Google Chrome more popular than Firefox in UK

LONDON, UK: Google's Chrome became the number two browser in the UK during the month of July for the first time, according to StatCounter, the free website analytics company.

The firm's research arm StatCounter Global Stats reports that Chrome took 22.1 per cent of the UK market, up from 3.9 per cent in July 2009.

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In the same period Microsoft's Internet Explorer fell significantly from 61 per cent to 46 per cent globally and Firefox dropped slightly from 27 per cent to 22 per cent, added the release.

"Chrome continues to make significant gains in the browser market going from under 4 per cent two years ago to over 20 per cent today," commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. "Despite falling market share Internet Explorer still leads in the browser war but the next few months will be interesting to watch with Chrome and Firefox almost neck and neck."

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The release further added that Chrome is also performing well in Ireland where it overtook Firefox in May to become the number two browser. In July it reached 27.7 per cent, ahead of Firefox's 24.2 per cent but still behind IE at 39.9 per cent.

StatCounter Global Stats are based on aggregate data collected on a sample exceeding 15 billion page views per month (830 million from the UK and Ireland) from the StatCounter network of more than three million websites.