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Chrome surpasses Firefox in the Philippines?

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief April 2, 2011 · 1 min read

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Got a tip from a reader pointing me to a StatCounter report for the Philippines showing that Google Chrome browser has surpassed Firefox in terms of usage in the Philippines.

So I went to my analytics and checked it for several of my blogs, including this one. Here’s what I got for usage share for YugaTech.

The random sampling from StatCounter shows Chrome leads Firefox by a small margin. I checked with other blogs (non-tech content) and the results are the same.

Here’s the 12-month graph from StatCounter showing a constant decline in Firefox usage and a steady increase for Chrome. On March 2011, Chrome surpassed Firefox.

This ends the 3-year dominance of Firefox in the Philippines (in 2008, Firefox surpassed Internet Explorer to be the leading browser in the country).

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Abe Olandres

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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foxfire · 15 years ago

ok pa rin ang firefox, dynamic plug-ins, hindi katulad sa chrome, hindi gugana ang lotus notes email namain…kaya firefox pa rin aq..

firefox · 15 years ago

ok ang chrome sa mga noob pero kung power user ka firefox pa rin! debate na! lol

InstilledBee · 15 years ago

Proud Chrome user/ex-Firefox user. :D Mabagal kasi ang Firefox lalo na kung mahilig ka sa extensions. :)

tech84 · 15 years ago

I use Chrome a lot more than Firefox, for some reason sometimes Firefox slows down my laptop as it eats up a lot of RAM, first I thought it was because of some virus but it was clean. And so Chrome is the way to go for me.

Lezure2010 · 15 years ago

I use chrome a lot these days and I’d use it exclusively if only it supported the same programs that I use while browsing. Ex.: I use orbit a lot and the grab function just doesn’t work well with chrome. Not to mention that chrome sometimes has some problems with facebook.

Chrome does well with the translations though. I browse a lot of Russian forums and chrome just translates everything into an understandable form for me.

bennix · 15 years ago

The stats above is likely true.Chrome was widely chosen even in our office but this month I switch to FF4 which run smoothly…

I have a problem of viewing my Blogger stats with Chrome no matter what I do; reinstalling it, update, updating Java and even Flash player, no luck.

I don’t know what’s the problem with my PC. But if I view my stats on other PC using Chrome it works.duhhh…so frustrating.

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jose · 15 years ago

as a web developer, I use all of browsers. Sana isa lang ang browser.

web dev daw · 15 years ago

weeh di nga?! ano ba alam mo?

` · 15 years ago

IE9 indeed is much simple than google chome

Andrew · 15 years ago

Actually last year pa itong trend na ito. Webadmin ako sa isang malaking university dito sa Pilipinas at around mid last year nalamangan na ng chrome ang firefox. 43% for chrome, 37% for firefox, 12% for IE, and the rest sa ibang browsers.

One reason kung bakit marami pa rin nag stick sa firefox is addons, mas maraming siyang addons kaysa chrome.

Norman · 15 years ago

Majority of Filipino Internet users aren’t bother wether what kind of browser they use. I think.

StarMars · 15 years ago

Give it more time and Firefox will retake the top spot because of Firefox 4.

Zyper · 15 years ago

Go Firefox 4! Their addons are the best!

mattscradle · 15 years ago

Firefox parin :-). From a Globe broadband user.

chris · 15 years ago

Been using Chrome almost a year because of it’s simplicity and speed..

GensanBoy · 15 years ago

This is indeed the trend in my peers also. I have been using Chrome for some months now and it is now my default browser in my computer. It is fast, does not hang compared to Safari and it also very customizable.

JC Tora · 15 years ago

Mabilis kasi ung interface muna ung niloload muna nila then ung ‘extensions’ and other features.
Di tulad ng firefox na lahat niloload ng sbay.
*Im talking about opening first the browser.

Pero in terms of surfing, prehas lang. I use FF cause it has better downloading features.

jlapitan · 15 years ago

bakit po kpg bar graph mas mataas stats ng firefox? kapag line graph mas mataas chrome..
http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-PH-monthly-201003-201103-bar

Jay Castillo · 15 years ago

Based on my own blog’s analytics, first is firefox(34%), then IE(32%), then Chrome(24%). Maybe my visitors are not that tech savy. =)

As for me, I still use Firefox when using wordpress because I get unexpected problems (ex. blank posts after saving) when using chrome, especially with long posts. Anybody here have the same problem?

