Google Chrome on track to depose Mozilla Firefox

by Steven Mostyn - Oct 3 2011, 06:28

According to new figures released by Ireland-based data tracker StatCounter, Chrome’s average global usage share has risen by eight percent since January (to 23.16 percent), which is a popularity marker that should soon see it replace Mozilla Firefox as Internet Explorer’s main rival.

Further highlighting Chrome’s swift expansion, Firefox has lost around four percentage points during the same period (dropping to 27.39 percent), while Microsoft’s market leading browser has also lost a four point chunk.

Despite the increasing popularity of Google’s streamlined web browser, the slick and speedy Chrome platform still has some way to go when it comes to overhauling Internet Explorer.

Bolstered by the fact that Internet Explorer is bundled as standard with every Windows-powered computer, Microsoft subsequently enjoys a 41.89 percent share in the global browser market according to StatCounter.

Differing slightly where data tracking analysis is concerned, the usage experts at NetApplications claim the gap between Firefox and Chrome is not quite so narrow—Firefox is expected to finish 2011 with a global share of 22.3 percent, while Chrome is likely to end with a more distant 17.8 percent.

That being said, Gregg Keizer at Computerworld notes that, even using NetApplications’ projected growth figures as opposed to those offered up by StatCounter, Chrome remains on track to depose Firefox by the summer of 2012.

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