Firefox usage grew to a peak of 32.21% at the end of 2009, with Firefox 3.5 overtaking Internet Explorer 7, although not all versions of Internet Explorer as a whole. Usage then declined in competition with Google Chrome. , according to StatCounter, Firefox has 8.17% usage share as a "desktop" web browser, making it the third-most popular web browser after Google Chrome (66.47%) and Safari (10.27%), its usage share across all platforms is lower at 3.76% (third-most popular after Google Chrome with 63.59% and Safari with 19.14%).