The Opera browser is free, and it is the smallest and fastest browser in the world!
Opera started out as a research project in Norway's telecom company, Telenor, in 1994.
The Opera browser is known for its performance, standards compliance, and small size.
The following figures are extracted from our Browser Statistics:
2014 | Total | O 26 | O 25 | O 24-22 | O 21-18 | O 12 | O Mini | Other | |
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December | 1.6 % | 0.7 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.1 % | 0.5 % | 0.3 % | |
November | 1.6 % | 0.2 % | 0.6 % | 0.0 % | 0.1 % | 0.2 % | 0.5 % | 0.0 % | |
October | 1.6 % | 0.3 % | 0.5 % | 0.0 % | 0.2 % | 0.6 % | 0.0 % | ||
September | 1.6 % | 0.6 % | 0.1 % | 0.2 % | 0.7 % | 0.0 % | |||
August | 1.8 % | 0.6 % | 0.1 % | 0.3 % | 0.7 % | 0.1 % | |||
July | 1.7 % | 0.5 % | 0.0 % | 0.2 % | 0.7 % | 0.3 % | |||
June | 1.8 % | 0.1 % | 0.3 % | 0.8 % | 0.6 % | ||||
May | 1.8 % | 0.3 % | 0.4 % | 0.7 % | 0.4 % | ||||
April | 1.8 % | 0.6 % | 0.4 % | 0.8 % | 0.0 % | ||||
March | 1.8 % | 0.6 % | 0.5 % | 0.7 % | 0.0 % | ||||
February | 1.9 % | 0.6 % | 0.5 % | 0.7 % | 0.1 % | ||||
January | 1.8 % | 0.4 % | 0.5 % | 0.7 % | 0.2 % | ||||
2013 | Total | O 18 | O 17 | O 16 | O 15 | O 12 | O 11 | O Mini | Other |
December | 1.9 % | 0.4 % | 0.1 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.5 % | 0.0 % | 0.7 % | 0.2 % |
November | 1.8 % | 0.2 % | 0.2 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 0.6 % | 0.0 % | 0.7 % | 0.1 % |
October | 1.7 % | 0.2 % | 0.1 % | 0.0 % | 0.6 % | 0.0 % | 0.6 % | 0.2 % | |
September | 1.7 % | 0.9 % | 0.0 % | 0.8 % | 0.0 % | ||||
August | 1.8 % | 0.7 % | 0.1 % | 0.7 % | 0.3 % | ||||
July | 1.6 % | 0.8 % | 0.1 % | 0.7 % | 0.0 % | ||||
June | 1.7 % | 1.0 % | 0.1 % | 0.6 % | 0.0 % | ||||
May | 1.6 % | 1.0 % | 0.1 % | 0.6 % | 0.0 % | ||||
April | 1.7 % | 1.0 % | 0.1 % | 0.5 % | 0.1 % | ||||
March | 1.8 % | 1.1 % | 0.1 % | 0.6 % | 0.0 % | ||||
February | 1.8 % | 1.1 % | 0.1 % | 0.5 % | 0.1 % | ||||
January | 1.9 % | 1.1 % | 0.1 % | 0.6 % | 0.1 % | ||||
2012 | Total | O 12 | O 11 | O 10 | O Mini | Other | |||
December | 2.1 % | 1.2 % | 0.1 % | 0.0 % | 0.6 % | 0.2 % | |||
November | 2.0 % | 1.3 % | 0.1 % | 0.0 % | 0.5 % | 0.1 % | |||
October | 2.0 % | 1.2 % | 0.2 % | 0.0 % | 0.5 % | 0.1 % | |||
September | 2.1 % | 1.2 % | 0.2 % | 0.0 % | 0.6 % | 0.1 % | |||
August | 2.2 % | 1.2 % | 0.3 % | 0.0 % | 0.7 % | 0.0 % | |||
July | 2.1 % | 1.1 % | 0.4 % | 0.0 % | 0.6 % | 0.0 % | |||
June | 2.2 % | 0.5 % | 1.1 % | 0.0 % | 0.6 % | 0.0 % | |||
May | 2.2 % | 0.1 % | 1.5 % | 0.1 % | 0.5 % | 0.0 % | |||
April | 2.3 % | 0.1 % | 1.6 % | 0.1 % | 0.5 % | 0.0 % | |||
March | 2.3 % | 0.1 % | 1.6 % | 0.1 % | 0.5 % | 0.0 % | |||
February | 2.3 % | 0.1 % | 1.6 % | 0.1 % | 0.5 % | 0.0 % | |||
