Internet Explorer browser falls below 50% of worldwide market for first time

According to StatCounter usage of the Internet Explorer (IE) browser has fallen below 50% of the worldwide market for the first time.

IE fell to 49.87% in September, followed by Firefox with 31.5%. Google's Chrome continued to increase market share at an impressive rate and more than tripled from 3.69% in September 2009 to 11.54% in September 2010.

In the UK, in the time period September 2009 to September 2010, usage of IE dropped from just under 60% to 54.63%. Firefox usage also dropped from just over 27%, to 23.56%. However, Chrome usage rose from just over 4% to 12.61%.