I know you have thought about it… if web browsers were celebrities who would they be? What do you mean no you haven’t? Oh. Ok. Well you are here already reading this so you might as well check out the infographic. Its a fun look at the brand personalities behind Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and some other browsers. Now… what does this say about you?

This is pretty cool indeed. Surfing the web and finding music just got a hell of a lot easier.

Google Chrome is growing rapidly, will they be the biggest browser in 2012? In the last three years Chrome has managed to capture 20% of the online browser market, which is no mean feat.

Will their growth continue? The guys at Pingdom have put together some excellent graphs showing predictions over the next few years:

Current Situation

Chrome is situated comfortably in third place. But what this chart doesn’t show is where things are heading, and that’s what we really want to investigate. Does it really stand a chance of passing Firefox and IE anytime soon?

Prediction of Growth

Here below is what the past year looked like, plus the calculated, predicted growth of Chrome, Firefox and IE up to the end of 2012. We based the prediction on their average growth rate over the past six months.

Of course, reliable predictions are difficult to make for fast-moving technology like web browsers, but this is where things are currently headed. Chrome is growing like crazy while both Internet Explorer and Firefox are losing ground.

Based on the performance of the past six months:

• Chrome will pass Firefox by November 2011.
• Chrome will pass IE by June 2012.
• Chrome will have in excess of 50% market share by November 2012.

Chrome’s Growth to Date

If you have any doubts that Chrome’s market share is not only growing, but doing so at an accelerating pace, take a look at this graph showing how Chrome has fared since its launch in 2008 until today.

The accelerating growth is clearly visible in the above graph (the increasingly sharp inclination of the curve).

Or you can just look at the numbers:

• It took 16 months for Chrome to get to 5%.
• Then half of that, eight months, for the next 5%.
• So, it took Chrome 24 months to get its first 10% market share.
• The next 10% took just 10 months.

That’s acceleration. Big time. No other web browser is showing anywhere near this kind of growth rate.

Its quite clear to see the future when looking at statistics like these. A major factor in the rapid and massive growth of Chrome is undoubtedly the power of Google. Through their massive properties such as Google Search and YouTube they command power online like no-one else. The interesting point is that users like Chrome, more and more people are switching to Chrome because they prefer it to other browsers. Things are most definitely not looking good for Firefox and IE.

Original article and graphs via @Pingdom