Chrome – Who’s Losing?
Hi folks,
Here are the Global Browser Market Share stats for the last few days.
Looking at these numbers we can begin to identify which browsers are losing market share to Chrome.
| IE | FireFox | Safari | Chrome | Other | |
| Aug 28 | 68.17% | 24.66% | 2.83% | N/A | 4.33% |
| Aug 29 | 67.81% | 24.78% | 2.84% | N/A | 4.57% |
| Aug 30 | 65.41% | 26.38% | 3.04% | N/A | 5.17% |
| Aug 31 | 64.49% | 26.91% | 3.06% | N/A | 5.56% |
| Sep 01 | 66.92% | 25.26% | 2.99% | N/A | 4.84% |
| Sep 02* | 67.58% | 24.36% | 2.91% | N/A | 5.06% |
| Sep 03 | 67.81% | 23.54% | 2.70% | 1.11% | 4.87% |
| Sep 04 | 70.87% | 21.26% | 2.48% | 1.15% | 4.25% |
The below table outlines the changes in market share over the period:
| IE | FireFox | Safari | Chrome | Other | |
| Aug 28 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aug 29 | (0.36%) | +0.12% | +0.01% | N/A | +0.24% |
| Aug 30 | (2.40%) | +1.60% | +0.20% | N/A | +0.60% |
| Aug 31 | (0.92%) | +0.53% | +0.02% | N/A | +0.39% |
| Sep 01 | +2.43% | (1.65%) | (0.07%) | N/A | (0.72%) |
| Sep 02* | +0.66% | (0.90%) | (0.08%) | N/A | +0.22% |
| Sep 03 | +0.23% | (0.82%) | (0.21%) | +1.11% | (0.19%) |
| Sep 04 | +3.06% | (2.28%) | (0.22%) | +0.04% | (0.62%) |
*The Chrome browser was launched late in the day GMT time on Sept 2nd so the first full day of tracking for Chrome is Sept 3rd.
Update September 5, 2008, 4.30pm GMT
Further to several requests from journalists, the latest stats for Global Browser Market Share (up to 3pm GMT today) are available for download here:
Excel Version (.xls)
PDF Version (.pdf)
September 4th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
This doesn’t surprise me at the least. The users of Chrome in the beta stage are the tech savvy, specifically web developers. This population, as a whole, is pretty heavily in to Firefox.
I know a lot of people were commenting that this is a direct attack on Microsoft and IE, but that misses the fact that people that pick use the “non default” technologies, and that would thus switch to Chrome, are already using Firefox, or whatever. IE users are using IE because it’s already installed on their computer, and they probably don’t even realize there’s an alternative.
September 4th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
I see an increase in IE usage also at the same time as Chrome increases. Are these poeple the ones that are BETA’ing IE8 as well as Chrome?
September 4th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
As part of our development process, we check our websites on ALL major browsers, and we guarantee them to work there.
Of course, Chrome is not yet in our list, and probably will NOT be for a long time: 6 of our latests sites, full AJAX, Web2.0 design, DON’T show up correctly – if they even work! – on Chrome!!!
But, again, Chrome is based on Webkit (MAC), an browser engine that does not comply with any standards.
Unless Chrome improves, it is not going to last very long…
Out of our lists, anyway…
September 4th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
It’s surprising how Firefox loosing market share – but it’s also logical: IE users are mostly the common ‘I’ve just bought this PC to use internet’-type people, most of them absolutely don’t know and/or interested what kind of browsers do they use, but Firefox users are mostly developers, or friends of developers, or just people who are not afraid to try something new. Based on this logic, it’s not surprising why the latter kind of people switched to Chrome first. Chromium is also available for plugin development now, we hope Chrome will be a stable, good platform for future web development.
September 4th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Hmmm .. I was actually thinking that Firefox will be the biggest loser. I tested Crome and it looks too unpolished, obviously there is much more to come. So far I have not found any good reason to switch, other than if you do not like Microsoft, but in that case you might be already using Firefox and not IE. My guess is that over the next one year Crome will have 10-15% market share.
