Opera Software has revealed that web users around the world downloaded Opera 11.50 around 5.4 million times during the first 24 hours of availability.

The company has been running the counter on their homepage targeting various funny milestones.

Opera 11.50 is a major update bringing a new streamlined user interface and enhanced support for new web technologies.

The company caters to more than 200 million users around the world through their various browser apps.

Opera Mini for example is one of the most popular mobile web browsers in the world today.