According to NetApplications, the new Google Chrome web browser release has already overtaken Opera in web browser market share. NetApplications has been monitoring Chrome usage hourly since its release, and reported that it reached a 1.57% market share on 9/4 at 2:00 AM EDT. The usage has dropped some since then, but never below the 0.74% market share held by Opera. At present, Google Chrome is holding at 1.09%. It’s disappointing for Opera since the Opera web browser is considered by most to be a better web browser in the current state. However, it’s not surprising considering Google’s dominance, branding, and coverage. As mentioned here before, Google Chrome is definitely a browser to watch in the coming year. Its usage is likely to skyrocket as the browser matures.
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i was hoping that it will surpass opera someday due to its features , but it caught up so early …
May 20th, 2009 at 12:05 am
I agree with this article. I noticed that most web surfers now uses Chrome. Whenever I checked our visitor stats I see that most of our visitor is using Chrome Web Browser. That is on my own observation only.
April 13th, 2011 at 5:33 am