IE 9: 2.35 Million Downloads in First 24 Hours

Microsoft reports that its new Internet Explorer 9 web browser is off to a blockbuster start, with 2.35 million downloads in the first 24 hours of availability.

Internet Explorer 9 has now been downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours since its Monday night release. That is over 27 downloads every second, or over 240 downloads every 9 seconds. Wow.

We want to thank everyone around the world for downloading IE9 and the enthusiastic reception. 2.3 million downloads in 24 hours is over double the 1 million downloads we saw of the IE9 Beta and four times that of the IE9 RC over the same time period.

My review of Internet Explorer 9 is available as well, of course.

Discuss this Article 3

GoodThings2Life
on Mar 16, 2011
Not a bad first day on the job, IE9. Not a bad first day at all!
whiplash55
on Mar 16, 2011
It seems wicked fast, especially compared to FF 3.15, faster than Chrome... seems like it.
WindowsFanboy
on Mar 17, 2011
Never mind that Firefox 3 had over 8 million downloads in its first 24 hours, and that was back in 2008...

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