Google gains
With plentiful updates and a development drive, Google Chrome is now the third most popular browser and gaining on Firefox which is currently in second position.
Firefox's growth has stalled, according to Royal Pingdom, while Internet Explorer is losing market share despite remaining the top choice for many people. However, while Google Chrome was only launched around two years ago it is now on version 6 and is reportedly the only browser making big gains in the browser space.
Another signal that Chrome may threaten Firefox's second position in the not-too-distant future is ‘mind share,' according the website.
It believes that people are getting increasingly interested in Chrome, which is gaining mindshare faster than it is increasing its market share, indicating more people will probably swap to using Google's browser.
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It is also thought that Google has a significant advantage over Mozilla when it comes to mindshare as it obviously has some of the world's most-visited sites including Google search and YouTube so they can also advertise pretty easily.
Here's a graph (from Google!) showing interest in Chrome and Firefox.
