Tue, 25 Nov 2008 Apple Safari, Google Chrome gain browser market share
Safari third place overall in the browser wars
Apple's Safari is among the Web browsers that have gained market share in 2008, according to a new report from research firm OneSat.
Since February 2008, Safari increased its browser market share by 0.24 per cent worldwide. That gives Safari a 2.42 per cent worldwide market, putting it in third place overall in the browser wars.
Apple follows Microsoft's Internet Explorer with 81.36 per cent market share and Mozilla/Firefox with 14.67 per cent market share. Behind Apple in fourth place is Opera (0.55 per cent), Google Chrome (0.55 per cent) and Netscape (0.32 per cent).
Safari's market share is even better in the United States, rising to 3.95 per cent. Canada has the highest rate of Safari users in the world with 7.56 per cent of that country accessing the Web with Apple's Web browser.
Since its introduction Google Chrome has managed a 0.62 per cent U.S. market share and 0.92 per cent in Canada.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer continues to dominate the browser market with 81.36 per cent market share, down from 83.27 per cent in February.
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RealityCheck said on Tue, 25 Nov 2008
Mozilla & M$ wont loos any sleep over those figures.
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