September 4th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Jeanray: The upcoming Safari 4 (beta avail) does 100/100 on Acid3 tests. It’s hard to say after all it doesn’t conforms with the standards. And as it’s well known, Safari is using the same WebKit (originally developet for Konqueror) like Chrome does. You’ve right, some application doesn’t works well, but it’s version 0.2 (!) and thanks to WebKit in the near future hopefully it will be more standard compliant like anything else currently available.
September 4th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
At first I was contented with firefox although it encounters more crash lately. But I’m still curious what this browser looks like and how it feels to browse. I glad I did try because I was impressed by the good and clean design, simplicity and speed. One example is the bookmark location at he right. It feels better to browse the bookmark because unlike firefox and IE, the bookmark drop down menu blocks your view on the webpage.
The only disadvantage now are lack of add ons and plugins but it will surely come later.
September 4th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
As a statistician, I think that your data has far too many variations to be of any significance.
There is just too much fluctuation in the numbers of IE for example, to be of any use.
September 4th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
the uptick in IE doesn’t surprise me – school just started in North america and all those students and teachers are back online.
September 4th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Chrome already have lots of bug. Read more: http://www.hype2day.com/Article/First-bugs-in-Google-Chrome/575
September 4th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I find it very alarming that people think this is an attack on any browser. Chrome is very good, for something that is just in its initial stages.
It is pretty fast and I love the fact that it does not have that silly windowsey title bar. Yay!
What I find difficult is applications and plug-ins like java and flash, etc. Some features on facebook will not work with Chrome but I guess as time goes on the developers will realise and work on it.
Looking forward!
September 4th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
There’s no significance to these numbers other than to say that Firefox users are more engaged with what’s happening on line and are more willing to try new things. I use Firefox, and I’ve tried tons of different browsers, including Chrome on the 3rd. Chrome has it’s good points, but for now I’m sticking with Firefox.
September 4th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
I also think that the fluctuations are very real. More kids are back in school, teachers, etc. Many of these places have the standard windows browser because these people do not have admin privileges so they are forced to use IE. That is the main reason behind it being still so popular.
Some people have both IE and a Mozilla so they use different ones… some applications only open previews in IE even when Mozilla is the default browser so they have to be ahead, plus people who have no idea anything else exists and new PC owners.
IE already has an unfair advantage. I think the PC manufacturers need to start installing other browsers on systems, sure would be more useful than the 30-day trial antiviruses.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
[...] Sep.04, 2008 in News I think I need not promote this browser because based on statistics on Statcounter Blog, it already have a market share of 1.5% on September 4, 2008. I’m not surprised because I [...]
September 4th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Ya tenemos datos desde Statscounter. Chrome quita cuota a Firefox y safari…
Statscounter muestra las estadísticas de uso de navegadores desde el día de lanzamiento de Chrome a hoy y sobre una base de 250 millones de páginas….
September 4th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
I still use Firefox mainly because it is my default and I can’t see much uniqueness in Googles Browser so far. They say it will crash less but Firefox is not too bad. I found IE6 to be a real memory hog and IE7 over developed and not nice to use. I must try Chrome again soon for comparison!
September 4th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
[...] día del lanzamiento de Chrome, obtiene el 1% de búsquedas por medio de este navegador.El día de hoy ha gando otro .04% y en caso contrario Firefox y Safari han perdido punto porcentuales en este [...]
September 4th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
This is a more extensive study case of Chrome along six months:
They show that Google have been crawling since March.
Google have been using your blogs as Guinnea Pigs
September 4th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
wow, chrome is very fast. i loveee it!
September 4th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
[...] there is a demand for a better browsers. According to StatCounter, Chrome’s users have been coming from Firefox and Safari, while IE actually gained market share. [...]
September 4th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
[...] there is a demand for a better browsers. According to StatCounter, Chrome’s users have been coming from Firefox and Safari, while IE actually gained market share. [...]
