Internet Explorer 9 has managed to blow all records related to Microsoft Beta download programs, now accounting for in excess of 23 million downloads since it was introduced less than 5 months ago.

And in fact, IE9 is bound to have outpaced more than a few other products both in Beta or even finalized, rival browsers included when it comes down to the staggering number of downloads.

By comparison, the public Beta of Office 2010 was downloaded only 9 million times. In addition, the testing Builds of Windows 7 only made it to 8 million downloads.

So to have Internet Explorer 9 Beta downloads explode past the 23 million milestone speaks clearly about the huge leap in evolution that IE9 is in the line of IE releases.

“Net Applications reported that Internet Explorer 9 Beta continued its worldwide growth in January,” revealed Roger Capriotti, director, Internet Explorer Product Marketing.

“IE9 has been downloaded over 23 million times, and now accounts for 0.5% of all users worldwide while still a beta product.”

Make sure to watch the video embedded below in order to get additional insight into the success of IE9 right from Capriotti.

There is one aspect of IE9 Beta uptake that the software giant opted to highlight. It appears that Windows 7 users are showing more love to IE9 compared to customers running other Windows operating systems.

And fact is that IE9 is designed by default to deliver the best experience possible on Windows 7 by leveraging the DirectX 11 APIs and the Windows Aero UI.

“We are pleased to see users continue to leverage Windows 7 capabilities together with IE9 for a more beautiful web experience. On Windows 7, Internet Explorer 9 already accounts for 1.82% of users worldwide,” Capriotti said.

Microsoft is currently gearing up to offer testers the Release Candidate of Internet Explorer 9. The Redmond company already sent invitations to an IE9 event on February 10, 2011, which could coincide with the RC launch.

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Beta is available for download here.

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Platform Preview 7 (PP7) is available for download here.