According to the latest Global Stats
from StatCounter, Google Chrome is fast approaching the most popular
Web browser worldwide. Last week, Google Chrome surpassed Microsoft
Internet Explorer for the first time with 32.76 percent
market share, while Internet Explorer dipped to 31.94 percent.
Currently both are having a difference of less than a percentage in
market share.Source: StatCounter Global Stats – Browser Market Share
StatCounter is a free, online visitor stats tool. The StatCounter Global Stats are based on aggregate data collected by StatCounter on a sample exceeding 15 billion pageviews per month collected from across the StatCounter network of more than 3 million websites.
Last year, Internet Explorer was leading the web browser market share with 43 percent, followed by Mozilla Firefox with 29 percent, and Chrome at the third position with 19 percent.
Even though Chrome is now leading worldwide, Internet Explorer still leads in the USA with 37 percent, while Chrome is only 23 percent, followed by Mozilla Firefox 22 percent.