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Opera Mini usage up more than 30% in the month of June, according to NetApplications

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 Published July 2nd, 2007 12:17 PM EDT By Daniel Goldman

Opera Mini continued to grow in terms of browser market share during the month of June, according to statistics released by HitsLink/NetApplications.

In the month of June Opera Mini had 0.21% of the entire browser market share (including desktop), up from 0.16% in the previous month.

This past month Opera Mini 4 beta was released with positive coverage in the blogosphere and traditional media. The New York Times, for example, had the following headline: “If You Like the Safari Browser for the iPhone, You’ll Love Opera Mini for Cellphones.” This publicity, no doubt, contributed to Opera Mini’s growth.

So, at what percentage will Opera Mini be next month? Any guesses?

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  1. 1 Øyvind Ø Jul 2nd, 2007 at 12:34 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.21 on Windows Windows XP

    Just on a side note. Opera for desktops are up to 0.91%. Has it ever been bigger. Not even when v9 was released? I guess that is something to clap your hands for aswell. It is actually up 0.17% which is an even bigger increase than Opera Mini.

    - ØØ -

  2. 2 Favorite Browser Jul 2nd, 2007 at 12:35 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.21 on Windows Windows XP

    0.27-0.28%

  3. 3 EC Jul 2nd, 2007 at 12:40 pm
    using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 on Windows Windows XP

    Whatever it is, probably more growth than the desktop version.

    :)

  4. 4 Chuck Monroe Jul 2nd, 2007 at 12:47 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.21 on Windows Windows Vista

    I only wish opera desktop could grow its share :(

  5. 5 khaled Jul 3rd, 2007 at 1:28 am
    using Opera Opera 9.21 on Windows Windows XP

    Opera Mini had 0.21% of the entire browser market share (including desktop)

    i can understand all mobile browsers have a market share about 0.22% +/- 0.003%

  6. 6 Nico Jul 3rd, 2007 at 1:03 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.21 on Windows Windows XP

    Hey, this is good news! But Opera is still a browser for the ‘elite’… sometimes it’s hard to believe that people use the IE or Firefox voluntarily :) (although Firefox isn’t bad at all…it’s just that Opera is way better, because it’s faster, smaller, doesn’t have so many memory leaks and already has more features integrated per default)

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