Chrome Hits 20-Percent Market Share
Chrome has briefly touched and climbed past 20% browser market over the past weekend, according to data released by StatCounter.com.
Chrome retreated again to about 18.3%, but it appears that it is only a matter of time until Chrome will actually cross the 20% mark.
The latest gains appear to be supported by a TV ad campaign Google launched in the U.S. last week, but it is somewhat surprising that Chrome can grow as consistently as it does, despite the launch activities of IE9 and Firefox 4. Firefox is currently closing in on 150 million total downloads and a market share of about 13%. It was today that Firefox 4 was listed with a greater market share than Firefox 3.6 (13.14% vs. 13.13%) for the first time.
If StatCounter's data is correct, then Firefox 4 has seen a sharp increase in market share since last week and the time Mozilla activated the automated update for all Firefox versions. Microsoft is apparently struggling with getting IE9 updates out the gate. IE9 is still at a market share of less than 4%.
The overall browser market is regionally very fragmented and market shares can vary dramatically. For example, Firefox 4 has already 17.34% in Europe and 30.02% in Germany. Chrome has a strong position in South America where Chrome 11 is at 22.6%. In Argentina and Ecuador, for example, Chrome 11 holds more than 25% and is less than 3 points away from surpassing IE8 as the dominant browser in those regions.
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"Chrome has a strong position in South America where Chrome 11 is at 22.6%. In Argentina and Ecuador, for example, Chrome 11 holds more than 25% and is less than 3 points away from surpassing IE8 as the dominant browser in those regions."
Haha! I love it! It's like comparing Chrome to a David Hasselhoff. He is big in Germany and the Netherlands. hahaha!!
I would not put much faith in market share numbers published by a company whose stats vary wildly over the course of a few days.
I'm Argentinian and I have Chrome installed.
Chrome sucks...end of story.
Chrome did a good work with the release schema. Also the updater is a big success.
Easy to get marketshare when incessant and in-your-face advertising is everywhere related to Google sites and even beyond. Heck, marketing is Google's strong point.
Meanwhile, it's still hip to knock Microsoft, sadly.
Chrome sucks...end of story.
What an amazing argument to back up your claims, that is it, I am convinced......NOT!! another asshole with no clue about anything, when school finishes sonny, go out and play and leave the adults in peace ok!
I must say, the slowest version of ANY browser I have ever used was Chrome version 9. Seriously, it would hang for like 2 - 3 seconds each time I switched tabs, and whilst switching between various input areas in a single tab would even lag horribly. The original Chromes (version 1 - 3) were much faster; I sure hope version 10 is faster than version 9. Anyhow, I've gone back to Firefox and Opera, though obviously Opera is decidedly faster. I've had noticeable lag in FF4 several times already.
Chrome launch fast, opens pages fast enough also, and can handle good usage. What I don't like about Chrome is lack of customization options. That's a good thing for those people who otherwise would have 7-8 toolbars in their browser and no idea how they got there. I have Chrome and use it from time to time for a quick browsing.
Opera has all the customization options I like, launches slow, but opens pages really fast and with really small CPU usage. But handles scripts and even page appearance in an unsatisfactory manner. I have Opera, and use it often for Tom's Hardware, especially when getting multiple tabs, but rarely for anything else.
Internet Explorer hangs at version 6 for the fun of browsing through Windows Explorer, and extreme rare cases of compatibility.
Firefox rests as my main browser, but only because I am unsatisfied with Opera compatibility and Chrome lack of customizations.
I like chrome quite a bit. In my experience, its one of the fastest and easiest to use browsers that I've ever used. Internet explorer has never been that great imo. Once I switched to chrome, I never saw the point of switching back...
The only bad point for Chrome is it's poor integration with Ubuntu's Unity ('cause the menu is hidden under that icon at the right). Once that's solved it (well... actually Chromium) might make it as the primary browser on my system.
The only bad point for Chrome is it's poor integration with Ubuntu's Unity ('cause the menu is hidden under that icon at the right). Once that's solved it (well... actually Chromium) might make it as the primary browser on my system.
Full screen flash video in Chrome under Ubuntu is a disaster. I have mobility HD 5470. The firefox flash is a bit more stable but it still sux. I have to ctrl+alt+F1 crt+alt+F9 to get out of full screen flash video quite often.
I really wish they fix Ubuntu so that I can ditch Windows.
With Firefox 4 it became so close to Chrome in speed that speed became a non-factor for me. I stick with Firefox 4 because I like the customization options available to me and I seem to have less page compatibility issues.
I also like supporting Mozilla because even though Google is a good company, they're still massive and Mozilla is the smaller underdog now.
I look at Chrome and wonder how in the world we already got to version 11! Is this a numbers race against themselves?
I like Chrome, mainly because it doesn't fill up a third of my screen with useless items. I have used other browsers (still have IE8 installed), but for the most part I don't use any of their functions, just use it to get online and jump to other sites.
I'm using Chrome and have been for quite some time now. What I like the best about it is that when I put up a search query in the address / search bar it just about always finds the website I want straight away. The conclusion I have reached is that Chrome is a master of searching and pointing the user in the most relevant direction. To me that is one of the most important features of a browser.
Shame that this isn't by eating the market share *still* occupied by IE6. I still have to use IE6 on a far-too-regular basis because so many institutions won't upgrade! Please will someone kill it off for good now?
Chrome sucks...end of story.
You have already proclaimed yourself a M$ fangirl endless times on here...we get it. Oh...and end of story.
everyone is bashing the "chrome sucks" comment, I guess because of the comment itself does indeed suck. but the moral to the story here is, CHROME SUX...
it just does.
FF4 and Opera are 1 and 2 in my book..
I really wish they fix Ubuntu so that I can ditch Windows.
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whewwww....
OK, that is one of the funniest things I've ever read.
\sarcasm /start -noforce -brutalextreme
Gee I really wish they'd fix that sorta-broken semi-functional free OS so I can ditch my relatively completely functional OS that I had to pay a small fee for as well. I mean, come on! It makes perfect sense. I cannot believe Microsoft has the nerve to charge ~$80 for Windows 7! That is just insane! ~$80!!!! That's about half my cell phone bill that I have to pay again and again every month!
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHaHaHaHahahahahaHahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa.....whewwww....OK, that is one of the funniest things I've ever read.\sarcasm /start -noforce -brutalextremeGee I really wish they'd fix that sorta-broken semi-functional free OS so I can ditch my relatively completely functional OS that I had to pay a small fee for as well. I mean, come on! It makes perfect sense. I cannot believe Microsoft has the nerve to charge ~$80 for Windows 7! That is just insane! ~$80!!!! That's about half my cell phone bill that I have to pay again and again every month!/end
How is that blue screen working out for ya?
Would've been nice if this article had included some more comments on other browsers, such as noting that perhaps the most recent upswing in Chrome use appears to have come more or less entirely out of I.E. Or, perhaps, mention the other two browsers that round out the big five. (which largely got omitted in the original article anyway)
I still prefer Opera. I keep FF around for when I get compatibility issues, but Opera, for MY type of usage, tends to run significantly faster overall than anything else I use, including Chrome. Doesn't help that I keenly noticed that any crowed-about new feature in Chrome/FF first debuted in Opera...
happy with my FF4
I keep coming back to chrome... it's fast and has some extra features I like, like the chrome store. Very excited to see it getting more popular!