Browser Usage Stats: Chrome Grows While IE and Firefox Shrink  

Posted by Elyse DeRoo

In the beginning weeks of class, we discussed the different browsers and how often they were used. An article I recently read discusses that google chrome is emerging into the new popular browser. In January, Chrome grew by 0.57% to 5.20% of the browser market. Meanwhile, Firefox shrunk by 0.20% to 24.41% and IE shrunk 0.51% to 62.18%. Google Chrome has a lot to offer; details are finally starting to surface. It is much faster than competitors browsers and there are features such as bookmark syncs into live windows. To gain popularity, google has been running ad campaigns on sites like hulu. Additionally, this article explains how Internet Explorer is still the most popular browser and needs to die out. There are too many security threats and its a hassle to use. Google Chrome is quickly catching popularity, and one has to wonder is it because Google is using their own statistical and analysis software to get the word out about their browser?

1 comments

Peter Inthirakoth   says February 2, 2010 at 1:03 AM

Google was advertising Chrome on their main page for a while. I'm not sure if it still is. It's a nice browser, much better than Safari or Internet Explorer. The recent release with extension and greasemonkey support make it even better.
Unfortunately, there are still too many extensions and scripts that still do not work with Chrome so I stick with Firefox as my primary browser. I actually run Firefox and Chrome on the same computer. I keep Internet Explorer around in case I need to download something from Microsoft. I really hate it though.
I honestly think that a lot of the usage of Internet Explorer stems from IT policies at companies/organizations and the fact that it's on every desktop when you get a new computer or install Windows.

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