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Adobe Flash Player PC Penetration

Worldwide Adobe Flash Player penetration

	June 2008	September 2008	December 2008	March 2009
Total number of PCs using the Internet worldwide (IDC) 1	904 million	915 million	956 million	1.01 billion
Percentage who can view Flash Player content version 7 and higher worldwide 2	98.4%	98.1%	99.0%	98.9%
Worldwide Adobe Flash Player penetration - estimate3	890 million	898 million	947 million	1 billion

Notes

1. Forecasted number of PCs using the Internet - IDC Digital Marketplace Model and Forecast, December 2008
2. Weighted average percentage of mature and emerging markets.
3. Total Player penetration is a calculation of the total number of PCs connected to the internet, multiplied by the weighted percentage of worldwide penetration from the Millward Brown study. This is an assumption made by Adobe.

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