Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Chrome surpasses Firefox to become second most popular browser worldwide.

Google's Chrome browser, launched in 2008, is now the second most-used internet browser worldwide. Chrome recently surpassed Mozilla's Firefox, with 25.7% of the market, compared to 25.2% according to StatCounter. In the U.S. Firefox still comes in at number 2. Chrome is third.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer is the most popular browser, both worldwide and in the U.S.  Given Chrome's quick rise, (Firefox has been around since the 1990s) industry analysts are expecting a Microsoft v Google browser showdown in the near future.

Read More:
New No. 2 In Browser Battle - WSJ, 12/2/11
Chrome Surpasses Firefox to Become Second Most Popular Browser - www.t3.com, 12/4/11
Chrome Usage Surpasses Firefox for the First Time - www.bgr.com, 12/2/11

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love Chrome, and only use IE when I absolutely have to - like at work (our Systems dept. won't install/support anyting else). But I just read this article at Wired about the Chrome Frame plug-in that makes older versions of IE run like Chrome. Pretty sweet - http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/12/google-chrome-frame/

Anonymous said...

I've noticed that my Google Mail will not load properly when using IE9, but it works perfectly in Chrome. I smell a conspiracy....