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According to StatCounter, Google Chrome overtook Firefox as the second browser

31 points by tilt 15y ago

robbles 15y ago
I'm curious about the small dips you can see in the long term view of Firefox's browser share. They all seem to match up exactly with a bump in one of the other browsers' share (mostly IE or Chrome). Is this because Firefox users are prone to temporarily switch to another browser and back again whenever a new version is released?
- mcpherrinm 15y ago
  Measuring browser market share is hard. I think it's just as likely fluctuations in measurement.
recoiledsnake 15y ago
I get a feeling that we've seen peak Firefox a year or two ago.
fred_nada 15y ago
Chrome is by far the best browser imo. I am surprised it has taken so long to get here to be honest. I guess people are just too lazy to switch sometimes.
- chunkyslink 15y ago
  While I agree with you. Chrome still gives me the 'Aww Snap' error page a little too frequently for my liking.
eCa 15y ago
There are interesting differences between the continents (probably even greater differences between countries, too): * Firefox is No 1 (tied or otherwise) in Africa and Europe, and second in North America * Chrome is safely in second in Asia, and miles ahead even IE in South America. Personally, I very much prefer Firefox.
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- nknight 15y ago
  40.32% to 40.78%? That's such a small change as to be noise on its own, I wouldn't ascribe any meaning to it at all. Browser share measurements are inherently volatile. Holidays or lack thereof, software updates with bugs, temporary marketing pushes, even performance problems at a popular website. My advice: Don't look at browser trend lines at a scale of less than 3 months, you'll just drive yourself nuts.
melling 15y ago
The stat that I thought was more interesting was that iPad Safari usage has passed IE6 in North America. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3243804 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3243804
JEVLON 15y ago
In Australia I have seen that out of businesses, home users, and college students Chrome is the most popular, IE is second, and Safari is third (and fourth for iOS). I haven't seen Firefox on a computer except my own laptop for quite a few years. It's interesting to see how different reality is to my own observations.

31 points by tilt 15y ago

I'm curious about the small dips you can see in the long term view of Firefox's browser share. They all seem to match up exactly with a bump in one of the other browsers' share (mostly IE or Chrome). Is this because Firefox users are prone to temporarily switch to another browser and back again whenever a new version is released?

mcpherrinm 15y ago
Measuring browser market share is hard. I think it's just as likely fluctuations in measurement.

recoiledsnake 15y ago

I get a feeling that we've seen peak Firefox a year or two ago.

fred_nada 15y ago

Chrome is by far the best browser imo. I am surprised it has taken so long to get here to be honest. I guess people are just too lazy to switch sometimes.

chunkyslink 15y ago
While I agree with you. Chrome still gives me the 'Aww Snap' error page a little too frequently for my liking.

eCa 15y ago

There are interesting differences between the continents (probably even greater differences between countries, too): * Firefox is No 1 (tied or otherwise) in Africa and Europe, and second in North America * Chrome is safely in second in Asia, and miles ahead even IE in South America. Personally, I very much prefer Firefox.

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nknight 15y ago
40.32% to 40.78%? That's such a small change as to be noise on its own, I wouldn't ascribe any meaning to it at all. Browser share measurements are inherently volatile. Holidays or lack thereof, software updates with bugs, temporary marketing pushes, even performance problems at a popular website. My advice: Don't look at browser trend lines at a scale of less than 3 months, you'll just drive yourself nuts.

melling 15y ago

The stat that I thought was more interesting was that iPad Safari usage has passed IE6 in North America. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3243804 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3243804

JEVLON 15y ago

In Australia I have seen that out of businesses, home users, and college students Chrome is the most popular, IE is second, and Safari is third (and fourth for iOS). I haven't seen Firefox on a computer except my own laptop for quite a few years. It's interesting to see how different reality is to my own observations.