January | 2.4 % | 0.1 % | 1.7 % | 0.1 % | 0.5 % | 0.0 % | |||
2011 | Total | O 11 | O 10 | O Mini | Other | ||||
December | 2.5 % | 1.8 % | 0.1 % | 0.5 % | 0.1 % | ||||
November | 2.4 % | 1.8 % | 0.1 % | 0.5 % | 0.0 % | ||||
October | 2.4 % | 1.8 % | 0.1 % | 0.5 % | 0.0 % | ||||
September | 2.2 % | 1.7 % | 0.1 % | 0.4 % | 0.0 % | ||||
August | 2.3 % | 1.7 % | 0.1 % | 0.4 % | 0.1 % | ||||
July | 2.4 % | 1.7 % | 0.1 % | 0.5 % | 0.1 % | ||||
June | 2.4 % | 1.7 % | 0.2 % | 0.4 % | 0.1 % | ||||
May | 2.4 % | 1.8 % | 0.2 % | 0.4 % | 0.0 % | ||||
April | 2.6 % | 1.9 % | 0.2 % | 0.4 % | 0.1 % | ||||
March | 2.5 % | 1.9 % | 0.2 % | 0.3 % | 0.1 % | ||||
February | 2.5 % | 1.8 % | 0.3 % | 0.3 % | 0.1 % | ||||
January | 2.5 % | 1.7 % | 0.4 % | 0.3 % | 0.1 % | ||||
2010 | Total | O 11 | O 10 | O 9.5 | Other | ||||
December | 2.2 % | 0.7 % | 1.4 % | 0.1 % | 0.0 % | ||||
November | 2.3 % | 0.1 % | 2.1 % | 0.1 % | 0.0 % | ||||
October | 2.2 % | 2.1 % | 0.1 % | 0.0 % | |||||
September | 2.2 % | 2.0 % | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | |||||
August | 2.3 % | 2.1 % | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | |||||
July | 2.3 % | 2.1 % | 0.2 % | 0.0 % | |||||
June | 2.1 % | 1.9 % | 0.2 % | 0.0 % | |||||
May | 2.2 % | 2.0 % | 0.2 % | 0.0 % | |||||
April | 2.2 % | 2.0 % | 0.2 % | 0.0 % | |||||
March | 2.2 % | 1.9 % | 0.3 % | 0.0 % | |||||
February | 2.1 % | 1.8 % | 0.3 % | 0.0 % | |||||
January | 2.2 % | 1.8 % | 0.4 % | 0.0 % | |||||
2009 | Total | O 10 | O 9.5 | O 9 | Other | ||||
December | 2.3 % | 1.8 % | 0.4 % | 0.1 % | 0.0 % | ||||
November | 2.3 % | 1.7 % | 0.5 % | 0.1 % | 0.0 % | ||||
October | 2.3 % | 1.5 % | 0.7 % | 0.1 % | 0.0 % | ||||
September | 2.2 % | 1.2 % | 0.9 % | 0.1 % | 0.0 % | ||||
August | 2.1 % | 0.4 % | 1.6 % | 0.1 % | 0.0 % | ||||
July | 2.1 % | 0.3 % | 1.7 % | 0.1 % | 0.0 % | ||||
June | 2.1 % | 0.2 % | 1.7 % | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | ||||
May | 2.2 % | 0.1 % | 1.9 % | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | ||||
April | 2.2 % | 0.1 % | 1.9 % | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | ||||
March | 2.3 % | 0.1 % | 1.9 % | 0.2 % | 0.1 % | ||||
February | 2.2 % | 0.1 % | 1.9 % | 0.2 % | 0.0 % | ||||
January | 2.3 % | 0.1 % | 1.9 % | 0.2 % | 0.1 % | ||||
2008 | Total | O 10 | O 9.5 | O 9 | Other | ||||
December | 2.4 % | 0.1 % | 2.0 % | 0.2 % | 0.1 % | ||||
November | 2.3 % | 1.9 % | 0.3 % | 0.1 % | |||||
October | 2.2 % | 1.7 % | 0.4 % | 0.1 % | |||||
September | 2.0 % | 1.5 % | 0.4 % | 0.1 % | |||||
August | 2.1 % | 1.5 % | 0.5 % | 0.1 % | |||||
July | 1.9 % | 1.3 % | 0.6 % | 0.0 % | |||||
June | 1.7 % | 1.0 % | 0.6 % | 0.1 % | |||||
May | 1.5 % | 0.1 % | 1.3 % | 0.1 % |
These statistics are based on W3Schools' users.
The Opera browser is free, small, fast, and very standard compliant!
