Update On TechCrunch Reader Chrome Usage: Trending Up To 8.12%
Written by on September 16th, 2008 in Uncategorized.
Checking back in Google Analytics to see how Google Chrome usage is trending now that the browser has been out in the wild for two weeks. A couple of days after launching on September 2, 6.23% of visitors to TechCrunch were using Chrome. Today usage is up to 8.12% over the period since launch.
Unlike our first measure, where Chrome usage seemed to be taking away from IE browser share (Firefox usage was actually up), this time Firefox is down nearly 7 points, and IE is way up. I’m surprised that Chrome usage remains so high. When we first measured it a lot of people were still testing it out. But they are continuing to use it two weeks later, which suggests they like it. A lot. And only 77% of our readers are coming from Windows machines - as Chrome expands to the Mac and Linux platforms usage will certainly increase further.
Here are the current stats. And a bonus chart - I hadn’t noticed that iPhone users made up over 1% of total TechCrunch traffic as well.
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