Chrome overtakes Safari as number 3 browser

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Budi Putra in Tech

Google’s Chrome got another milestone. Just 16 months after its debut, the Google browser overtook Apple’s Safari to become the world’s third-most popular browser –behind Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE), meanwhile, lost almost a full percentage point in December, the latest slip in a decline that accelerated during the second half of 2009…Chrome ended December with a share of 4.63%, according to California-based measurement firm Net Applications. Apple ‘s Safari, which dropped into fourth place for the first time, posted a share of 4.46%.

[via PC World]