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Google Chrome Passes Firefox In Global Browser Market
Chrome has moved past Firefox to become the world’s second-most popular Web browser after Internet Explorer, according to StatCounter. Chrome grabbed a 25.69 percent share of the global browser market in November — a major increase from the 4.66 market share it held two years earlier, the Dublin, Ireland-based Web metrics firm said Thursday.
In the United States, IE currently holds a 50.66 percent market share, a slight increase from one year earlier. By contrast, Firefox usage among U.S Web users is 20.1 percent — down from 26.75 percent in the same month last year, StatCounter said.
Google’s popular browser — which held a 17.3 percent share of the U.S market at the end of November — is clearly benefiting from Firefox’s slide. At the beginning of 2011, only 10.9 percent of all U.S.-based Web users were using Chrome.
“We can look forward to a fascinating battle between Microsoft and Google as the pace of growth of Chrome suggests that it will become a real rival to Internet Explorer globally,” said StatCounter CEO Aodhan Cullen Thursday.