Google Chrome Now 3rd Most Popular Browser

2 January 2010 View Comments

Google Chrome has become increasingly popular over the past few months. Recent updates have seen the addition of themes and support for plugins and Google Chrome for Mac. It seems the combination of increased features and a fast browser is winning over users.

Google Chrome has now become the 3rd most popular browser, knocking Safari off the 3rd spot. According to data released by NET Applications IE is still at the number 1 spot, followed by Firefox and now Google Chrome.

Chrome was introduced almost 18 months ago, but yet it has already become the third most popular browser in the world. NetApplications’ figures cover the entire month of December 2009, and they show that Google Chrome has gained 0.7 of a percentage point, putting it at 4.63%, ahead of Safari’s 4.46%. Internet Explorer lost almost a full percentage point, dropping to 62.69%. Firefox remained more or less flat at 24.61%, while both Safari and Opera gained slightly.