Is there a place that displays statistics in such a manner that I can rely on? e.g. Google/Microsoft homepage screen size statistics? An international statistics organization that checks multiple websites to come up with a more accurate number?
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1There is no conflict, you just did not read that it It says 97% for "1024x768 **or higher**." – Phillip Jun 18 '15 at 09:42
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In terms of responsive design, it shouldn't matter: http://stackoverflow.com/q/8564752/3597276 – Michael Benjamin Apr 10 '16 at 04:42
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So, if a web designer asks you to which resolution they should aim for you would say it doesn't matter? what would be the base resolution for their design? – odedta Apr 10 '16 at 12:32
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2There are couple websites that list most of the devices' viewport sizes, and I have made a [repository](https://github.com/akinuri/common-screen-dimensions) that calculates the most frequent dimensions (by device). – akinuri Jan 14 '18 at 19:55
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Google previously had a tool at browsersize.googlelabs.com which is now shut down. Not sure that Microsoft currently shares this type of data either.
Here are a couple popular website statistics plugins used on a large number of websites that publish aggregated statistics which might be helpful:
http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php
http://gs.statcounter.com/#resolution-ww-monthly-201412-201505
From these charts you can see that no screen resolution individually makes up a majority of users as it might have in the past. Even the resolution with the highest share (1366x768) does not break the 30% mark in either of these statistics websites. Statistics from websites that I work on support these results as well.
I assume you are looking into browser sizes for the purpose of web design/development. In recent years the focus has turned towards responsive web design (RWD) due to the ever increasing usage of smartphones and tablets to access the web. Designing for just one particular resolution is not as viable as it was in the past because of this.
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1responsive design is fine, but what the screens vary from 320px in width (iphone 5, 4" phone) to 1920px in width (1080p, 23" monitor), then responsive becomes a big challenge. It is fine when sticking with smaller combinations and a fixed 980px website, but getting larger than that requires more. – jeffmcneill Aug 07 '16 at 08:17
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w3c has irrelevant data, because they count ALL - desktop, mobile, maybe even TV. Is there statistics exactly for DESKTOP? – Vincent Feb 01 '19 at 14:13
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Actually you mean resolution, not screen size, and it may not be a relevant datum nowadays.
I'd say that most popular resolution is actually somewhere between 240*320-ldpi and 1080*1920-xxhdpi which are smart-phone resolutions.
As for desktop computer's resolutions, you can find statistics in the w3schools website, updated from 2000 to 2015.
In any case, think responsively, good front-end design should work in any screen size, from intelligent watches to stadium plasmas.
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intelligent watches? are you serious? how do you want to navigate through that? – dstN Sep 02 '16 at 07:54
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You obviously have to adapt to the circumstances. My boss is reading his emails on gmail right now on his watch. I wouldn't expect him to actually write one though. – Luis Sieira Sep 02 '16 at 08:04
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There are two measurements at work here, screen resolution (the physical hardware/software combination of what the screen is capable of) and the Viewport size, what Google calls the "Browser Size" (which is now available as a variable in Google Analytics. Comparing Screen Resolution with Browser Size is quite insightful. I don't think Screen Resolution is helpful for the web, as the web is really about a browser window and what you can do with that. Especially on the desktop, many do not use a browser window full-screen.
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