 8.2 8.4 94.5
3-5 times 18 4.0 4.1 98.6
Don't know 6 1.3 1.4 100.0
Total 439 97.6 100.0
Missing System 11 2.4

Total 450 100.0


Frequency of Switching Browsers

Frequency of Switching Browsers
Experience Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Never 23 67.6 67.6 67.6
1 time 3 8.8 8.8 76.5
2 times 7 20.6 20.6 97.1
Don't know 1 2.9 2.9 100.0
Total 34 100.0 100.0
<1 Year Valid Never 153 63.8 63.8 63.8
1 time 56 23.3 23.3 87.1
2 times 18 7.5 7.5 94.6
3-5 times 8 3.3 3.3 97.9
Don't know 5 2.1 2.1 100.0
Total 240 100.0 100.0
1-3 Years Valid Never 507 61.5 62.4 62.4
1 time 193 23.4 23.7 86.1
2 times 63 7.6 7.7 93.8
3-5 times 31 3.8 3.8 97.7
Don't know 19 2.3 2.3 100.0
Total 813 98.7 100.0
Missing System 11 1.3

Total 824 100.0

>4 Years Valid Never 1000 62.0 63.8 63.8
1 time 326 20.2 20.8 84.6
2 times 168 10.4 10.7 95.3
3-5 times 55 3.4 3.5 98.9
Don't know 18 1.1 1.1 100.0
Total 1567 97.2 100.0
Missing System 45 2.8

Total 1612 100.0


Frequency of Switching Browsers

Frequency of Switching Browsers
Skill Level Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Never 23 67.6 67.6 67.6
1 time 3 8.8 8.8 76.5
2 times 7 20.6 20.6 97.1
Don't know 1 2.9 2.9 100.0
Total 34 100.0 100.0
Novice Valid Never 167 65.2 66.0 66.0
1 time 52 20.3 20.6 86.6
2 times 17 6.6 6.7 93.3
3-5 times 6 2.3 2.4 95.7
Don't know 11 4.3 4.3 100.0
Total 253 98.8 100.0
Missing System 3 1.2

Total 256 100.0

Intermediate Valid Never 466 65.2 65.8 65.8
1 time 162 22.7 22.9 88.7
2 times 48 6.7 6.8 95.5
3-5 times 18 2.5 2.5 98.0
Don't know 14 2.0 2.0 100.0
Total 708 99.0 100.0
Missing System 7 1.0

Total 715 100.0

Experienced Valid Never 674 60.0 61.3 61.3
1 time 248 22.1 22.6 83.9
2 times 122 10.9 11.1 95.0
3-5 times 41 3.6 3.7 98.7
Don't know 14 1.2 1.3 100.0
Total 1099 97.8 100.0
Missing System 25 2.2

Total 1124 100.0

Expert Valid Never 353 60.8 63.0 63.0
1 time 113 19.4 20.2 83.2
2 times 62 10.7 11.1 94.3
3-5 times 29 5.0 5.2 99.5
Don't know 3 .5 .5 100.0
Total 560 96.4 100.0
Missing System 21 3.6

Total 581 100.0


Source: GVU's Tenth WWW User Survey (Conducted October 1998)
URL:http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/
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GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280