Firefox still the number two browser

Stephen Withers
Monday, 04 July 2011 15:13

Business IT - Technology

As Internet Explorer's 'web share' continues to drift down towards 50%, Chrome still has a way to go before it knocks Firefox from the number two spot.

The latest browser share figures from Net Applications' NetMarketShare report show the 'big two' (Internet Explorer and Firefox) are continuing to lose ground - largely to Chrome and Safari.

Despite the release of Internet Explorer 9 earlier this year, Microsoft's browser share has continued to fall. IE's share dropped from 60.48% in August 2010 to 53.68% in June 2011, including a half-point drop last month.

Firefox has lost more than one point over the year, but has been fairly steady during 2011, with just under 22% for most of the year.

The big winner has been Chrome, which surged from 7.50% to 13.11%, but Safari has also fared well, climbing from 5.15% last August to 7.48% in June.

On the operating system side, Microsoft is losing ground at a slower rate. Windows went from 91.34% to 88.29% in 12 months.

So which were the biggest winners? Please read on.