Google’s Chrome Continues to Gain Market Share

May 3, 2010 By Ryan Fleming

Google Chrome Web browser continues to outpace rivals Firefox and Opera, forcing Microsoft’s IE8 below 60 percent of the market.

Google continues its march towards total world domination. With the recent Google tech news focusing on Android advancements and apps, Google’s Web browser Chrome has quietly begun to eat up market share at a rapid pace.

According to a new report from NetApplications, Chrome showed the most growth of any Web browser last month. Chrome continues to beat Firefox and Opera, and it pulled Microsoft’s IE 8 below 60 percent of the market. Although still at a low 6.73 percent of the market – an increase from 6.1 percent the month before – Chrome is gaining more shares than anyone else.

With IE9 due out sometime soon (we hope), Google is taking full advantage of the lull between versions to secure its position in the Web browser market. Mozilla’s Firefox is currently in second place with 24.59 percent, but it has yet to pass the 25 percent mark, something that most considered a given.

Safari also saw a minor rise from 4.65 percent to 4.72 percent in April. IE8 fell from 60.65 percent to 59.95 percent. Since its peak in 2003 when IE held 93 percent of the market, the Microsoft browser has been in a steady decline, but continues to dominate the market.

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Rajneesh Gadge at 10:14pm 1st November 2010 I'm using Google Chrome from its early stages of development and I find it best among all.
1. someatoms at 11:59am 17th December 2010 sorry, accidentally pushed the thumb down bottom instead of the other one...
BJ Tucker at 1:55pm 6th September 2010 Your Google Chrome may be gaining popularity but I find it is unstable. It takes foreever to get to my home page after I have booted my computer. I have seen as many as five pages trying to open but once I click on them I get the msg. (Not Responding) and believe me I have been getting a lot of that. I will try to stick with it to determine if it is worth my while but if it does not stabilize in the near future I am going back to my big blue 'e.'
1. someatoms at 11:56am 17th December 2010 You must be joking? One of the reasons I use chrome is that it takes less time to load it than it takes for me to reach the keyboard. Its amazing.
Carlos Santos at 3:49am 7th May 2010 Google Chrome is the best internet browser at this days. I think that in 2015 they have more then 30% of the market.