Adobe Flash Player Version Penetration

August 20, 2006 | 0 comments

Adobe Flash Player Version Penetration

Worldwide Ubiquity of Adobe Flash Player by Version
(Millward Brown – Worldwide Survey)
June 2006
	Flash Player 5	Flash Player 6¹	Flash Player 7¹	Flash Player 8¹
Mature Markets²	97.3%	97.2%	95.8%	86.0%
US	96.8%	96.4%	95.0%	85.0%
W. Europe³	96.4%	97.6%	95.8%	86.7%
Japan	98.3%	93.3%	97.5%	87.3%
Emerging Markets⁴	93.5%	93.9%	91.1%	83.1%

Notes

Supports Adobe Flash Video (FLV).
Mature Markets include US, UK, France, Germany, Japan.
The Western Europe countries include UK, France and Germany.
Emerging markets include China and S. Korea.

Millward Brown Methodology

Worldwide Ubiquity of Adobe Flash Player by Version
(NPD Online – Worldwide Survey)
April 2006
	Flash Player 5	Flash Player 6¹	Flash Player 7¹	Flash Player 8¹
US	97.7%	97.2%	94.8%	69.3%
Canada	98%	96.9%	94.1%	79%
Europe	98.3%	97.2%	95.1%	76.1%
Asia ²	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
December 2005
US	97.7%	97.1%	93.5%	45.2%
Canada	98.9%	98.4%	95.8%	56.0%
Europe	98.7%	98.4%	94.9%	55.1%
Asia	96.6%	94.0%	87.7%	N/A
September 2005
US	97.3%	96.4%	91.9%	N/A
Canada	98.7%	97.5%	93.8%	N/A
Europe	98.7%	97.4%	93.3%	N/A
Asia	96.6%	94.0%	87.7%	N/A

Notes

Supports Adobe Flash Video (FLV).
Asia statistics are not available for the wave of the study.

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