With Google Chrome being advertised on the front page of Google itself, I’m not terribly suprised that Google Chrome has surpassed Safari in the US browser market. On June 21st, Chrome exceeded Safari with an 8.97% hold against Safari’s 8.88% But neither of these can still come close to Internet Explorer, which sadly still has 52% of the US market compared to Firefox’s 28.5%.
Globally, Chrome has surpassed Safari for some time with 9.4% of the market compared to Safari’s 4%.
As quoted from Business Wire:
“This is quite a coup for Google as they have gone from zero to almost 10% of the US market in under two years,” commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. “There is a battle royal going on between Google and Apple in the internet browser space (Chrome v Safari) as well as in the mobile market (Android v iPhone).”
But Apple isn’t in a battle – they could probably care less about the browser market. They simply provide a great browser to customers – in no way are they competing with Google. And obviously, Chrome is based off of Webkit, developed openly by Apple. So I ask, who’s the real winner here?
[via Business Wire]
