Google‘s 3 Year-Old Chrome Browser Just Hit The 200 Million User

Competitiveness, thy name is Chrome. Google's browser is one of the fastest and most standards-compliant browsers available. Google’s Chrome web browser launched three years ago Thursday, a milestone the company marked on its official blog with an interactive infographic and a laundry list of recent improvements to the product.  Google‘s 3 year-old Chrome browser just hit the 200 million user mark, CEO Larry Page announced Thursday.Google has a lot more to celebrate than a birthday, however. The browser already has upward of 15% market share, and in some markets, like the UK, has surpassed Firefox to become the second most-popular browser. We’re really only starting to see the beginnings of Chrome’s ambitions, however. Google’s first Chromebooks— notebook computers that use Chrome as their operating system – just hit the market in June.The fast-growing browser had about 160 million users in May, up from 120 million in December 2010, according to eWeek, which correctly predicted Chrome would hit 200 million users in October. Browser Statistics Month by Month(w3Schools) 2011 Internet Explorer Firefox Chrome Safari Opera September 22.9 % 39.7 % 30.5 % 4.0 % 2.2 % August 22.4 % 40.6 % 30.3 % 3.8 % 2.3 % July 22.0 % 42.0 % 29.4 % 3.6 % 2.4 % June 23.2 % 42.2 % 27.9 % 3.7 % 2.4 % May 24.9 % 42.4 % 25.9 % 4.0 % 2.4 % April 24.3 % 42.9 % 25.6 % 4.1 % 2.6 % March 25.8 % 42.2 % 25.0 % 4.0 % 2.5 % February 26.5 % 42.4 % 24.1 % 4.1 % 2.5 % January 26.6 % 42.8 % 23.8 % 4.0 % 2.5 % Chrome has 2 many rivalries like Internet explorer and Fire fox,Internet Explorer usage share has been declining in the face of renewed competition from other web browsers.Explorer statistics has been declining and is currently 22.9% of September 2011.Fire fox is also declining from the previous month.But the Fire fox still in the no.1* position.