Chrome passes 25% market share, IE and Firefox slip

VentureBeat ^ | May 1, 2015 3:03 PM | Emil Protalinski

[Utilizer]

In April 2015, we saw the naming of Microsoft Edge, the release of Chrome 42, and the first full month of Firefox 37 availability. Now we’re learning that Google’s browser has finally passed the 25 percent market share mark.

Between March and April, here is how the browser market changed, according to the latest figures from Net Applications:
•Internet Explorer: down 0.71 points to 55.83 percent
•Chrome: up 0.69 points to 25.68 percent
•Firefox: down 0.19 points to 11.70 percent
•Safari: up 0.12 points to 5.12
•Opera: up 0.05 points to 0.48 percent

Breaking the IE figure down further shows good news for Microsoft’s browser: The latest version, IE11, grew 0.82 percentage points back over the 25 percent mark. IE10 and IE9 both slipped a bit (0.17 and 0.21 percentage points respectively), while IE8 fell a solid 1.26 percentage points.

[Utilizer]

Article has many charts showing how the various browsers compare. Check if you are curious about how your browser fares alongside others.

[kaehurowing]

Stopped using Firefox after they fired Brendan Eich for supporting traditional marriage.

[kaehurowing]

Who the heck uses Explorer any more?!?!

Even the government warned last year to stop using it because of the danger of viruses.

[dp0622]

how about Google showing NOTHING on their cover page for Easter. They laugh at us. I tried to use Bing but it sucks.
Why do Christians use companies that hate us, and google does HATE us. They always have drawings up for holidays.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

My desktop can’t run Chrome for some reason. So I’m stuck with IE.

But I love Chrome and use it on my S4 phone

[ducttape45]

Same here. I use Palemoon now. Not quite as robust as FF but I feel a lot better at night. I can deal with the occasional hiccups.

[Boojum]

They need to get rid of the “?trackid=sp-006” malware before I use Chrome again. I’ve tried restore settings, un/reinstall, and a couple of other things to no avail.

[Utilizer]

Firefox is used in almost 12% of all browsers reported, according to the chart.

[JohnBrowdie]

Firefox 37 is the new IE6

[Utilizer]

According to the chart(s), IE is used in over half of all other browsers combined.

[Utilizer]

Try Opera, really. Small, stable, and quick.

[matthew fuller]

Thanks for the information. I won’t use Google, but I might look around.

[umgud]

Clicking on this thread will cause chrome to install itself in the background. Insidious bastards.

[Utilizer]

Yeh, don’t use the goog. Try ixquick.com for searches. Secure and they don’t store or share your info with others.

[aft_lizard]

Soon enough IE will be history. Edge is a fantastic browser so far.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

LOL. Brought a Yogi Berra quote to mind. “Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.

[Utilizer]

Just checking the installed programs...

Nope. No Chrome installed here!

You may have a virus, though. :)

[entropy12]

Chrome creates way too much history cache. Every couple of days I have to clear history. Otherwise Chrome slows down and freezes. Firefox works much better. Now back to Firefox.

[Blennos]

I too use pale moon as my primary browser.

[Utilizer]

I keep telling everyone: Opera. The Opera browser with the “Adblock Plus” and the “Ghostery” extensions installed will make your browsing so much easier and faster.

Give it a try. :)