The latest data (Feb 2010) from Net Applications show Google Chrome as the only web browser that increased market share. All other browsers saw their market shares decrease.
Google Chrome saw a jump in usage share to 5.61%, up 0.39% from 5.22% in January. This means that so far over 2010, Chrome has grabbed 0.96% market share.
Other browsers didn’t fare so well.
- Internet Explorer: 61.58%, down 0.54% since January
- Firefox: 24.23%, down 0.20% since January
- Safari: 4.45%, down 0.08% since January
- Opera: 2.35%, down 0.03% since January
While Chrome has a long way to go to catch up with Firefox, it’s now clear that this browser has what it takes to grab significant market share quickly. After all, Google has a massive online presence and can use these outlets to push the browser to users. You may have noticed the “Try Google chrome” boxes across Google’s online properties – such as this one on YouTube:
Having a look at the browsers used by PixelVulture readers backs this up, with a large portion (17%) being Chrome users. This may be just because you guys are pretty tech savvy… but its still much higher than the average. Check out our browser stats below:
