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Most Common Screen Resolutions in 2009

March 26, 2010

Last year we did research on the most common screen resolutions in 2008, and this article is the same research for 2009.

Data is based on approximately 500,000 unique visitors from StudentsMetro.com and PoxPortal.com

Here are the totals for 2009:
 
1024x768 – 27.52%
1280x800 - 20.52%
1280x1024 - 16.52%
 
More details for StudentsMetro.com for 2009:
 
 
More details for PoxPortal.com for 2009:
 
 
 
What has changed in 2009 comparing to 2008:

StudentsMetro.com:

1

1024x768

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

32.81%

-7.95%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

40.76%

 

2

1280x800

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

20.69%

-0.57%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

21.26%

 

3

1280x1024

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

16.53%

+2.83%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

13.70%

 

4

1440x900

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

7.38%

+0.85%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

6.53%

 

5

1680x1050

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

5.08%

+1.16%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

3.92%

 

6

1152x864

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

3.45%

+0.46%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

2.99%

 

7

800x600

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

2.77%

-1.79%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

4.56%

 

8

1366x768

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

1.99%

+1.93%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

0.06%

 

9

1280x768

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

1.63%

+0.02%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

1.61%

 

10

1280x960

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

1.16%

+0.37%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

0.79%

 

PoxPortal.com:

1

1024x768

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

22.27%

-4.89%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

27.16%

 

2

1280x800

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

20.34%

+2.06%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

18.28%

 

3

1280x1024

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

16.51%

-7.07%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

23.58%

 

4

1440x900

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

11.89%

+2.96%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

8.93%

 

5

1680x1050

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

10.17%

+2.54%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

7.63%

 

6

1152x864

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

3.63%

-0.28%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

3.91%

 

7

1366x768

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

2.47%

+2.39%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

0.08%

 

8

1920x1200

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

2.36%

+0.30%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

2.06%

 

9

1280x768

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

1.63%

+0.25%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

1.38%

 

10

1920x1080

 

 

 

January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

1.62%

+1.54%

 

January 2, 2008 - December 31, 2008

0.08%

 

Looking at the comparison of 2008 and 2009 we can clearly see that even thought 1024x768 is still most common resolution, percentage of this screen size has dropped dramatically (-6.42%), and in general bigger screens becoming more popular. And designing a website or computer software we have to make sure that it does work properly on 1024x768.

Michael Pankratov.