Following on from my post yesterday about user data, and thanks to a timely suggestion from Roo Reynolds at GDS, here's some more data to try and better understand how people are accessing the parliament website.
Some interesting comparisons perhaps with GOV.UK users
Browsers
Internet Explorer is still the most popular but Chrome has gained some ground over the last year and is catching up.
| Rank | Browser | Mar-14 | Mar-13 |
| 1 | Internet Explorer | 35.04% | 39.99% |
| 2 | Chrome | 29.24% | 21.8% |
| 3 | Safari | 16.25% | 14.23% |
| 4 | Firefox | 9.54% | 11.78% |
| 5 | SiteCon Browser | 3.63% | 0% |
| 6 | Android | 2.73% | 2.47% |
| 7 | Safari (in-app) | 2.03% | 2.02% |
| 8 | Opera | 0.39% | 0.52% |
| 9 | IE with Chrome Frame | 0.21% | 0.27% |
| 10 | Amazon Silk | 0.2% | 0% |
Operating systems
Mobile usage clearly increasing but perhaps not at the rate of others.
| Rank | Operating System | Mar-14 | Mar-13 |
| 1 | Windows | 67.2% | 75.15% |
| 2 | iOS | 13.28% | 9.69% |
| 3 | Macintosh | 8.85% | 9.76% |
| 4 | Android | 5.59% | 3.2% |
| 5 | Linux | 4.14% | 0.83% |
| 6 | Windows Phone | 0.28% | 0.12% |
| 7 | Blackberry | 0.18% | 0.15% |
| 8 | Chrome OS | 0.16% | 0.06% |
| 9 | (not set) | 0.13% | 0.94% |
| 10 | Series40 | 0.11% | 0.0% |
Screen resolutions
| Rank | Screen Resolution | Mar-14 | Mar-13 |
| 1 | 1366×768 | 16.37% | 16.53% |
| 2 | 1280×1024 | 14.23% | 14.75% |
| 3 | 1280x800 | 7.27% | 9.85% |
| 4 | 768x1024 | 7.11% | 5.20% |
| 5 | 1920x1080 | 6.79% | 5.4% |
| 6 | 1440x900 | 5.86% | 5.98% |
| 7 | 1024x768 | 5.20% | 9.08% |
| 8 | 1680x1050 | 3.89% | 4.23% |
| 9 | 800x600 | 3.85% | 2.70% |
| 10 | 320x568 | 3.46% | 1.08% |
All data from Google Analytics for www.parliament.uk for the month of March in 2013 and 2014.
2 comments
Ben Pygall (@benpygall)
Interesting to see that Android is a significantly lower percentage but Linux much higher than GDS have experienced.
I assume the SiteCon browser is used for performance monitoring? Maybe worth removing from the stats to prevent any skew?
Link to this commentHenry Lau
1366x768. Everyone is on their ipads
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