Firefox 3 set a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of software downloads within 24 hours. From 18:16 UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 UTC on June 18, 2008, 8,002,530 people downloaded Firefox 3.
An official Guinness world record has now been confirmed with the official figure of Firefox 3 downloads a monstrous 8,002,530 during a 24 hour period following its release. The total number of Firefox 3 downloads to July 2008 is excess of 28 million.



"As the arbiter and recorder of the world’s amazing facts, Guinness World Records is pleased to add Mozilla’s achievement to our archives," said Gareth Deaves, Records Manager for Guinness World Records. "Mobilizing over 8 million internet users within 24 hours is an extremely impressive accomplishment and we would like to congratulate the Mozilla community for their hard work and dedication."

Mozilla enthusiasts worldwide drove more than 1.7 million pledges to download Firefox 3 on Download Day, hosted regional download "fests," and informed more than 43 million people through hosting Download Day affiliate buttons online. The global Mozilla community has been celebrating the historic goal of establishing a Guinness World Record with parties in more than 25 countries, including a 24-hour long download fest celebration called Camp Firefox at Mozilla’s Mountain View headquarters.

Mozilla reported serving almost 9,000 downloads a minute day on the "Download Day" and exceeded the first day download mark for Firefox 2 of 1.6 million after just five hours of availability for Firefox 3.

Firefox 3 available in three OS versions, there are Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Firefox 3 also available in over 45 languages.

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