It was only a matter of time. Google Chrome, the internet browser they introduced in 2008, has been growing like crazy, passing Firefox to become the 2nd-most popular browser worldwide in the last quarter of 2011. Last week, it took the top spot from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, which has held that position for what seems like decades.
Global traffic analytics company StatCounter has been tracking the data for years. Following Firefox are Safari at #4 and Opera at #5.
One asterisk on the numbers: Firefox allows users to block their usage data making it invisible to StatCounter. With some estimating that up to 10% of their users taking advantage of these privacy settings, it’s not enough to move them up on the list but it makes it as close to a 3-way tie as possible with all three likely holding around 30% of the worldwide non-mobile browser web traffic.
Last month, we reported that Chrome is already dominant in South America and in the lead in Asia.
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Daniel September 27, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Aint nobody in Zuckerberg’s league. Almost 5 billion? No wonder dude past Steve Jobs on that Forbes list. But nuff respect to Belnick. Dude caught on super quick.
mrclosetstatus September 27, 2010 at 5:02 pm
ill be on this list soon closetstatus.com hanging fresh clothes daily.. watch out
Matt September 28, 2010 at 8:29 am
Nice $100 mil tax writeoff
Jo Dean September 28, 2010 at 9:21 am
Must be nice t be them :)
http://www.web-privacy.it.tc
Daily Cash September 28, 2010 at 10:19 am
I use statcounter for detailed statistics for some of my websites