Statcounter: Chrome browser has been the leader for a month

The Google Chrome has become a number one browser all over the world following a calendar month, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the independent analytical agency StatCounter. Two weeks ago, this browser first overtook Microsoft Internet Explorer in world popularity,

According to the agency, which analyzed 15 billion pages views, in May Chrome occupied 32.43%of the world browser market, Internet Explorer - 32.12%, Mozilla Firefox - 25.55%. Safari (7.09%), Opera (1.77%) and other browsers, whose total share were 1.04%, were less popular.

According to OpenStat, in Russia, Chrome for the first time took a leading position in mid -December, and since then he continues to hold leadership, passing the Internet Explorer several times in January and February. According to the results of May, the Chrome browser prefer 26.41%of Russian users, Internet Explorer - 23.15%, Mozilla Firefox - 20.68%.

The share of Chrome, which appeared less than four years ago, grew steadily on the world market: from a zero mark in 2009, the browser growth curve reached the maximum mark of 32.43% in May 2012.

The rapid growth of the popularity of the Chrome browser has become possible thanks to the active promotion of the product by its Google developers. The Internet giant, in addition to advertising using its own online services, widely uses offline advertising, including on TV.

Moreover, some Google functions are available only in Chrome: for example, voice search and technology for accelerating the loading of the search engine pages.