Google's Chrome browser has overtaken Apple's Safari in the United States, according to web analytics company StatCounter.
Although there are many different companies measuring traffic, StatCounter is one of the big names in this area, and according to its latest stats, Chrome is now in third place, behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox.
StatCounter's measurement apparently comes from data of 874 million pages viewed in the US, putting Chrome usage at 8.97 per cent, slightly ahead of Safari (8.88%).
IE IE IE O down the browser league we go
Internet Explorer (all versions) is a distant leader with 52 per cent, with Firefox on 28.5 per cent.
Although it is US figures, this is a significant landmark, as it is a critical market which is home territory for many of the key players.
The UK saw Chrome overtake Safari back in October 2009 with StatCounter's latest data showing that it has 9.58 per cent of the UK market, with Firefox (38.14%) and IE on 43.15 percent.
Safari, is behind Opera (4.41%) in a distant fifth place with 3.88 per cent, but Apple will be hoping that Safari 5 can wrest back a little market share
Via TechCrunch
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koreyit
July 11th 2010
5. On my mac Safari runs really fast and Firefox seems to be a lot slower. When it comes to browsing the web speed is what matters to me. But then again a lot of the windows users are used to a slow computer.
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yathosho
June 28th 2010
4. would love to read about the details per os, i take it that majority of mac users still use safari
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jkirker
June 28th 2010
3. Here are stats from one of my websites - visited by 5MM annually in the US. My audience is very family entertainment oriented - general - not necessarily focused on tech which I think is skewing the numbers...
Last 30 days:
1) Internet Explorer 61.96%
2) Firefox 17.00%
3) Safari 13.70%
4) Chrome 4.70%
5) Mozilla Compatible Agent 0.61%
6) Mozilla 0.38%
7) Opera 0.28%
8) BlackBerry9630 0.21%
9) BlackBerry9530 0.20%
10) BlackBerry8530 0.19%
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sanderton
June 28th 2010
2. TechRadar readers are, of course, a breed apart. These are the stats for our British readers:
1. Internet Explorer / Windows 38.24%
2. Firefox / Windows 22.21%
3. Chrome / Windows 13.39%
4. Safari / Macintosh 8.20%
5. Safari / iPhone 4.03%
6. Firefox / Macintosh 2.79%
7. Safari / iPad 2.09%
8. Safari / Android 1.46%
9. Chrome / Macintosh 1.20%
10. Opera / Windows 1.14%
(Yeah, I know, "Safari/Android" - that's how Android is reported in the stats!)
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mgillespie
June 28th 2010
1. As an end-user, I have never really been interested in how many people use what. I am more interested in what the best broweser is.
Opera wins this one hands down.
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