Beat Internet Explorer, Google Chrome is the most widely used Browser in the World

Google Chrome has long been expected will surpass Microsoft Internet Explorer as the most widely used browser in the world. This year, Chrome finally broke their new position last week. StatCounter research institute released a report about the most widely used web browser in the world. The result, Google Chrome has managed to surpass Internet Explorer for the first time this year.

Actually, in the end of 2011 Google Chrome had beat Internet Explorer for the first time as the most popular browser in the world.

But even Google Chrome has become the most widely used browser globally, Internet Explorer still dominates the usage internet browsing in North America, including United States.

StatCounter was released data about the most widely used internet browser every week.

Chrome 18, Chrome 17, Firefox 11, Firefox 10, Safari 5, Internet Explorer 5, Opera 11, Who is the Fastest?

Currently there are five most popular browser on computer, they are Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Opera. Some time ago there are report said that Google Chrome has beaten Internet Explorer, though still debated .

Internet Explorer that lead the market because of his Windows OS dominance has now reached version 9.

Google Chrome has now reached version 18 .


Firefox, Mozilla open source browser has been popular among Windows users, Mac and Linux has now reached the release of Firefox 11 .

Apple Safari and Opera browser even though it was still less popular with 3 browsers above, but Apple's Safari is the Apple basic browser for Macintosh users, while Opera itself has many innovative features to the browser.

Microsoft: Chrome Defeat Internet Explorer? That is misleading

Internet browser market competition is quite fierce, earlier reports said that Google's browser, Chrome has beat the "king" of Internet Browser market share, Internet Explorer. Statistical data on browser market share lead to positive and negative views of various parties, especially about the validity of the data and the reaction of browser developers. Many have commented positive and negative to browser user statistics that published by StatCounter, as well as Microsoft, the creator of Internet Explorer browser.

Microsoft says that the data generated StatCounter is not true and misleading. Microsoft argued that the calculation of market share by StatCounter is based solely of the users without considering geoweighting.