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Statcounter.com have released their latest browser usage statistics after the release of Google Chrome. Global statistics show Internet Explorer, Safari and Firefox have lost users to Google Chrome. The US stats show some interesting statistics, with IE gaining in users to the tune of 4% and Chrome gaining by just under 1%. Overall though, Firefox still appears to be the biggest loser.

Global Stats - Browser Usage
	IE	Firefox	Safari	Chrome	Other
Sep 01	66.92%	25.26%	2.99%	n/a	4.84%
change	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 02*	67.58%	24.36%	2.91%	n/a	5.06%
change	0.66%	(0.90%)	(0.08%)	n/a	0.22%
Sep 03	67.81%	23.54%	2.70%	1.11%	4.87%
change	0.23%	(0.82%)	(0.21%)	1.11%	(0.19%)
Sep 04	68.59%	23.20%	2.56%	1.16%	4.51%
change	0.78%	(0.34%)	(0.14%)	0.05%	(0.36%)
Sep 05	68.44%	23.22%	2.56%	1.12%	4.66%
change	(0.15%)	0.02%	0.00%	(0.04%)	0.15%
Sep 06	65.46%	25.43%	2.81%	1.16%	5.14%
change	(2.98%)	2.21%	0.25%	0.04%	0.48%
Sep 07	63.15%	26.69%	3.02%	1.18%	5.96%
change	(2.31%)	1.26%	0.21%	0.02%	0.82%
Sep 08	65.89%	24.46%	2.69%	1.10%	5.86%
change	2.74%	(2.23%)	(0.33%)	(0.08%)	(0.10%)
Sep 09	66.27%	24.17%	2.66%	1.07%	5.83%
change	0.38%	(0.29%)	(0.03%)	(0.03%)	(0.03%)
Sep 10	66.28%	24.31%	2.62%	1.05%	5.75%
change	0.01%	0.14%	(0.04%)	(0.02%)	(0.08%)
Sep 11	66.67%	23.95%	2.59%	1.02%	5.77%
change	0.39%	(0.36%)	(0.03%)	(0.03%)	0.02%
Total Change	(0.25%)	(1.31%)	(0.40%)	1.02%	0.93%

More statistics and information on Statcounter.com’s blog - http://blog.statcounter.com/2008/09/chrome-latest-stats-globalusuk/

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Google Chrome has only been in the wild a few days now, but it already seems to be impacting on FireFox’s user base.

Browser usage stats from around the globe seem to have an overwhelming similarity. Internet Explorer grows its user base as does Google Chrome, while FireFox seems to be losing users.

Here are some examples:

http://blog.statcounter.com/2008/09/chrome-whos-losing
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/09/08/early-stats-google-chrome-hurts-firefox-not-ie/

As I mentioned in my first post about Google Chrome, I don’t see many joe soaps installing it.

The next question is, how many geeks will use it over Firefox in the long run? I would hazard a guess… very little.

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According to Market Share, the release of Firefox 3 has helped the much loved browser break over the 19% market share barrier. They reckon the release grew its worldwide use by as much as 4%, mostly at the expense of poor old Internet Explorer.

Apparently over the same period, Apple’s Safari browser has seen its market share rise to over 6%.

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