Canopy Analytics · Q4 Reader Report
No. 04 — Winter MMXXIV

How the canopy's readers arrive, browser by browser.

A quiet record of how 11,454 readers reached the canopy this quarter — which browsers they trusted, how often they returned, and where the reading happened.

Total readers
11,454
8.2% vs Q3
Unique individuals who opened at least one essay between Oct 1 and Dec 29.
Sessions logged
38,712
12.4% vs Q3
Total reading sessions across all readers, including repeat visits within 30 minutes.
Browsers detected
6
Chrome · Safari · Firefox · Edge · Opera · Samsung
Plus 84 readers on uncommon clients — Lynx, Pale Moon, Vivaldi and others.
Avg return rate
3.38
0.4 vs Q3
Average sessions per reader over the quarter — readers came back nearly three and a half times.
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Q4
Compiled
02 Jan 2025
Distribution · By Browser

Six paths through the canopy.

Snapshot · 29 Dec 2024
11,454 readers
Sessions per browser, this quarter
38,712 total
Chrome · Google
4,827
42.1%
Safari · Apple
2,934
25.6%
Firefox · Mozilla
1,421
12.4%
Edge · Microsoft
1,108
9.7%
Samsung Internet
762
6.7%
Opera
318
2.8%
Other · Vivaldi · Brave · Lynx
84
0.7%
Most-used browser
Chrome
4,827 readers — roughly four in every ten. The default for most of the working world, and the browser the canopy is most often read on at desks, in the morning, before the day begins.
Fastest-growing
Edge
+18.6% over Q3 — readers on Windows 11 increasingly stay with the default. The largest single-quarter jump of any browser since the canopy began keeping records.
Strongest retention
Firefox
4.2 sessions per reader — the most devoted cohort. Fewer of them, but they return more often, and read for longer when they do.
Engaged Readers · Top 12

Who returned most often.

Sorted by session count
Q4 · 2024
Rank
Reader
Browser
Sessions
Δ vs Q3
Last seen
01
MH
Mira Holloway
Chrome
287
42
2 hours ago
02
TA
Theon Aldridge
Safari
245
38
5 hours ago
03
SV
Selene Vance
Firefox
198
22
Yesterday
04
CM
Caspian Marlow
Edge
176
54
3 hours ago
05
IP
Iris Penhaligon
Chrome
162
15
8 hours ago
06
WA
Wren Atherton
Safari
151
9
2 days ago
07
OL
Otis Lindqvist
Samsung
134
28
Yesterday
08
RB
Romy Bellamy
Chrome
128
7
6 hours ago
09
EF
Elias Faraday
Firefox
119
11
3 days ago
10
LK
Liora Kessel
Safari
108
3
12 hours ago
11
DH
Dorian Hespel
Edge
97
21
4 hours ago
12
NS
Nadia Solberg
Opera
89
14
Yesterday
Twelve Weeks · Sessions Over Time

The tide of returning sessions.

Weekly aggregate · 6 series
Oct 7 — Dec 29, 2024
Chrome
Safari
Firefox
Edge
Samsung
Opera
y · weekly sessions · 0 → 500
500 375 250 125 0 W01 W04 W08 W12 ↳ Winter solstice
12 weeks · 38,712 sessions · 6 series Chrome leads every week; Edge overtakes Firefox in W10 for the first time on record.
Cross-Section · Device × Browser

Where the canopy was read.

Unique readers · 5 OS × 6 browsers
Heat = density
Chrome
Safari
Firefox
Edge
Samsung
Opera
macOS
1,204
10.5%
1,842
16.1%
412
3.6%
88
0.8%
—
0%
42
0.4%
Windows
2,218
19.4%
—
0%
682
6.0%
894
7.8%
—
0%
156
1.4%
iOS
524
4.6%
1,092
9.5%
—
0%
—
0%
—
0%
—
0%
Android
836
7.3%
—
0%
24
0.2%
—
0%
762
6.7%
102
0.9%
Linux
45
0.4%
—
0%
303
2.6%
—
0%
—
0%
18
0.2%
Sparse
Dense