Screen Resolution and Color Depth Statistics
What is the trend in screen resolution and color depth?
What you can read from the statistics below is that most users are using a screen resolution of 1024x768 pixels or higher, with a color depth of at least 65K.
Screen Resolution
Today, most computers are using a screen resolution of 1024x768 pixels or higher:
|
Date |
Higher |
1024x768 |
800x600 |
640x480 |
Other |
|
January 2011 |
85.1% |
13.8% |
0.6% |
0% |
0.5% |
|
January 2010 |
76% |
20% |
1% |
0% |
3% |
|
January 2009 |
57% |
36% |
4% |
0% |
3% |
|
January 2008 |
38% |
48% |
8% |
0% |
6% |
|
January 2007 |
26% |
54% |
14% |
0% |
6% |
|
January 2006 |
17% |
57% |
20% |
0% |
6% |
|
January 2005 |
12% |
53% |
30% |
0% |
5% |
|
January 2004 |
10% |
47% |
37% |
1% |
5% |
|
January 2003 |
6% |
40% |
47% |
2% |
5% |
|
January 2002 |
6% |
34% |
52% |
3% |
5% |
|
January 2001 |
5% |
29% |
55% |
6% |
5% |
|
January 2000 |
4% |
25% |
56% |
11% |
4% |
Color Depth
The current trend is that most computers use 24 or 32 bits hardware to display 16,777,216 different colors.
Older computers often use 16 bits display hardware, which gives a maximum of 65,536 different colors.
Very old computers uses 8 bits color hardware, which gives a maximum of 256 colors.
|
Date |
16,777,216 |
65,536 |
256 |
|
January 2011 |
97% |
3% |
0% |
|
January 2010 |
97% |
3% |
0% |
|
January 2009 |
95% |
4% |
1% |
|
January 2008 |
90% |
8% |
2% |
|
January 2007 |
86% |
11% |
2% |
|
January 2006 |
81% |
16% |
3% |
|
January 2005 |
72% |
25% |
3% |
|
January 2004 |
65% |
31% |
4% |
|
January 2003 |
51% |
44% |
5% |
|
January 2002 |
43% |
50% |
7% |
|
January 2001 |
37% |
55% |
8% |
|
January 2000 |
34% |
54% |
12% |