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Google Chrome Browser Market Share - Finding an Average

Pete Prestipino — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:10:00 GMT

It's been over one year since Google launched Chrome and quite a bit has happened since: 51 developer releases, 21 beta releases or updates, and 15 stable releases or updates, Over 20,600 bugs filed, 50 Chrome Experiments, and of course a whole lot of chatter on its importance (now and in the future) in the competitive browser market.

But what is the state of Chrome today? Last year around this time we asked what Chrome's market share was and today we're wondering how it has changed. Last year at this time Chrome's market share was 2.7% according to analytics service GetClicky and Website Magazine users' Chrome usage was eerily in line with that at 2.73% in November 2008.

As it stands today, Website Magazine users still seem to prefer Firefox (45.34%), followed by Internet Explorer (38.81%), Safari (8.27% - bolstered perhaps by the Website Magazine iPhone app) and finally Chrome (5.32%). Chrome has nearly doubled its market share (at least for Website Magazine readers) but keep in mind that this is only one sample of a vastly larger audience. Michael Aulia posted that 8.7% of his users were using Chrome and that's just the beginning of the variation.

So we ask you; what is your site's browser share and where does Chrome fit into the mix?

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January '09 Browser Market Share

Pete Prestipino — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:50:00 GMT

NetApplications released browser market share numbers for January 2009. As you might expect, Internet Explorer still has a hefty lead with 67.55% total market share, followed by Firefox (21.53%), Safari (8.29%), Chrome (1.12%) and Opera (0.70%).

The real story in all this, as others have mentioned, is the substantial growth seen by Firefox over the past year and the general decline in usage of Internet Explorer. Back in March 2008, IE had a nearly 75% maket share while Firefox had nearly 18%. Compare that to the information presented above and you'll see the dramatic nature of the shift. While the September release of Google's Chrome has made a slight dent in the total browser share, Safari has grown nearly 70% since March 2008,

Current Google Chrome Market Share

Pete Prestipino — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:29:00 GMT

Google released another update to its open source Chrome browser recently, and there have been some noticeable speed improvements, along with several fixes for plug-ins - namely having to do with YouTube videos and PDFs. Some tests even indicate the JavaScript performance is nearly 40 percent faster than when it was first released. While these improvements are all fine and dandy, is anyone using Chrome yet? And if so, how many?

While we only know for certain how many WebsiteMagazine.com visitors are using Chrome, we know for certain that the percentage for the month of October (2008) is 2.73%. Internet Explorer leads the way for us with 46%, followed closely (and this surprised even me) by Firefox at 44% and then Safari with 4.71% market share.

If you know your website's current Google Chrome market share, please post a comment below and share with it other Website Magazine readers. It would be interesting to see how the market share of Chrome varies by industry.