Chrome 14 preceded IE8, being the most popular for the first time

According to the StatCounter statistics page, on the occasion of yesterday, the 14th edition of the Google browser was already the most popular browser version.

It is quick to note that this is a variable data, so for the time being a lengthy give-and-take will develop, as this data can vary by as much as 3-4% between days of the week, this is due to changing internet usage patterns, so it is dominant on weekends. Chrome could be up to 4-5% behind its rival by mid-week. Currently, IE8 is the most popular with a share of 24,21%, while Chrome is the proud owner of only 21,16%. This figure looked like Sunday, with Google’s browser able to outperform 23,18% of Explorer by 22,6%, and even ahead of it on Saturday, albeit by less than 0,01%.

The Google-developed web browser owes its good results to a very good update system, which automatically updates itself to the latest version for all users, with the exception of 1-2%, without the user knowing about it. With this, Chrome eliminates virtually all the hurdles before updates, thanks to which, after 14 releases, 90% of users use the latest release, so security is also higher, as all fixes arrive within days, with no significant downtime.

In this area, after anticipation of the steadily declining trend of Microsoft 8, there will be no opponents to WebKit-based Chrome 14, and of course its successors. Newer versions of FireFox also have good upgrade scores, but only have a share of around 15% for now, but this browser alone can be an opponent, as others are slow through version upgrades, so IE9, around 9%, could reach that level for a long time to come. it is not even worth talking about the others.

Source: statcounter