If your Web site works in Opera, you can be certain that it is standard compliant! Simply write your pages in standards-compliant code, and your site will work in all major browsers and on all major platforms and operating systems.
Opera 25 was released on October 15, 2014.
Opera 25 is available for Mac, Linux and Windows.
New features:
Opera 24 was released on September 17, 2014.
Opera 24 is available for Mac, Linux and Windows.
New features:
Opera 23 was released on August 12, 2014.
Opera 23 is available for Mac and Windows.
New features:
Opera 22 was released on June 03, 2014.
Opera 22 is available for Mac and Windows.
New features:
Opera 21 was released on May 14, 2014.
Opera 21 is available for Mac and Windows.
New features:
Opera 20 was released on March 04, 2014, and includes updates to the latest Chromium release, version 33.
Opera 20 is available for Mac and Windows.
New features:
Opera 19 was released on January 28, 2014, and includes updates to the latest Chromium release, version 32.
Opera 19 is available for Mac and Windows.
New features:
Opera 18 was released on November 19, 2013, and includes updates to the latest Chromium release, version 31.
Opera 18 is available for Mac and Windows.
New features:
Opera 17 was released on October 10, 2013, and includes updates to the latest Chromium release, version 30.
Opera 17 is available for Mac and Windows.
New features:
Opera 16 was released on August 27, 2013, and includes updates to the latest Chromium release, version 29.
Opera 16 is available for Mac and Windows.
New features:
Opera 15 was released on July 2, 2013.
Opera 15 is available for Mac and Windows.
Opera 15 is a major reinvention for Opera. The browser's source code will be based on Chromium and Blink, a fork of the WebKit rendering engine. Everything for this browser is new:
New features:
Opera 12 was released on June 13, 2012.
Opera 12 is available for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, and Windows.
New features:
Opera 11.60 was released on December 6, 2011.
Opera 11.60 is available for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, and Windows.
New features:
Opera 11.50 was released on June 28, 2011.
Opera 11.50 is available for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, and Windows.
New features:
Opera 11.10 was released in April 2011.
Opera 11.10 is available for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, and Windows.
New features:
Opera 11 was released in December 2010.
Opera 11 is available for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, and Windows.
New features:
Opera 10.5 - Released in March 2010.
Opera 10.0 - Released in September 2009.
Opera 9.5 - Released in June 2008.
Opera 9.0 - Released in June 2006.
Opera 8.5 - Released in September 2005.
Opera 8.0 - Released in April 2005.