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Shockwave Player Version Penetration

Worldwide Ubiquity of Adobe Shockwave by Version - March 2010
  Shockwave 8.5 Shockwave 10 Shockwave 11
Mature Markets1 51.7% 48.9% 43.1%
US/Canada/ 52.4% 49.6% 43.4%
Europe2 45.8% 43.0% 37.7%
Japan 58.8% 56.3% 51.0%
Australia/New Zealand4 43.7% 41.1% 34.8%
Emerging Markets3 Not surveyed in this wave.
Worldwide Ubiquity of Adobe Shockwave by Version - December 2009
  Shockwave 8.5 & lower Shockwave 10 Shockwave 11
Mature Markets1 52.1% 49.2% 43.0%
US/Canada/ 53.3% 50.7% 43.8%
Europe2 44.0% 41.2% 35.5%
Japan 61.4% 57.7% 53.1%
Australia/New Zealand4 42.6% 39.5% 34.0%
Emerging Markets3 32.1% 28.5% 22.4%
Worldwide Ubiquity of Adobe Shockwave by Version - September 2009
  Shockwave 8.5 Shockwave 10 Shockwave 11
Mature Markets1 54.5% 51.5% 43.4%
US/Canada/ 55.8% 52.9% 44.7%
Europe2 49.7% 46.9% 39.4%
Japan 58.4% 55.1% 47.4%
Australia/New Zealand4 48.6% 45.1% 33.8%
Emerging Markets3 Not surveyed in this wave.
Worldwide Ubiquity of Adobe Shockwave by Version - June 2009
  Shockwave 7 Shockwave 8 Shockwave 8.5 Shockwave 10 Shockwave 11
Mature Markets1 56.5% 55.8% 54.5% 51.0% 40.3%
US/Canada/ 59.1% 58.7% 57.5% 54.2% 40.3%
Europe2 49.2% 47.6% 45.9% 41.7% 40.3%
Japan 59.0% 58.5% 57.3% 54.5% 41.8%
Emerging Markets3 36.4% 34.1% 32.0% 28.8% 22.5%

Notes

  1. Mature markets include US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Japan, Australia, New Zealand.
  2. Europe includes UK, Germany, France.
  3. The Emerging markets are surveyed every other wave. They include China, S. Korea, Russia, India and Taiwan. Percentages are carried over from the previous wave when emerging markets are not surveyed.
  4. Australia and New Zealand were added to the mature markets surveyed in September 2009.

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