Google unseats Microsoft as the U.S. browser powerhouse
Google’s strength in mobile browsing pushes it past Microsoft’s Internet Explorer
Google has unseated rival Microsoft as the leading browser maker in the U.S. for the first time, Adobe said this week, citing data from its analytics platform.
The rise in Google’s domestic fortunes followed Microsoft’s reduction to second fiddle worldwide in May 2013.
According to the Adobe Digital Index (ADI), a measurement of browser usage based on tracking visits to the average U.S. website, Google’s desktop and mobile browsers — Chrome on both platforms, the aging Android browser on the latter only — slipped past Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE), which retained its premier position on the desktop but had little to show for its effort on smartphones.
For April, Google accounted for 31.8% of all browser usage in the United States. Meanwhile, Microsoft owned a 30.9% share.
Apple’s Safari was in third place with a combined desktop and mobile share of 25%, while Mozilla’s Firefox, which lacks a meaningful presence in mobile, was a distant fourth with just 8.7%…
I think also that staunch XP users accounted for part of that number who switched to Chrome when IE8 became so vulnerable and IE9 was not compatible with XP. They couldn’t stay with IE, even if they preferred it.
I much prefer Chrome. It is faster and it does a good job of keeping itself updated.
As TC would say, see i tells ya that Chrome would hang over next to the rail and make its move like Secretariat and come in to first place. I was one of those that was reluctant to go full time with it but man i’m sure glad i did. The more i use it the more i like it. Thanks again youngster.
HogMan
Hi TC, I remember a couple years ago when you advised me to get away from internet explorer and switch to chrome and I have never regretted it.. Something must be right as I haven’t had to use my other computer key since. LOL.
Not at all surprised. I switched to Chrome a couple of years ago (also gmail) because it was so much faster than IE. Thanks so much TC & EB for making the recommendation. (doesn’t one of you still like IE, eeeuuuww!)