Back around Valentine’s Day this year, Firefox hit 300 Million Downloads. Today, a little under 7 months later, we celebrate reaching another 100 million downloads! It is important to note this the number of times Fx has been downloaded, not necessarily the number of users which is around 40 million.
A quick time line:
- November 9, 2004 – Fx 1.0 Released
February 16, 2005 – 25 Million Downloads
April 29, 2005 – 50 Million Downloads
November 2, 2005 – 100 Million Downloads
November 29, 2005 – Fx 1.5 Released
July 31, 2006 – 200 Million Downloads
October 24, 2006 – Fx 2.0 Released
February 14, 2007 – 300 Million Downloads
September 7, 2007 – 400 Million Downloads
April 15, 2008 – 500 Million Downloads?
Come vote in our poll: When will Firefox will hit 500 Million Downloads?
News Sources:
- Blake Ross
- CyberNet News
- Mozilla Links
- Spread Firefox
