Chrome overtakes Safari for number three browser spot in the US sez StatCounter
By Laura June 
posted June 28th 2010 8:17PM
posted June 28th 2010 8:17PM
StatCounter's issued a press release today which reports that Google's Chrome browser has overtaken Safari for third place in the United States on a weekly basis for the first time ever. Chrome nabbed the spot with an 8.97 percent share, following behind Internet Explorer with 52 percent and Firefox with 28.5 percent. Safari ranked fourth according to their stats with 8.88 percent. Globally Chrome has been in third place for some time, but this is the first time it's surpassed Safari in the United States. The statistics were compiled using data for the week of June 21st to June 27th. Full pr is below.
Chrome Overtakes Safari for First Time to Claim Third Place in US Internet Browser Market – StatCounter
- Market still led by Internet Explorer
BOSTON & DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Google's internet browser Chrome has overtaken Apple's Safari in the US for the first time on a weekly basis according to StatCounter, the company which provides free website analytics. The firm's research arm StatCounter Global Stats reports that for the week beginning 21 June Chrome overtook Safari to claim third place in the US browser market.
"This is quite a coup for Google as they have gone from zero to almost 10% of the US market in under two years"
"This is quite a coup for Google as they have gone from zero to almost 10% of the US market in under two years," commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. "There is a battle royal going on between Google and Apple in the internet browser space (Chrome v Safari) as well as in the mobile market (Android v iPhone)."
Chrome with 8.97% took third place in the US browser market ahead of Safari with 8.88%. Microsoft's Internet Explorer still dominates the US Internet browser market with 52%, followed by Firefox (28.5%).
Globally Chrome has been well ahead of Safari for some time with 9.4% of the market compared to 4% for Safari. Microsoft's Internet Explorer has 53% of the global market followed by Firefox on 31%.
The data is based on an analysis of 3.6 billion page views (874 million from the US) for the week 21 to 27 June 2010 collected from the StatCounter network of over three million websites
- Market still led by Internet Explorer
BOSTON & DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Google's internet browser Chrome has overtaken Apple's Safari in the US for the first time on a weekly basis according to StatCounter, the company which provides free website analytics. The firm's research arm StatCounter Global Stats reports that for the week beginning 21 June Chrome overtook Safari to claim third place in the US browser market.
"This is quite a coup for Google as they have gone from zero to almost 10% of the US market in under two years"
"This is quite a coup for Google as they have gone from zero to almost 10% of the US market in under two years," commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. "There is a battle royal going on between Google and Apple in the internet browser space (Chrome v Safari) as well as in the mobile market (Android v iPhone)."
Chrome with 8.97% took third place in the US browser market ahead of Safari with 8.88%. Microsoft's Internet Explorer still dominates the US Internet browser market with 52%, followed by Firefox (28.5%).
Globally Chrome has been well ahead of Safari for some time with 9.4% of the market compared to 4% for Safari. Microsoft's Internet Explorer has 53% of the global market followed by Firefox on 31%.
The data is based on an analysis of 3.6 billion page views (874 million from the US) for the week 21 to 27 June 2010 collected from the StatCounter network of over three million websites
IE is still a fantastic browser on many levels and so are each rother browser:
IE > Opera
Opera > Firefox
Firefox > Chrome
Chrome > Safari
Safari > IE
See what I did there? it's all personal taste. Is a Toyota Corolla better then a Mazda 3?
I LOVE Chrome! It's so much better than internet explorer, and Firefox (IMO). Safari on PC is O.K. , but it's much better on a Mac. Chrome ROCKS!
I "SEZ" Engadget writers are morons
I like the "sez" in the title/ That's cute, engadget it's cute. lol but in all seriousness looks like apple's starting to get competition on all ends!
meh! All these suck.the only ones that don't suck is firefox and opera.
Out of curiosity I check how the statistics are for over here in Europe. Was quite surprised that altough there are some big similarities (IE first, then FF, then Chrome), yet how different the picture is. Especially the difference between Safari in the US (8.2%) and Europe (3.89%).
If anyone else cares here are the two graphs:
US/NA: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-na-monthly-201006-201006-bar
Europe: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-eu-monthly-201006-201006-bar
Haha. Take that Apple. I still use Firefox. Tried Google Chrome a few months ago. Wasn't impressed. May have to give it another try.
Chrome sucks potatos
i use opera but its always nice to see apple products fall behind!, next stop, android share pass iphones share!
I meant potatoes. Chrome cursed my spelling.
I guess the iPhone browsers aren't making a big enough dent---that's a shocker. Jobs is acting like iPhone browsing (via iPhone and iPad) is the only browsing that matters any more. I guess the rest of the world didn't get the memo.
@jshamlin
this survey doesn't include mobile browsing
chrome is awesome.
I saw in a Google chrome video you do not need admin permissions to install chrome...
Chrome is based on Webkit.
In other words, Chrome is Safari in a dress.
C.
I switched to Chrome because it is faster than a potato.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCgQDjiotG0
I prefer Firefox on my Windows machine and Safari on my Mac. Safari is a lot less bloated on a Mac and works great for me now that it supports extensions. But all of that aside, what disturbs me from reading this article is that 1 out of evey 2 Internet users obviously don't know that other browsers exist, or do not know what a browser is at all. I typically avoid "hating", but I make this one exception when it comes to IE. :p
Chrome is awesome, I made the switch from Firefox to Chrome a few months back when Chrome got extensions and have never looked back. It is a great browser I love how it updates automatically in the background without me having to basically install a new browser everytime ala Firefox
The Pale Moon version of FF is very fast.
go chrome chrome gooooo :)
Nothing like Safaris driving on designated private roads, Chromes zig-zagging across streets, and those I.Es hogging the public traffic!