When the final version of Firefox 3 became available yesterday, it seemed they were going to have a hard time reaching their goal of five million downloads - an arbitrary number, since the record for most software downloads in 24 hours didn't exist before - simply because all official Firefox sites have died, unable to withstand all that traffic.
However, the admins managed to bring the sites back up, and now a quick check of the official Firefox Guinness World Record page reveals that 5 million downloads have been reached; currently, the number sits at 5,214,369. Almost half the downloads came from the United States (2,100,411), followed by Spain, Iran, France and the UK. There's still some time to go before the 24 hour limit is over, though; if anyone wants to break this record, they're going to have to aim at at least 7-8 million downloads. Good job, Firefox team!