gHacks technology news » world record http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:02:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Firefox 3 Download World Record http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/18/the-firefox-3-download-world-record/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/18/the-firefox-3-download-world-record/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:32:58 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5030 The Firefox 3 attempt at the World Record for the most downloaded software in the first 24 hours after release was successful with more than 7.1 million downloads in that time not counting those users who updated the browser internally or downloaded it from third-party sources. It was not that surprising considering that there was nothing to beat than themselves in the first place.

Users can even download and print a Record certificate directly from the Spread Firefox website which certifies that they were part in the biggest one-click world record of all time. Only the name has to be entered which will later be seen on the printout.

The top ten countries to download Firefox 3 have been in that time:

  • United States: 2.368 million (304 million people)
  • Germany: 0.502 million (82 million people)
  • Japan: 0.372 million (127 million people)
  • Spain: 0.261 million (45 million people)
  • United Kingdom: 0.258 million (60 million people)
  • France: 0.253 million (64 million people)
  • Italy: .0213 million (59 million people)
  • Iran: 0.207 million (71 million people)
  • Canada: 0.200 million (33 million people)
  • Poland: 0.176 million (38 million people)

The download count pretty much depends on the infrastructure and development of a country next to its population obviously. The country with the lowest downloads was probably Chad with 1 download.

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