September 4th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
It may be a little early to be looking at the statistics……..I would like to see the numbers after a solid 6 month period in order to make a judgement call on the browser wars.
September 4th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
[...] there is a demand for a better browsers. According to StatCounter, Chrome’s users have been coming from Firefox and Safari, while IE actually gained market share. [...]
September 4th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
As an advertiser I’m baffled by it as once users have built up their database of regular websites visited they will be less likely to browse for other similar ones when looking to buy anything.
Therefore adsense revenue will surely drop substantially for Google if Chrome became a huge success?
September 4th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
[...] there is a demand for a better browsers. According to StatCounter, Chrome’s users have been coming from Firefox and Safari, while IE actually gained market share. [...]
September 4th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
I don’t think this data is statistically significant because the day to day variance in IE and FF users is as high as 2.4%.
But it does lend a clue as to what is happening. Keep up the reporting. It’s fascinating!
September 4th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
…And I’m surprise that so many technical people are still using Firefox 3.0 instead of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2!
I’ve tried many times Firefox since it’s borning day to find every time that the loading of images is much more slower than with Explorer, and many internet pages are not well displayed by this “Pascal” browser.
Instead the “Basic” Explorer browsser gives less and less problems.
But, as you will certainly say, I’m not technical enought…
Also if many of you were not already born when I was testing and contributing to the writing of MC-Link BBS (now http://www.mclink.it) in 1985…
So, in my opinion, Chrome will have large success.
For a simple reason. It will like to normal people thay are very glad to use simple TV remote controls. But, as I’ve already seen, it is able to compete with the other browser in any region of it’s working.
And, most important, “it’s very much faster”.
Good luck guys…!
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September 4th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
As you people say, firefox is good. . . . But chrome is not built wit any features, just a blank page. . . , when all the browsers are compared with Opera, . . . . Huh . . Wat 2 say. . . . Its impossible for any web developer 2 imagine its features, . . . . . . . . . . . . . I never switch 2 any from 0pera, coz its simply fully loaded! My pc , laptop , palmtop . . . All are runnin opera! . . . Thanx Opera
September 4th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Chrome is a very little child… And mother google will be certainly able to let it grow very well and quickly too. Opera? Uhm…
September 4th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Please post another update in a couple weeks…this is really interesting to see the introduction of Chrome and how it will fit in.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Good post.
Great way to look at the data.
you should keep us updated.
This data comes from all the stats on StatCounter site correct? I mean across all your users’ data.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Another explanation for the recent uptick in IE8 usage: most of the publicity being given to Chrome also mentions IE8 somewhere in it.
Personally, I didn’t even know there was an update to IE7 until I read an article comparing IE8 to Chrome. So I downloaded both to try them out. Chrome loads pages much faster on my computer than IE.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
To fight malware and phishing attempts, Chrome is constantly downloading lists of harmful sites. Google also promises that whatever runs in a tab is sandboxed so that it won’t affect your machine and can be safely closed. Plugins the user installed may escape this security model, Google admits.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I like Opera, and I liked Firefox until its most recent version, which is absolutely awful on account of the search bar. I can now see only half the sites I used to see when I click on the small down arrow, and I see a lot of crap (e.g. company slogans and logos) that doesn’t belong in a search bar. Terrible–and no wonder Firefox’s share went down while Chrome’s went up. If Firefox doesn’t fix it, I will uninstall the program from my computer.
On another note: I’d trust Microsoft with my data before I’d trust Google. It’s not that I hate Google–a personalized iGoogle page is my home page–it’s just that, well, I don’t really trust it.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
I am pretty sure that the number of people using Chrome will really increase over the coming months due to the exposure that it will get from Google, both on their home pages, as well as through Adsense – I have noticed a huge number of Google Ads for Chrome.
