The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown

Moving the world off Internet Explorer 6
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Over 10 years ago a
browser was born.

Its name was Internet Explorer 6. Now that we're in 2013, in an era of modern web standards, it’s time to say goodbye.

This website is dedicated to watching Internet Explorer 6 usage drop to less than 1% worldwide, so more websites can choose to drop support for Internet Explorer 6, saving hours of work for web developers.

Here's what you can do.
Internet Explorer 6 usage around the world
 
20-30%
10-19%
5-9%
1-5%
< 1%
unknown
Source: Net Applications, Internet Explorer 6 usage share by country
ie6 Argentina Argentina 0.3%
ie6 Canada Canada 0.2%
ie6 Australia Australia 0.3%
Peoples Republic of China 24.0% ie6 China
ie6 Finland Finland 0.1%
ie6 Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR 1.4%
2.8% India ie6 India
ie6 Japan Japan 1.7%
0.5% New Zealand ie6 Norway
Norway 0.0% ie6
0.4% Saudi Arabia ie6 Saudi Arabia
ie6 Singapore Singapore 0.5%
ie6 South Africa South Africa 0.8%
ie6 South Korea South Korea 1.3%
ie6 Taiwan Taiwan 3.5%
0.7% Thailand ie6 Thailand
0.3% Turkey ie6 Turkey
UK 0.5% ie6 UK
ie6 US US 0.2%
ie6 Venezuela Venezuela 0.7%
ie6 Vietnam Vietnam 1.0%
ie6 Brazil Brazil 0.4%
ie6 Russia Russia 1.7%
Argentina 0.3%
Australia 0.3%
Austria 0.2%
Belgium 0.2%
Brazil 0.4%
Canada 0.2%
Chile 1.0%
Peoples Republic of China 24.0%
Colombia 0.4%
Czech Rep. 0.2%
Denmark 0.1%
Finland 0.1%
France 0.5%
Germany 0.2%
Hong Kong SAR 1.4%
India 2.8%
Indonesia 0.4%
Italy 0.4%
Japan 1.7%
Malaysia 0.7%
Mexico 0.3%
Netherlands 0.1%
New Zealand 0.5%
Norway 0.0%
Philippines 0.3%
Poland 0.2%
Portugal 0.4%
Russia 1.7%
Saudi Arabia 0.4%
Singapore 0.5%
South Africa 0.8%
South Korea 1.3%
Spain 0.3%
Sweden 0.0%
Switzerland 0.1%
Taiwan 3.5%
Thailand 0.7%
Turkey 0.3%
Ukraine 0.6%
UK 0.5%
USA 0.2%
Venezuela 0.7%
Vietnam 1.0%

100%

 
Peoples Republic of China 4.1%
Rest of the World 2.0%
USA 0.1%
Japan 0.1%
India 0.1%
Breakdown of worldwide share by country/region

Check out some of the countries that have already joined the champions circle with less than 1 percent IE6 usage!

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doing your part to get
Internet Explorer 6 to 1%.

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