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Shockwave Player Version Penetration

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%

 

Worldwide Ubiquity of Adobe Shockwave by Version —March 2009

	Shockwave 7	Shockwave 8	Shockwave 8.5	Shockwave 10	Shockwave 11
Mature Markets1	54.5%	53.1%	51.7%	48.2%	37.4%
US/Canada/	57.4%	55.6%	54.4%	50.2%	37.4%
Europe2	45.9%	44.3%	42.5%	39.8%	37.4%
Japan	56.3%	56.3%	54.8%	52.0%	40.5%
Emerging Markets3	Not surveyed in this wave

 

Worldwide Ubiquity of Adobe Shockwave by Version — December 2008

	Shockwave 7	Shockwave 8	Shockwave 8.5	Shockwave 10	Shockwave 11
Mature Markets1	59.2%	57.9%	56.2%	52.2%	39.6%
US/Canada/	61.0%	59.7%	58.2%	54.8%	39.6%
Europe2	50.6%	49.2%	47.9%	44.4%	39.6%
Japan	64.3%	63.3%	60.5%	54.5%	40.0%
Emerging Markets3	40.1%	36.7%	34.7%	30.54%	23.1%

 

Worldwide Ubiquity of Adobe Shockwave by Version — September 2008

	Shockwave 7	Shockwave 8	Shockwave 8.5	Shockwave 10	Shockwave 11
Mature Markets1	58.2%	56.9%	55.2%	51.2%	34.7%
US/Canada/	60.8%	59.5%	57.3%	54.2%	34.7%
Europe2	51.4%	49.7%	48.3%	44.2%	34.7%
Japan	59.0%	58.5%	57.8%	51.3%	32.0%
Emerging Markets3	Not surveyed in this wave.

 

Notes

1. Mature markets include US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Japan.
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.

Adobe Plug-in Study Methodology