However, I think it will take a lot more than a few months before people who are currently testing Chrome will make the switch and use it as their default browser. Its a nice alternative to both IE and FF but until it comes out of Beta, I don’t think it will have the necessary impact to shake things up in the browser world.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
It suits the likes of us because of the predictive text, you type in canvas and get the options, we’ll have more of that please Google…
September 4th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
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September 4th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
The support of Java and the implementation of JS 8 will put Chrome on the charts incredibly fast. Check the benchmark results between Google Chrome, IE, Firefox & Safari below. Not really a wonder specific browser fall back in marketshare.
http://www.internetbrowserchrome.com/
Really amazing perfomance increase realised by Chrome if you compare executing javascripting in other browsers. GoGoGo Chrome.. all the way to the top like the search engine & adsense….. We already bought a couple of new google options & stocks
September 4th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
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September 4th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Call me a pessimist. I really think Google is becoming to powerful and eventually it may give them the power to control the Internet at will if it’s not happening already. If you take corporate greed into consideration I don’t think it’s a good thing. If I read privacy articles about Google then I get an even worse picture of the situation.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
I’m no techie, but I downloaded Chrome this morning, and I am loving it. It’s way faster than IE and FF on my PC. All of the pages I’ve visited load far more quickly. I agree that I am anxious for my add-ons and plug-ins, but I know those will come with time. I was extremely disappointed in FF 3.0 as once I opened multiple tabs, it ground to a halt. IE7 wasn’t much better and was basically a bad copy of FF, IMO. I’m all for whoever can give me the best browser, and right now, I think Chrome is on its way up.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
The lack of multiple options and ‘complex’ user interface makes chrome a good candidate for IE`s target audience, but.. that audience usually doesn´t change browsers so the succes of chrome will be linked with google´s search engine marketing capacity to persuade them.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
[...] good news, the more standards compliant browsers there are on the market the better. According to StatCounter, Chrome’s users have been coming from Firefox and Safari, while IE actually gained market share. [...]
September 4th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
After only 2 days the new browser from Google already reached a market share of 1 percent according to reports from Marketh Share and stat counter the new fast webbrowser from the search engine giant has started a strong upwards marching process against it’s competitors. Strange is that the first victim in this new browser war isn’t it’s biggest competitor internet explorer which holds a market share of over 80%
September 4th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
What you want to do is wait for the Chrome Plug in for ROBOFORM. THEN you WILL See then numbers jump like crazy.
I myself have tried chrome and like it’s speed but it needs a bit more functionality and of course a roboform plug-in.
-Mus
September 4th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
This is to check how ‘Bad Behavior’ behaves
September 4th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
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September 5th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Firefox is losing due to google cutting out firefox referrals.
No webmasters want to advertise it if they arent getting paid.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:09 am
My concern with Chrome and IE8 is that they’re still both Beta’s. It’s enough fun trying to design new websites which will function and especially maintain their appearance in the released versions of IE and Firefox. Now we have Chrome to deal with also in Beta, and when all the user-designed plugins start showing up, it’s going to complicate matters further.
Once both are in full release and the market share starts to become apparent, I’ll pay attention to the top two. It will be interesting to see who those turn out to be.
And like someone else noted, I’m not real comfortable with Google’s rising importance. I read an article a few weeks ago where someone had all his apps, blog, and mail on Google…and one day they vanished. Google didn’t even respond to him. Google is also too quick to release even Beta products without really vetting them. I just don’t trust them…and yes I use gmail and blogspot. For now.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:42 am
Firefox is losing due to google cutting out firefox referrals.
No webmasters want to advertise it if they arent getting paid.
September 5th, 2008 at 3:46 am
that’s nice that chrome users is increasing …….
September 5th, 2008 at 7:10 am
Internet Network Neutrality is far more important an issue at this time than which browser team wins or loses. I am not trying to rain on any parades, but lets broaden our views to not forget that Canada and the USA are soon to take this issue up again, sooner than we think.
