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Firefox Leaps Ahead of IE in Europe [REPORT]



Firefox didn't experience tremendous growth, however; it merely stood its ground while Google Chrome took the market share away from IE. "This appears to be happening because Google's Chrome is stealing share from Internet Explorer while Firefox is mainly maintaining its existing share," says StatCounter CEO Aodhan Cullen.

Google Chrome has experienced tremendous growth in Europe in 2010, having jumped to 14.58% market share, compared to just 5.06% in December last year.

In early 2010, the European Commission made Microsoft implement a browser choice screen into Windows, which lets users choose between several major browsers, including IE, Firefox, Chrome and Opera. The browser "ballot" surely contributed to IE's diminishing market share; Opera even reported a big increase in downloads after it was implemented.

StatCounter data comes from its network of more than 3 million websites, with a sample exceeding 15 billion page views per month.

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