StatCounter: Chrome Now Well Above 20 Percent
Mozilla may be capturing the headlines with the latest release of its Firefox browser today, but there is no denying that not everything is especially peachy in Mozilla's browserland.
Chrome is the only browser at this time that is gaining market share continuously, while Firefox has lost nearly 3 points since the release of Firefox 4 in March of this year. According to StatCounter, Firefox is down to about 28% these days, while Chrome has crossed the 20% mark.
Chrome began crossing 20% market share on weekend in early May, but has remained above the 20% mark for the past 8 days and there is no reason to believe that Chrome's market share trend will change anytime soon. We expect StatCounter to report more than 20% market share for Chrome for this month - which would be a major milestone for Google. It appears that Firefox will see increasing pressure from Chrome, which could accelerate its growth substantially, if the recently launched Chromebooks sell well. Chrome is now touching almost 22% on weekends, while it is at about 20.5% on weekdays.
Microsoft is on a decline as well, but the losses do not seem to be as dramatic: While both Firefox and IE appear to lose shares at an equal pace in absolute numbers, Firefox is much closer to Chrome and could be within reach of Google by the end of the year, if the current trend continues. Firefox 5 will have to do a lot better for Mozilla than Firefox 4 did.
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Hah! This makes me happy! I love Chrome, especially the syncing feature and the fact that it's blazing fast. I never touch another browser these days.
I quit Firefox a few months ago. Too many browsers lol. I just use IE9 at home, and IE9+Chrome at work. No problem at all with IE9.
I wish Google would do Chrome for iOS. Then I can have the same browser on all my devices. Hate Safari.
I wish Google would do Chrome for iOS. Then I can have the same browser on all my devices. Hate Safari.
Apple would just find some obscure reason to ban it from the app store if they did. LOL
why not use Chromium, the open source version of Chrome?
to me, the best choises are Opera and Chromium...
Chrome is gaining market share because it is faster than other web browsers.
Chrome is gaining market share because it is faster than other web browsers.
It's gaining market share because every little random thing you download from google or third party software tries to install it on your computer. I've never seen that with FF.
I wish Google would do Chrome for iOS. Then I can have the same browser on all my devices. Hate Safari.
they do...just have to know where to get it
why not use Chromium, the open source version of Chrome?
because it opens the door for a lot of crap
I used to try lots of browsers, sense I went Chrome I've never wanted anything else
It's gaining market share because every little random thing you download from google or third party software tries to install it on your computer. I've never seen that with FF.
This. Most people just click "next" too so 99% of them don't even know it got installed
I wish Google would do Chrome for iOS. Then I can have the same browser on all my devices. Hate Safari.
Rescue is near: use Opera Mini for your iOS device and Opera for your desktop. The first browser with sync features, speed dials, tabs (yes, they were the first major browser with tabs) and so on. Oh, and blazing fast as well.
because it opens the door for a lot of crap
Care to elaborate on that? Chrome and Chromium are identical: just as safe, just as stable, same features and extensions. The only difference is the lack of certain privacy breaching tokens collected by Google when using Chrome.
Rescue is near: use Opera Mini for your iOS device and Opera for your desktop. The first browser with sync features, speed dials, tabs (yes, they were the first major browser with tabs) and so on. Oh, and blazing fast as well.
Yep, love Opera - innovation all the way. Have your desktop Opera sync with the Mobile one and you are all set - not to mention the Turbo mode! Internet is blazing fast anywhere I am (even with the netbook on the a edge of a free WiFi)
Yep, love Opera - innovation all the way. Have your desktop Opera sync with the Mobile one and you are all set - not to mention the Turbo mode! Internet is blazing fast anywhere I am (even with the netbook on the a edge of a free WiFi)
Oh yeah, Turbo is great for mobile internet. It really speeds up browsing and saves you money if you're on a limited data plan/pay per mb.
If browsers had market share based on how good they actually were, Opera would be ahead of Chrome right now. Since Chrome has support and advertisement from a huge company like Google, and Opera has virtually no advertisement, naturally Chrome is gaining market share.
Opera could take off - if they get their advertisement right. They need to make some deals with a few larger companies.
If browsers had market share based on how good they actually were, Opera would be ahead of Chrome right now. Since Chrome has support and advertisement from a huge company like Google, and Opera has virtually no advertisement, naturally Chrome is gaining market share.Opera could take off - if they get their advertisement right. They need to make some deals with a few larger companies.
Opera can't afford advertising and doesn't need it either.
For starters, they enjoy a very healthy position in the mobile market, where they managed to gain a name for themselves (primarily by being the first functional mobile browsers, although they were also the first functional web browser, yet didn't manage to capitalize on that). On the desktop, their market share is clearly high enough to turn a profit (Opera Software ASA is a profitable compnay).
Second, a large portion of their revenue comes from licensing. For example, the Presto rendering engine (one of the fastest and most consistent in the browsing world) is used by Adobe's CS4-5 for rendering. Given the size of Adobe, the licensing fee might well be their primary source of income.
I use Chrome but I'd switch to IE9 if only I could find an Ad Blocker for it.
I'd abandon Firefox if Chrome wasn't such a horrible little browser.
So, I keep both Firefox and IE9 around. Firefox is just for the addons anyway.
I got no interest in chrome unless and until they have an easy way to block ads like ad block plus.If they already do then I might give it a try
It's gaining market share because every little random thing you download from google or third party software tries to install it on your computer. I've never seen that with FF.
I've never had a program ask to install Chrome. What software does this?
I've never had a program ask to install Chrome. What software does this?
CCleaner, amongst many others.
The fact that google can keep asking "oh, you don't have chrome? wanna install?" and get away with it with people "happy" about it's growing share (considering it's yet another Webkit clone which is super innovative, I guess) makes me sad.