The US FCC Chairman – a Telecommunications Attorney has stated grave concerns that the Fairness Doctrine will be linkedin with Net Neutrality possibly paving the way for tighter internet content controls.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:36 am
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September 5th, 2008 at 7:50 am
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September 5th, 2008 at 10:11 am
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September 5th, 2008 at 11:35 am
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September 5th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
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September 5th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I have a concern about Chrome…
In the news a day or two before Google released their new browser, it was said that IE 8 would have a new “privacy browsing” function, which would mean that you can surf the net but no companies would be able to extract information using their tracking cookies. Apparently Firefox 3.0 already has this function…
Did anyone already know that Google would be releasing a new browser before it was released, seems kinda out of the blue. Obviously Googles interest would be to have everyone using their browser to avoid other browser services allowing people to surf in “privacy mode.” They need these tracking cookies to see what sites you’re visiting and to display relevant Adsense Ads to you whilst you are doing so.
Just makes you wonder what Google has running in Chromes background… No doubt it hasn’t got a “privacy mode.”
September 5th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
I think it is too early to draw any conclusions. IMO the loss of Firefox is due to its users trying out Chrome after it was launched, just to see how it worked. No more than that.
September 5th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
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September 5th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
I downloaded Chrome and tested it. It took minutes to load pages that any other browser usually loads instantly. It could have been a bad hair day, but if it behaves the same the next time I try it I will probably uninstall it. As things stand, from my point of view, Firefox is far better.
September 5th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Cool!
Thanks for posting these. I’m really looking forward to Chrome and have a lot of confidence in Google’s ability to give the user what they want. I’ve enjoyed how Google’s development team have really brought outside-the-box ideas into the mainstream market.
I’m using Chrome as my default browser already. So far so good. Love the new interface. Very simple. I think they will fill out their options on the back-end as they move forward with the beta.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Once Chrome gets a big user-made plugin base like Firefox, the competition between the two will become even more intense… The only thing that worries me about Chrome is privacy issues. As far as I hear, the current EULA lets Google track all your browsing habits. Call me paranoid but I don’t want that happening at all.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Those stats are pretty obvious. Lots of people tried and played around with the new browser. But then reverted to their older default browsers after the day. I don’t see a lot of people sticking to chrome because it although it does offer fast browsing speed but doesn’t offer anything new or really innovative to make people change from their other most favourite browsers.
September 5th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
We all expect this during the beta stage, but I still don’t like it. Firefox may still end up being the one that loses the most. Even though Firefox outperforms IE in almost every respect, people still cling to their IE because they don’t like to change.
September 5th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Interesting stats, this is the first I’ve seen since Google Analytics aren’t even tracking their own browser yet. Too early to tell but it looks like Chrome is canablizing the rest of the small players instead of competing head to head with Microsoft. Wish I had this data before I released an article today Google vs. Microsoft.
http://www.surfchrome.com/index.php/home/news-list-mode/61-ww-ii-google-vs-microsoft
September 5th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
I do not need Google looking over my shoulder 24/7. I can’t believe privacy issues are not being directly addressed and I am 100% certain that Google is calling home on ALL browser activity, “icognito” and otherwise!!
September 5th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Who is the loser? Looks to me like CHROME users….
–>DoS vulnerability hits Google’s Chrome, crashes with all tabs<–
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1847&tag=nl.e540
September 5th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
[...] In other Chrome news, it’s interesting to see what browsers Chrome is actually hurting. [...]
September 6th, 2008 at 12:08 am
are ppl aware that users here in StatCounter avoid using Firefox since it has a logging-in “cookies” problem, they tend to use IE or chrome
StatCounter Team Response:
Eh… no Ahmad… in fact Firefox is the browser of choice for many of us here at StatCounter!
If you are having trouble, log into your account and send us a support ticket. Thanks!
September 6th, 2008 at 1:19 am
Looks like chrome changes his conditions:
Read more: http://www.hype2day.com/Article/Google-Chrome-changes-conditions/578
September 6th, 2008 at 1:30 am
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September 6th, 2008 at 4:30 am
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September 6th, 2008 at 6:47 am
I have used Chrome since the minute I saw it on Google’s homepage and I have to say that the browser’s layout and overall design/function is outstanding.
