The counter does not count downloads made via the automatic-update service. Of course if you’ve manually downloaded the new version then yes it’s counted as a new download. Even so what about all the copies of Firefox that have been downloaded once, and given to friends, burnt to cover disks, made available on local network drives, etc…

i red firefox counter over 51 millions.
i’m a firefox user.
a question: firefox updates are counted as a “new” firefox download ?
if so, i think the downloads are less than 50%.
am i right ?
thank you
giordano