Google’s Chrome Out Paces Opera in Market Share

All this time Opera has been refining their browser, not to mention the first with tabs, and look what has happened in two days. Opera was thumped to the side of the road by the new comer (Chrome) with no side bar and less options. The browser has already taken a backseat to Googles’s new born browser.

At least according to one source NetApplications, the new Google Chrome web browser release has already overtaken Opera in web browser market share. NetApplications has been monitoring Chrome usage hourly since its release, and reported that it reached a 1.57% market share on 9/4 at 2:00 AM EDT. The usage has dropped some since then, but never below the 0.74% market share held by Opera. At present, Google Chrome is holding at 1.09%. It’s really disappointing to see these figures being Opera web browser is considered by most to be a superior web browser in it’s current state. Nevertheless, it’s not surprising considering Google’s dominance, branding, and coverage. Google Chrome is definitely a browser to watch in the coming year or so.