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W3Schools' statistics may not be relevant to your web site. Different sites attract different audiences. Some web sites attract developers using professional hardware, while other sites attract hobbyists using older computers.

Anyway, data collected from W3Schools' log-files over many years clearly shows the long term trends.


Screen Resolution Statistics

Date Other high 1920x1080 1366x768 1280x1024 1280x800 1024x768 Lower
January 2021 52.2% 19.2% 24.8% 1.2% 1.5% 1.1% 10.7%
January 2020 37.5% 20.3% 27.6% 2.4% 1.8% 1.4% 9.0%
January 2019 34.3% 19.8% 30.7% 3.1% 2.5% 1.6% 8.0%
January 2018 32.9% 18% 34% 4% 3% 2% 6.1%
January 2017 31.6% 17% 35% 5% 4% 3% 4.4%
January 2016 30.7% 18% 35% 6% 4% 3% 3.3%
January 2015 32.7% 16% 33% 7% 5% 4% 2.3%
January 2014 34% 13% 31% 8% 7% 6% 1.0%
January 2013 36% 11% 25% 10% 8% 9% 1.0%
January 2012 35% 8% 19% 12% 11% 13% 2%
January 2011 50% 6%   15% 14% 14% 1%
January 2010 39% 2%   18% 17% 20% 4%
January 2009 57%         36% 7%
January 2008 38%         48% 14%
January 2007 26%         54% 20%
January 2006 17%         57% 26%
January 2005 12%         53% 35%
January 2004 10%         47% 43%
January 2003 6%         40% 54%
January 2002 6%         34% 60%
January 2001 5%         29% 66%
January 2000 4%         25% 71%


Color Depth Statistics

Newer computers use 24 or 32 bits display hardware, and are able to display 16,777,216 different colors.

Older computers use 16 bits display hardware, which gives a maximum of 65,536 different colors.

Very old computers use 8 bits color hardware, which gives a maximum of 256 colors.

Date 16,777,216 65,536 256
January 2016 99% 0.5% 0.5%
January 2015 99% 0.5% 0.5%
January 2014 98.5% 1% 0.5%
January 2013 98% 1.5% 0.5%
January 2012 98% 2% 0%
January 2011 97% 3% 0%
January 2010 97% 3% 0%
January 2009 95% 4% 1%
January 2008 90% 8% 2%
January 2007 86% 11% 2%
January 2006 81% 16% 3%
January 2005 72% 25% 3%
January 2004 65% 31% 4%
January 2003 51% 44% 5%
January 2002 43% 50% 7%
January 2001 37% 55% 8%
January 2000 34% 54% 12%

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