Rapid History of the Web Browsers

#1 (~50%) Internet Explorer from Microsoft (originally came from Mosaic)

#2 (~30%) FireFox from Mozilla also originally came from Mosaic (Based on Gecko layout engine)

#3 (~8%) Chrome from Google (Based WebKit layout engine)

#4 (~4%) Safari from Apple (Based WebKit layout engine)

#5 (~2%) Opera from Opera Software

Others ( < 1%)

Market Shares:

WorldWide: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-monthly-200909-201008-bar

US: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-US-monthly-200909-201008-bar

Europe: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-eu-monthly-200909-201008-bar

France: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-FR-monthly-200909-201008-bar

History of Web Browsers:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Timeline_of_web_browsers.svg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_web_browsers