Top 50 Owned & Used Home Software Rankings; Usage of Microsoft Golf and Encarta Show Largest Gains.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 15, 1998--Media Metrix today announced its third quarter ranking of the Top 50 most-used and owned software applications among PC users at home. Media Metrix is the only source of real-time, actual software ownership and usage at an installed base level, unlike previous rankings of application and utility software products that are based on sales of product through retail channels. With its patented PC Meter(tm) technology, Media Metrix delivers the first-ever software rankings based on what people actually use, as opposed to proxy indicators of what was purchased or what people remember they purchased. The largest gains in software usage between the second and third quarter of 1998 were among two Microsoft products. Microsoft Golf and Microsoft Encarta saw the largest gains, jumping 65 and 38 places respectively. Microsoft Golf rose to 45th from the 110th most used product and Microsoft Encarta rose to the 50th from the 88th most used product. Beyond the World Wide Web, Media Metrix provides invaluable insight into how people are actually using their computers - in addition to the web, it measures audience usage of proprietary online services, other ad-supported applications and software and hardware ownership and usage. Media Metrix' primary advantage is its unique PC user data retrieval method: its patented, proprietary PC Meter(tm) software technology. The PC Meter works with the computer OS to track and measure actual, real-time PC usage data and records detailed demographic information for each PC user. Media Metrix, The PC Meter Company -- Top 50 Most Used Software Q3 1998 At Home SoftUsage report Application or Software Software Thousands of Percent or Utility Software Usage Owned Unique Users Reach Ranking Ranking (000) Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. 1 20 26,678 38% Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. 2 21 22,323 32% Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. 3 19 19,797 28% Microsoft Notepad The text editor that comes with Windows. It is a very elementary utility, but gets the job done most of the time. See text editor and WordPad. (text, tool) Notepad - The very basic text editor supplied with Microsoft Windows. 4 1 18,755 27% Netscape Navigator/Communicator 5 34 16,008 23% America Online See AOL. 6 26 15,935 23% Microsoft Works An integrated software package for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. It provides file management with relational-like capabilities, word processing, spreadsheet, business graphics and communications capabilities in one package. 7 28 13,663 20% InstallShield InstallShield 8 6 13,287 19% Microsoft Write/WordPad 9 2 12,683 18% Microsoft Entertainment Pack The original Microsoft Windows Entertainment Pack (WEP) was a collection of simply-designed computer games for Windows. These games were somewhat unusual for the time, in that they would not run under MS-DOS. 10 36 12,627 18% Interplay Solitaire solitaire or patience, any card game that can be played by one person. Solitaire is the American name; in England it is known as patience. There are probably more kinds of solitaire than all other card games together. 11 24 12,424 18% Microsoft Freecell 12 14 11,585 17% RealNetworks RealPlayer 13 12 11,239 16% Microsoft Paint 14 13 10,275 15% Intuit Quicken 15 33 9,565 14% Microsoft Excel (tool) Microsoft Excel - A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world. Latest version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14. 16 37 9,108 13% Microsoft Defragmenter 17 9 7,679 11% Microsoft Plus! 18 16 7,284 10% Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. 19 22 6,798 10% Microsoft Solitaire 20 49 6,739 10% Microsoft Calculator 21 4 6,668 10% Microsoft CD Player 22 18 6,561 9% Corel WordPerfect See WordPerfect Office and WordPerfect Corporation. 23 230 6,539 9% Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook Express 24 71 6,472 9% Microsoft Hearts Network 25 11 6,208 9% Juno 26 63 6,171 9% Microsoft Visual Basic 27 17 5,951 9% Microsoft Minesweeper minesweeper Naval vessel used to clear submarine mines from an expanse of water. In naval warfare, they are used to clear mines from sea-lanes to protect merchant shipping as well as to clear paths for warships to engage in battle or amphibious warfare. 28 5 5,488 8% Microsoft Money Microsoft Money is Microsoft's personal finance software for computers using the Microsoft Windows operating system. A version is also available for Windows Mobile (available for Money versions 2000-2006, and up to, but not including Windows Mobile 5.0). 29 54 5,352 8% Corel Office A suite of applications for Windows from Corel that was superseded by Corel WordPerfect Suite. See WordPerfect Office. Professional 30 65 5,249 8% Mirabilis ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. 31 107 5,036 7% Norton AntiVirus A popular antivirus program from Symantec. The AntiVirus function is available as a separate product for home and business users or as part of various packages that contain other utilities such as Norton SystemWorks and Norton Internet Security. See Norton Utilities. 32 70 4,922 7% Apple QuickTime 33 15 4,876 7% Microsoft Address Book 34 60 4,860 7% Nico Mak Computing WinZip 35 53 4,840 7% Broderbund Print Shop Deluxe 36 69 4,814 7% Microsoft Media Player 37 3 4,566 7% CyberMedia First Aid 38 58 4,498 6% Network Associates VirusScan 39 74 4,222 6% Microsoft Bookshelf 40 52 3,567 5% Microsoft Outlook 41 73 3,512 5% Adobe Acrobat Reader The former name of Adobe Reader. See PDF. 42 38 3,269 5% Norton Utilities Widely used utility programs for Windows and Macintosh from Symantec. Used to fix problems and fine tune the machine, they include functions to restore deleted files, diagnose the disk for corrupted data, defragment the disk and clean up and track changes to the Registry. 