14 DAY TRIAL // Not much of a shake up in the browser market this month, but there are a few interesting things happening. Internet Explorer is continuing its slow descent and is approaching the 50 percent mark, in global market share, but it has not reached it.
Elsewhere is business as usual, Firefox saw a small uptick, Chrome saw another big month, even Safari gained quite a big. Most of them at the expense of Internet Explorer, of course.
Internet Explorer ended the month of October with 52.63 percent market share, according to NetApplications numbers, quite a drop from the previous month and in tune with what's been happening in recent years.
While Internet Explorer 9 is continuing to pick up stream, as it should, Internet Explorer as a whole, all versions combined, is losing ground. That said, even at the current rate, it will still be a few months before it reaches the 50 percent mark and a lot more than that before anyone can even come close to it.
Firefox ended the month with 22.51 a small but insignificant rise from the previous month. This has been Firefox's predicament for many months now, it's not losing market share, but it's not gaining anything either.
Google Chrome had one of its biggest months yet, gaining 1.42 percent points, one of the biggest jumps to date. It is now at 17.62 percent market share globally, gaining up on Firefox, though it will be at a few months before it comes close. Assuming the best though, it could overtake it within three months.
Safari also saw quite a big jump, going from 5.02 percent the month before to 5.43 percent at the end of October. Of course Safari usage is very closely linked to Mac sales and is less effected by competition from the other browsers.