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Google Chrome – initial stats
September 03, 2008
We’ve had a number of requests for Google Chrome stats, so here they are… Yesterday (September 2nd) the homepage of the Google’s new browser was the 130th most visited in the UK, accounting for 0.06% of all UK Internet visits. As you can see from the table below, www.google.com/chrome was fifth most visited site in our Computers and Internet – Software category, accounting for 1.52% of all traffic to the industry. However, its two main competitors – Microsoft and Mozilla – still received more traffic yesterday.
Yesterday the site’s average visit time was 2 minutes, implying that a significant number of visitors downloaded the application rather than just browsing for information. Unsurprisingly, most of the site’s traffic came from other Google properties, with the two main search properties in the UK accounting for over 80% of upstream visits. Other Google properties sending traffic to Google Chrome included Gmail, the official Google Blog and Google Image Search. As you would expect, other communications-based sites sending it traffic included Facebook, Bebo and Windows Live Mail (Hotmail).
We’ll provide more data as it becomes available, so keep and eye on the blog and our Twitter feed.
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Comments
I would like to see how the navigational search volume rises, using the One-Box for everything feature....
Thanks!
Posted by Rossella Spoto | September 3, 2008 02:03 PM
Hi Rosella - thanks for the comments.
That's a very good question about the navigational search. Once we've got a bit more data we'll look into it.
Robin
Posted by Robin Goad | September 3, 2008 02:16 PM
Hi Robin,
Thanks for these interesting statistics on Google Chrome, I happened to notice an other interesting news of Google Chrome taking 1% of Browser Market in less than 1 day.. any thoughts on this?
Source: MarketWatch
Posted by Vinay | September 3, 2008 03:48 PM
Hi Vinay - I saw that news too, but unfortunately can't verify is as we don't track which browsers people use to surf the web.
Thanks, Robin
Posted by Robin Goad | September 3, 2008 04:19 PM
What are the total number of Chrome download in first 24 hours? Any idea?
Posted by The Designer | September 3, 2008 04:29 PM
Robin
Is your figure showing visits to Microsoft represents all of Microsoft web properties or it it really just the IE pages? If the former then the figures are misleading. Google Chrome is one thing. Microsoft is many things. You seem to separate the Google properties in your figures.
Also you commented 'the site’s average visit time was 2 minutes, implying that a significant number of visitors downloaded the application rather than just browsing for information.'. Alternatively they could have been viewing the much publicised cartoon which is very, very long. I got bored reading after page 10 or so, skipped through to page 20 then left! Easily using 2 minutes or more. How far into is did you get?
Kevin
Posted by KLewis | September 3, 2008 04:48 PM
I don't have that data I'm afraid, although I'm sure that Google will release some numbers pretty soon!
Thanks, Robin
Posted by Robin Goad | September 3, 2008 04:51 PM
Hi Kevin - fair point about the cartoon on the site. Unfortunately we can't see whether people have actually downloaded the application at the moment, so the time spend is the best indicator we have at this early stage.
Regarding your point about Microsoft, the data is indeed for the entire Microsoft site and we don't have the IE page split out. I personally think that the Firefox data is the best comparison anyway - after all, people conciously choose to download Firefox but most IE users do so because it came installed on their PC.
Thanks, Robin
Posted by Robin Goad | September 3, 2008 04:57 PM
i'm finding Chrome's speed to be inconsistent; it seems to alternate between going lightning fast and then hanging for no apparent reason...
Posted by media kingdom | September 3, 2008 04:59 PM
Are there any updated stats on Chromes uptake and usage? It will be interesting to map the uptake trend since the launch.
Posted by Dean | January 24, 2009 02:19 PM
Yesterday I downloaded the latest version of Microsoft IE8; today I did download Mozilla Firefox 3, and of course Google Chrome.
I am working on the three browser contemporarily - shifting from one to another for personal and work reasons without necessarily logging out.
It looks like a battle right now and the field is my computer, more than them, I THE USER am feeling a little bit 'in control' this time, eventually they are all fighting to satisfy my needs and especially guarantee my safety in the best and more efficient way and I can tell you...Google Chrome is already ahead in the race!
I am personally reporting on the 'race' in Digital Marketing made simple
Thanks for these stats!
Posted by Rossella Spoto | September 3, 2008 02:01 PM