You're probably sick of all these 'look back at the year' things that you get at this time of year but unfortunately, here's another one.
A look back at the internet usage of 2010. The focus was mainly on the smartphone battle and then later the tablet device battle but let's not forget the multi-million pound internet browsing business.
We all know the basics; Chrome use is rising, IE use is falling and Firefox if Firefox but to what extent have internet surfers shifted ships?
Well by December, one out of every ten people surfing the web used Google’s browser.
IE had a bad year but grew from 0.4 percent in November to 0.5 percent in December with help from shinny new IE9.
Chrome also grew (from 9.3 percent in November statistics to 10 percent in December.).
Mozilla’s Firefox, the second-place browser, stayed flat at about 22.8 percent, Apple’s Safari rose from 5.6 percent to 5.9 percent, and Opera was flat at about 2.2 percent.
Note: The share increases may seem minute but remember we're talking about the internet here a service used globally by millions.
And, that because browser usage overall is increasing, even percentages that remain flat from month to month still mean a growing user base.
So what do you think this year has in store for the web giants? At the moment it looks as though nothing's going to change and we're going to see more IE drops and more Chrome growth, at least for now.
Source: Cnet