Are there studies on how the back button is used? [duplicate]

1. How many users use the back button?
2. Do people use the back button?
3. How does the Back button work?
4. What is the most used button in a web browser?

How many users use the back button?

Usability studies have shown that 60% of users rely on the back button as their primary means of navigating around the web (source: Usability Interface). In fact, several studies have shown that the back button is second only to clicking on links as the most used feature on the web (source: Web Usability research).

Do people use the back button?

From my usability testing experience and observation, people still use the BACK button and it is important to keep that in mind when considering the interaction of the site.

How does the Back button work?

A back button in the browser lets you back-up to the copies of pages you visited previously. The web browser's back and next buttons work well with web sites that provide information that changes infrequently, such as news and shopping web sites.

What is the most used button in a web browser?

In Catledge and Pitkow's study , the back button accounted for 41% of all navigation actions.