However, in actual website browsing use, it lacks in a few areas. Now maybe it’s just me, but as I post this I will be switching back to Firefox until Chrome is a little further down the development/testing phases.
Great start on Chrome. Can’t wait till I can get Google appliances too.
September 6th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Definitely agree that it’s not perfect, and most frustrating is that browsing on photos on Facebook doesn’t work at all, or deleting some msgs in the inbox. But I’m assuming google will smooth out these details over the next few months.
Personally, it hasn’t replaced my usage of FF since I have so many add-ons like gmail manager. And also, I agree with those that say it won’t replace IE because those users are generally hesitant to try new alternatives even if they know about it. It took me a LONG time to convince my parents to use FF.
September 6th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Ah, gee and it looks like all the Google ads for Firefox have suddenly vanished too. That makes sense now they are competitors…
Re: Ahmad above – I’ve never had any issues with statcounter cookies on FF. Unless I’m missing something it’s been working fine.
September 6th, 2008 at 9:24 am
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September 6th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Let’s see the statistics for Opera!
September 6th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
[...] there is a demand for a better browsers. According to StatCounter, Chrome’s users have been coming from Firefox and Safari, while IE actually gained market [...]
September 6th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Most of the IE users wont go to Chrome..
September 6th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
[...] a day of its launch, Chrome has already captured 1% of market share! I don’t know if this trend will continue, but if it does, it might spell doom for IE, FF and [...]
September 6th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Well, this doesn’t surprise me: Chrome is Firefox done right.
September 6th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
[...] there is a demand for a better browsers. According to StatCounter, Chrome’s users have been coming from Firefox and Safari, while IE actually gained market [...]
September 6th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
I haven’t read thru all the comments, but has anyone considered WHY Google is putting out its own browser? Simple, IE8 will allow for anonymous browsing, so in hopes of swaying IE users over to CHROME, Google will not lose their cookie tracking ability which is what they use to target ads to web surfers.
September 6th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Well and since 28 August , Firefox is no longer advertised as part of the adsense referral program. This could have substainaily affected their market share too…
September 6th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
I am also not surprised that Firefox appears to have lost share to Chrome. In the end though I’ll be sticking with Firefox.
September 6th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Re: Chris
its not that big problem, only when you try to log-in, the rest is fine with FF
September 6th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
[...] Statcounter reports something interesting. In one day, Chrome captured 1% of market share, as you can see from the picture below. Amazing, I say. Most surprising is the fact that Firefox (a favourite), Safari and other browsers are losing ground, while IE is gaining. [...]
September 6th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Why anyone would choose chrome over Firefox is beyond me. I tried it for a day and there is nothing special about it whatsoever.
September 7th, 2008 at 2:58 am
Chrome rocks
September 7th, 2008 at 4:22 am
You are drawing conclusions based on 3 days of data?!!!
Everybody is trying the new Google “fruit”. Wait a couple of months and then maybe you can draw conclusions from the data…
September 7th, 2008 at 7:22 am
FireFox users are strong, FF will out beat all browsers just because of its flexibility, and thousands of add ons. FireFox even got into the Guinness world records for download day for FF3. Yes I have to admit I did download Chrome, but only for cross-browser issues (Codes that look right in FireFox, Internet Explore, Opera and Safari but are having issues in Chrome) SO far I have not found any problems with my sites on Chrome. I downloaded Safari and Opera for coding issues only, and use IE for that as well.
Chrome is only in its Beta stage, things might change later on, that most of its users might not find it likable.
The only way Google Chrome will stay up is because of the Hard Core Google users.
September 7th, 2008 at 7:23 am
[...] this interesting table that I got from Statcounter.com. Its not IE that suffering from Google’s Chrome’s arrival. It’s our Firefox. We’ll wait and [...]
September 7th, 2008 at 7:43 am
How exactly are Safari users switching to Chrome when Chrome is not even available for Mac OS X? That is absolutely no way you can make that conclusion.
