Chrome Overtakes Safari, Becomes Number 3 Browser

From OSNews

NetApplications has released its latest browser market share figures, and these figures show that Chrome has overtaken Safari as the number three browser worldwide, behind Internet Explorer and Firefox. IE, by the way, continues to lose popularity rather fast.

Chrome was introduced almost 18 months ago, but yet it has already become the third most popular browser in the world. NetApplications' figures cover the entire month of December 2009, and they show that Google Chrome has gained 0.7 of a percentage point, putting it at 4.63%, ahead of Safari's 4.46%. Internet Explorer lost almost a full percentage point, dropping to 62.69%. Firefox remained more or less flat at 24.61%, while both Safari and Opera gained slightly.

I use Chrome on Windows and cannot wait for it to be out of beta on OS/X so that I can dump Safari. Chrome is fast and stable and small touches like tabs that intelligently resize after closing a tab make it appealing.