Screen resolution statistics

What is the development trend of screen resolution and color depth?

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Web statistics and development trends

Statistical data is very important information.

The user group of the W3CSchool website is mainly a large number of web technology enthusiasts. This goes to show that the statistics below are not 100% specific to the average internet user. The screen resolution values ​​calculated for ordinary Internet users may be lower.

From the statistics below (based on the log files on W3CSchool in recent years), you can see the long-term display usage trend of users of this site.

In summary, the statistics we collected over the years from W3CSchool log files clearly illustrate long-term trends in screen resolution and color depth.

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Screen resolution statistics

Currently, most users have screen resolutions equal to or greater than 1024x768 pixels:

##1920x10801366x7681280x10241280x8001024x768800x600Lower##January 2014##January 201336%11%25%10%8%9%0.5%0.5%January 201235%8%19%12%11%13%1%1%50%39%##January 200957%36%4%3%January 200838%48%8%6%##January 20015%29%55%11%January 20004%25%56%15%

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Color Depth Statistics

Today, most computers use 24-bit or 32-bit hardware to display 16,777,216 different colors.

Older computers use 16-bit graphics cards, which can display up to 65,536 different colors.

Very old computers use 8-bit graphics cards, which can display up to 256 different colors.

Date	Higher
34%	13%	31%	8%	7%	6%	0.5%	0.5 %
								##January 2011
6%		15%	14%	14%	0%	1%		January 2010
2%		18%	17%	20 %	1%	3%
							##January 2007	26%
			54%	14%	6%		January 2006	17%
			57%	20%	6%		January 2005	12%
			53%	30%	5%
January 2004	10%					47%	37%	6%
January 2003	6%					40%	47%	7%
January 2002	6%					34%	52%	8%

##2014 January 98.5%1%0.5%January 201398 %1.5%0.5%January 201298%2%0%January 201197%3%0%January 201097%3%0%2009 January 95%4%1%##January 2008January 2007January 2006January 20052004 January ##January 200351 %44%5%January 200243%50%7%January 200137%55%8%January 200034%54%12%Read more about color display information

Date	16,777,216	65,536	256
90 %	8%	2%
86%	11%	2%
81%	16%	3%
72%	25%	3%
65%	31%	4%

Other statistics

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Browser statistics

Operating system statistics