```json
{
    "title": "Browser Wars – Internet Explorer 7 Use Collapses in the US",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2009/06/11/browser-wars-internet-explorer-7-use-collapses-in-the-us/",
    "datePublished": "2009-06-11",
    "dateModified": "2022-05-10",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "I have been monitoring this trend for a couple of weeks to see if it remained constant, and it appears to be a real thing. Since the end of May…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# Browser Wars – Internet Explorer 7 Use Collapses in the US

I have been monitoring this trend for a couple of weeks to see if it remained constant, and it appears to be a real thing. Since the end of May 2009, Internet Explorer 7's browser share in the US has collapsed, with a requisite increase in the use of Firefox 3.0.

![browserstats-May27-Jun112009](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3311/3616288237_1d2ffbb09c.jpg)

This is a staggering change. Either this is an artifact of the way that [StatCounter](http://www.statcounter.com/) is capturing browser data or a very large organization(s) suddenly switched the default browser that it allowed its customers to use.

Does anyone have any insight into why this may have occurred?