<P> At the 2012 Google I / O developers' conference, Google claimed that there were 310 million active users of Chrome, almost double the number in 2011, which was stated as 160 million active users . </P> <P> In June 2013, according to StatCounter, Chrome overtook Internet Explorer for the first time in the US . </P> <P> In August 2013, Chrome was used by 43% of internet users worldwide . This study was done by Statista, which also noted that in North America, 36% of people use Chrome, the lowest in the world . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="5"> Desktop / laptop browser statistics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Google Chrome </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 64.72% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Mozilla Firefox </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 12.21% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Internet Explorer </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7.71% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Safari </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 6.29% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Microsoft Edge </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 4.18% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Others </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 4.89% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> Desktop web browser market share according to StatCounter for December 2017 . </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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