43 88 2,904 4% Microsoft Golf 44 35 2,884 4% Macromedia Director 45 51 2,882 4% Microsoft Greetings Workshop 46 139 2,764 4% Global Village Fax Works 47 80 2,699 4% QualComm Eudora 48 84 2,683 4% Berkeley Systems Berkeley Systems was a San Francisco Bay Area software company cofounded in 1987 by Wes Boyd and Joan Blades. It made money early on by doing contract work for the National Institutes of Health, specifically in making modifications to the Macintosh so that it could be usable by After Dark 49 119 2,619 4% Microsoft Encarta 50 44 2,516 4% Media Metrix, The PC Meter Company - Top 50 Most Owned Software Q3 1998 At Home SoftScan report Application or Software Software Thousands Percent Utility Software Owned Usage of PCs Reach Ranking Ranking (000) Microsoft Notepad 1 5 36,991 99% Microsoft Write/WordPad 2 9 36,699 99% Microsoft Media Player 3 38 36,635 98% Microsoft Calculator 4 21 35,765 96% Microsoft Minesweeper 5 29 34,212 92% InstallShield InstallShield 6 8 31,100 84% Microsoft Scandisk 7 99 28,065 75% Microsoft Network See MSN. Microsoft Network - The Microsoft Network 8 28 28,037 75% Microsoft Defragmenter 9 17 28,000 75% Microsoft Art Gallery 10 66 27,385 74% Microsoft Hearts Network 11 25 27,098 73% RealNetworks RealPlayer 12 13 26,980 72% Microsoft Paint 13 14 26,814 72% Microsoft Freecell 14 12 26,760 72% Apple QuickTime 15 34 26,249 71% Microsoft Plus! 16 18 26,228 70% Microsoft Visual Basic 17 27 26,040 70% Microsoft CD Player 18 22 25,875 70% Microsoft Internet Explorer 19 3 25,731 69% Microsoft Office 20 1 24,607 66% Microsoft Word 21 2 23,084 62% Microsoft Exchange 22 19 22,550 61% Microsoft Draw 23 143 22,529 61% Interplay Solitaire 24 11 22,326 60% Microsoft Backup 25 113 21,998 59% America Online 26 4 21,944 59% CompuServe 27 68 21,288 57% Microsoft Works 28 7 21,246 57% Microsoft Quick View 29 276 20,065 54% Microsoft DriveSpace 30 84 19,777 53% Microsoft Exposition 31 652 19,621 53% Microsoft Note-It 32 566 19,615 53% Intuit Quicken 33 15 19,337 52% Netscape Navigator/Communicator 34 6 18,819 51% Microsoft Golf 35 45 18,748 50% Microsoft Entertainment Pack 36 10 18,358 49% Microsoft Excel 37 16 16,682 45% Adobe Acrobat Reader 38 43 16,670 45% Microsoft CardFile 39 107 15,555 42% Microsoft Schedule+ 40 71 15,477 42% Microsoft Recorder 41 396 15,320 41% PK Zip 42 149 15,276 41% Fax Viewer 43 533 14,373 39% Microsoft Encarta 44 51 13,916 37% Microsoft Graph 45 286 13,898 37% Microsoft NetMeeting 46 104 13,756 37% Microsoft Access 47 57 13,493 36% Microsoft PowerPoint 48 60 13,210 35% Microsoft Solitaire 49 20 13,188 35% Common Ground 50 510 12,670 34% Media Metrix "Top 50 Software Used" and "Top 50 Software Owned" Definitions: Reach Definition & Example: The percent of Windows-based PC users (i.e. individuals in the Media Metrix At Home sample) that used the software title once in the given month. Individuals who used the software title are unduplicated (not counted twice). For example, if a title has a 2% reach that means that 2% of all PC using individuals used that title within the given month. Sample Size: More than 28,000 PC-using individuals throughout the U.S. participate in the Media Metrix At Home sample. (Media Metrix also maintains a separate sample of business PC users.) - About Media Metrix Technology Measurement The Media Metrix Technology Group provides data from the first ever on-going effort to electronically scan and monitor actual PC usage and ownership in a demographically balanced sample of households. The PCs in these households are equipped with Media Metrix' proprietary, patented PC Meter software, which runs continuously to track real-time PC usage. Media Metrix is the only audience measurement company which tracks and measures all usage activity taking place on the PC, not just on the web. Data collected electronically with the Media Metrix PC Meter is far more reliable than information gathered in surveys, which rely on the respondents' ability to recall or even understand survey questions. This Media Metrix PC Meter Report Series includes the HardScan(tm) report, which covers hardware ownership, peripheral ownership and branding information data. The SoftScan(tm) reports provide software ownership information - application and system software, and the SoftUsage(tm) reports contain software usage data. Media Metrix also provides Linkage(tm) reports which combine any two of the technology reports or link with Media Metrix' World Wide Web Audience Measurement Reports. Linkage reports provide unique information on the relationships between hardware, software, media, ownership and usage. The PC Meter Report Series is derived from the Media Metrix At Home sample of 28,000 PC users. About Media Metrix Media Metrix is the recognized world leader in the field of usage measurement services for new interactive media and digital technologies. Media Metrix measures real-time, actual usage of the complete digital universe, including the World Wide Web, proprietary online services, computer hardware, computer software and other new interactive technologies in the home and at work. Media Metrix has more than 250 clients, including leading advertising agencies, new and traditional media companies, marketers, financial institutions and technology companies. Information on Media Metrix, Inc. is available on the company's World Wide Web site: http://www.mediametrix.com. |
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