September 7th, 2008 at 8:39 am
This is in initial stage. what is find that some time firefox takes longer time to open file………that’s why firefox is losing……chrome is really good and faster…Ngelin
September 7th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Apparently it is appearing as firefox is losing………..it is very early stages to conclude……chrome is good.
September 7th, 2008 at 9:13 am
You’ve all heard of ‘The Silent Majority’?
I think you’re all overlooking an obvious fact and in the process insulting a lot of people..
I am a heavy web user and a web developer and I, like a lot of other people, use IE because I like it!
Not because I’m forced to use it or mis-guided or plain stupid… just because it works!
All you MS haters and web snobs just keep on pretending that every other browser out there is better than IE and I’ll keep on using a simple and efficient browser where I don’t have to worry what plug-ins will work or not.
Security? Get an anti-virus!!!
September 7th, 2008 at 9:54 am
I want my middle button click to work!
But otherwise it is such a great browser even for a beta
September 7th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
So far I love chrome because it hasn’t crashed. My IE crashes a number of times during a day, sometimes forcing unsaved work to be lost. I have noticed a few things that need to be corrected in chrome, but I am sure eventually it will be polished.
Its a shame that IE comes pre-installed on every PC, and that will be chromes biggest challenge. Guess they’ll just have to set up some type of affiliate program for webmasters to promote it
September 7th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
[...] Who knew they had a blog? Well they do and, in it, they’ve revealed the latest stats on Global Browser Market Share, as it has been claimed by Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and “Other” top [...]
September 7th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
[...] blog post at the StatCounter blog examining the first couple of days following the release of Chrome revealed that the browser gained [...]
September 7th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
[...] pāris blogi ar statistikām O’Flaherty, The Inquisitr, Profy un vislabākais no StatCounter bloga, kur var redzēt, ka Chrome atņem Firefox [...]
September 8th, 2008 at 4:39 am
Thanks Statcounter,
There are so many comments above me that I’m afraid that you may not read this one, but if you do, may we please see some updated browser statistics? You guys are my only source for these kind of numbers and I would love to see them.
Thanks,
Paul
September 8th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Google rocks!
September 8th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
safari and firefox down Google can do everything on internet.
September 8th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
I was under the impression that it will be Chrome Vs. Microsoft but right now its like Chrome Vs. FireFox. FireFox has added lot of feature with its third version but there will be tuff fight. Ultimately it will be fight between Microsoft Vs. Chrome.
September 8th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
[...] been tons of reviews on chrome, literaly minutes from its release and the news was full. One thing I noticed that I [...]
September 9th, 2008 at 2:24 am
IE is the giant is only because of it’s OS, Windows, in my point of view.
Somemore alots of less tech-savvy or less internet-savvy users don’t know about other browsers. There are also alots of people are already so used to IE that they don’t wish to change their browsers.
I believe very soon, market share will be taken away from IE in time to come by other browsers. Firefox and Google Chrome is the two that Microsoft need to worry about. And for their OS, they must keep a lookout for MAC OS. Microsoft must be on their toes and be more proactive in the market.
September 9th, 2008 at 5:21 am
[...] says “Google Chrome Hurts Firefox, not IE” with the statistics of all browsers usage. Same as StatCounter blog has same statistics. Both stats clearly indicate that Crome really going to hurt [...]
September 9th, 2008 at 8:51 am
[...] haalde op de eerste dag dat je het kon downloaden ruim 1 procent marktaandeel, maar kampt met allerlei kinderziektes. Zo zijn er verschillende beveiligingslekken [...]
September 9th, 2008 at 11:18 am
We’re getting stats today of less than 0.3% on Chrome. Dating site stats (so users might not be savvy enough to change) but thats still a big disparty to day 1-5 figues. Anyone else got big anomalies like this?
September 9th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
[...] http://blog.statcounter.com/2008/09/chrome-whos-losing http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/09/08/early-stats-google-chrome-hurts-firefox-not-ie/ [...]
