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Google Chrome takes third slot from Safari

04 January 2010 , Written by Dhruv Tanwar
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The 15-month old Google Chrome notched up 4.63 percent of browser usage statistics in December 2009, ostensibly on account of the release of its beta version for the Mac OS X and Linux, jumping up from 3.93 percent in November. Apple's Safari now ranks as the fourth most popular browser in the world with its share growing ever so slightly to 4.46 percent in December 2009 against 4.36 percent in November, even though the growth was not enough for it to retain its earlier rank.

Mozilla's Firefox open source browser holds second place with a 24.61 percent share, which is down slightly from 24.72 percent in November 2009. Mozilla has gained ground in 2009, inching forward from 22.58 percent in February to its present share. Net_applications_dec09_browser_stats
Image: Net Applications

 

Opera Software's Opera browser commanded 2.40 percent of the market in December, making it to the top five list.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer continues to dominate the browser landscape, according to the report by Net Applications, with a share of 62.69 percent in December 2009, down from 63.62 percent in November 2009. IE's share of the browser market has dropped from just under 70 percent in February 2009, according to Net Applications. The 2001 vintage IE6 has almost been edged by the more contemporary IE 8 as the top browser version in use. IE8 increased its usage statistics from 19.3 percent to 20.9 percent between November and December 2009, while IE6 dropped from 22.1 percent to 21 percent.

 

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