Chicago (IL) - Google's new browser has zoomed past 1% market share in just ten hours after its release yesterday at 3:02 p.m. EDT and reached almost 1.5% earlier today. Although it is too early to tell which competing browser makers were hit by Google’s new software, the initial numbers numbers indicate that Chrome is off to a good start.

According to Net Applications, Chrome crossed 0.5% just two hours after its release. At midnight (EDT), Chrome surpassed 1% market share. The browser hit 1.48% share of the browsing market at 4 a.m., eventually stabilizing at about 1% over the course of the following hours. According to the data published by the market research firm, Chrome held 1.06% at the time of this writing.

The spike does not come unexpected, especially if we consider the enormous reporting on Google Chrome within the past two days. Google’s own news service indicates that more than 3000 articles covering Chrome were published on Tuesday and Wednesday.

But 1% of the worldwide browser market is huge. It is difficult to estimate how often Chrome may have been downloaded, but considering the fact that there are currently about 1.46 billion Internet users, it would take at least 14 million downloads to keep the 1% mark at a stable level – at least if the Net Applications data is somewhat comparable to the data provided by Internet World Stats.

Even if Chrome isn’t a perfect browser yet, Google certainly has managed to deliver an impressive launch.  

using 'n' liking it

Sep 03, 2008 22:44     

I'm currently using google chrome , and to be honest I liked it ! just missing some extensions from firefox like the adblock for example . anyway , keep the good work up ,google :)
abu assar report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +1

Big difference between 1% trying out the browser...

Sep 03, 2008 22:54     

... for a few days and continuing to use it a month or two later...
hank report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +10

And

Sep 04, 2008 00:00     

And big difference between a first beta and a final release... Good start for google..
Eduardo P report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +2

It's fast but can't load yahoo chat inside yahoomai...

Sep 04, 2008 00:48     

It's fast but can't load yahoo chat inside yahoomail!
robert report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +2

It's fast but can't load yahoo chat inside yahoomai...

Sep 04, 2008 00:51     

It's fast but can't load yahoo chat inside yahoomail!
ogie report abuse vote down vote up Votes: -2

Good start

Sep 04, 2008 01:26     

Still using it and getting to like the speed and clutter free style. Been a long time FF user and still at FF 2.x so Chrome has become my FF3 upgrade If and when third party addons are released this will be a formidable browser
Bill report abuse vote down vote up Votes: -2

Until it gets mouse gestures, it'll remain unused o...

Sep 04, 2008 03:59     

Until it gets mouse gestures, it'll remain unused on my computers at least.
Trond report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +2

pretty good for being just introduced

Sep 04, 2008 07:55     

It sounds pretty good for being just introduced just recently. I am waiting to see if some one will port it to OS/2-eCS. http://www.ecomstation.com
TomLeeM/BigWarpGuy report abuse vote down vote up Votes: -3

That's not market share...

Sep 04, 2008 12:52     

I don't consider a beta product that's less than 48hours old as having any market share. Sure there's lots of people trying it, and I hope it sparks FireFox to improve some long standing issues. But I wouldn't say any product can qualify for "market share" until it's been in production use for at least a month.
Chrome Skeptik report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +3

poll in my website says otherwise

Sep 04, 2008 17:16     

I'm surprised to see that most people who voted in my poll actually doesn't need additional browser and would stick to their current one. http://www.byteburn.com/2008/09/03/poll-are-you-enjoying-google-chrome/
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adblocking & platforms

Sep 05, 2008 03:50     

I tried Chrome for a day. I had to use Privoxy (http://www.privoxy.org/) to block ads, which doesn't work as well as adblock plus. Chrome has some pretty cool ideas but is severely lacking in plugins and extensions. I'm sticking with Firefox for now. I'll give it a second look when the final versions come out for Windows and Linux, I prefer to use the same browser on both OSs. Keep up the good work Google!

me report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +0

That's 1%....

Sep 07, 2008 14:51     

of people trying it once, closing it, and going back to firefox....new software usage stats are worthless within the trial phase.
AH report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +0

where do you think they stole Chrome Icon from ?

Sep 07, 2008 17:43     

Eheh i just saw an article on the same site that i post in my other comment on other posts in here but i want to share it again.. the article and the images shows that the Google Chrome icon is somehow stolen from another icon.. check : http://www.computersake.com/2008/09/simon-says-and-pokemon-make-google-chrome-logo/
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