Chrome exceeds 20% of worldwide browser market

Google’s Chrome browser exceeded 20% of the worldwide internet browser market during the month of June for the first time, according to website analytics company StatCounter.

The firm’s research arm StatCounter Global Stats reports that Chrome took 20.7% of the global market, up from 2.8% in June 2009. In the same period Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has fallen from 59% to 44% globally and Firefox dropped slightly from 30% to 28%.