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September 10th, 2008 at 6:36 am
This is just the beginning however. 1% over a day, imagine over a few months. 20 or 30% guys? Keep the great posts up statcounter
September 10th, 2008 at 7:48 am
I see an increase in IE usage also at the same time as Chrome increases. Are these poeple the ones that are BETA’ing IE8 as well as Chrome?
September 11th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
[...] Google Chrome краде пазарен дял от Firefox по данни на StatCounter. [...]
September 12th, 2008 at 6:34 am
[...] grabbing up to 1% of the browser market – even this [...]
September 12th, 2008 at 11:55 am
[...] Chrome appears to be taking market share from Firefox and Safari, although that’s not entirely surprising. IE is holding it’s own but it’s Firefox [...]
September 12th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
[...] So where does Chrome fit? I am certain it aligns with Firefox. What does it provide? Speed, better experience, and new ideas. Who cares? Firefox users. So I’m thinking that in a year or two Firefox and Chrome will share the space now occupied by Firefox. It might be bigger than it is now, and the nominal share of IE might be smaller than now, but the point is – IE would be affected by Chrome’s launch much less than Firefox. Let’s see how it turns out. And here’s some supportive stats of my argument. [...]
September 12th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
[...] Touted as fast (faster than other browsers), convenient etc, the browser has already staked out a sizable chunk of the web market. As for this corner of cyberspace (and cyber market), here are the stats as reported from [...]
September 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
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September 14th, 2008 at 12:13 am
I bet that in future chrome are going to be the 2 browser, on line.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
[...] StatCounter has indicated their stats show that the major market share growth for Chrome is via an adoption/stealing of Firefox users. However, we have to remember that Firefox users are mostly early adopters and developers that [...]
September 16th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
As shown on the link http://blog.statcounter.com/2008/06/stout-performance-by-ff3/ the popularity of this question is quite high. I wonder why firefox can be so much better, when it’s made by google, yet internet explorer is by the company that makes the windows system?
September 16th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
[...] early stats are looking bad for Firefox but it’s not like Chrome is going to ultimately even take over [...]
September 17th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
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September 20th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I think Chrome will gain a better share of the market as time goes on since Google will be able to promote it among their marketing programs.
September 21st, 2008 at 3:45 pm
doesn’t surprise me
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:02 am
[...] Another source points to Chrome having a 1.12% market share, which is probably more accurate in the global sense. [...]
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Shame it doesn’t work on macs – I wonder when/if it will be available? Will be interesting to see if it stands the test of time.
September 28th, 2008 at 9:04 am
I think it will stay….
October 5th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
[...] Statcounter a réalisé une analyse des parts de marché des différents navigateurs internet, basée sur plus de 250 millions de pages vues pendant une semaine. [...]
October 8th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
It’s true what has been said above, that the majority of people believe that the only way of getting onto the internet is by clicking the big blue icon!
I liked Chrome at first, as it has a slightly larger viewing area than Mozilla, but removed Chrome because of the constant cruching of my hardrive…are Google collecting ALL my data?
October 11th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Hello,
How exactly are Safari users switching to Chrome when Chrome is not even available for Mac OS X? That is absolutely no way you can make that conclusion.
Thank you
October 13th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
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October 16th, 2008 at 6:16 am
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October 18th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
I think it is too early to say what chrome will evolve into
October 20th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
[...] Another source points to Chrome having a 1.12% market share, which is probably more accurate in the global sense. [...]
November 15th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
cool browser is google chrome
nice site by the way!
November 18th, 2008 at 12:51 am
Not a surprise that Firefox is the loser, but they will not lose me right now.
November 22nd, 2008 at 11:33 am
I’m still using Chrome and my novelty threshold is normally really low!!
November 23rd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Not suprising that firefox is losing to IE. I was actually thinking that Firefox will be the biggest loser. I tested Crome and it look dosent looked finished, obviously there is much more to come.
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
I use Chrome almost exclusively now, unless there is something that will not display then I revert back to Firefox. Do miss my Google toolbar though!