For regular surfing, I use chrome.

eman · 15 years ago

Hi, new here, malakas kumain ng memory ang firefox compare sa chrome

Jonaflormicfren · 15 years ago

Chrome is more accessible. http://learner-spot.blogspot.com/

Totem · 15 years ago

Firefox all the way.. haha Pag sa Chrome, mabilis nga.. Display naman ng pages, iba.. I mean sira.. Or ibang items sa page di niloload, e.g. images.. So Firefox pa rin :)

pinoydetailing · 15 years ago

been using chrome for almost a year now. its better than IE and FF IMHO.

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vince · 15 years ago

FF4 is definitely faster than 3. I did switch to chrome because ff3 was slow. Not sure if it was al the add ons but i need those. Unless the chrome users get addicted, its quite possible for ff4 to help ff regain the lead

Ishmael Ahab · 15 years ago

I agree with your post Yuga. Looking at the browser stats for my personal-travel blog, I noticed that Google Chrome leads Firefox by a wide margin.

Benchmark · 15 years ago

I still love my Firefox :-)

If I am correct, sila ang nagpasimuno ng TAB surfing in Web Browsers. :-)

But then again, if hinde sila nagpasimuno, still I am happy with my Firfox 4. :-P

whatif · 15 years ago

opera po

tordj · 15 years ago

comparing ie9, ff4 and chrome, I am a bit disappointed with firefox. I experienced more crashes on it compared to IE9. chrome is ok, fastest since it was first released. will wait for chrome 11. I have been using ff4 and ie9 frequently because i like the pin to taskbar (ie9) and pin as app tab (ff4).

whatif · 15 years ago

yung pin ng ff4 sa chrome nya po ginaya yan. tagal na yan sa chrome. right click mo lang yung tab then select pin tab :)

arj · 15 years ago

there’s an extension called IE tab for chrome and firefox, just click the IE tab icon and it can perform the same functions as IE

pavements · 15 years ago

I still use IE, lalo na for work related stuff. Maraming hindi gumagana ng tama kapag ibang browser ang gamit, lalo na pag chrome

erickjohncuevas · 15 years ago

Infact its true, but after the release of FireFox 4, things starting to change.

Tristan · 15 years ago

I also use Chrome for browsing because of its speed, but need to use Firefox for work.

@garz: IE9 was just recently released for use. It’s way better than the previous version.

garz · 15 years ago

i can’t believe there are still people who use IE.. XD

tordj · 15 years ago

ie9 is much improved now. very minimalistic, address bar works like firefox’s omnibar, and the pin to taskbar provides easy access to frequently accessed websites.

Igno Rante · 15 years ago

ikaw na. ikaw na ang gumamit ng IE9. galing mo mag-review ng web browser. hanga nga kami sa iyo e.

Igno Rante Ka · 15 years ago

ikaw naâ€¦ ikaw na mahilig mambaraâ€¦ epalâ€¦ walang senseâ€¦

emignatius · 15 years ago

Not everyone has the liberty to use the browsers they want all the time. I’m required to use IE due to the nature of my work pero I also have firefox and chrome installed so after work I can use the one I want.

Edwin C · 15 years ago

I’m using IE9 now for my Windows 7 Starter. If you remove all the add-ons on top and below the search bar you will get a very simple and clean IE9 search bar.

Jhay · 15 years ago

Just look at the screenshots being posted by Pinoys on their Facebook accounts, 90% of what I’ve seen so far show that they are using Chrome. :D

Even our neighborhood internet cafes are using Chrome on their units.

21 · 15 years ago

using firefox 4 for a weeks now, there’s no problem with it. the only reason i prefer chrome is because of its speed and great features.

fr0stbyte · 15 years ago

Well, in terms of actual usage, browsing in the latest version of Firefox and Chrome doesn’t feel all that different when it comes to speed. I must admit though that before FF 4.0, Chrome was definitely faster.

Still Firefox is full-featured. It’s got lot of add-ons, among other things. So I won’t be switching anytime soon.

Messie · 15 years ago

partida pa to.

FF and IE 9 have just released their most updated versions with graphic acceleration.

Google, on the other hand, will be releasing Chrome 11 sometime 2Q with the same features (maybe even better). Then we’ll see the gap to be even wider.

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Winziph · 15 years ago

no regret switching to chrome ang bilis talaga niya especially pag browsing lang.

arj · 15 years ago

with adblock extensions on chrome, it becomes faster. been using chrome for a year now and its performance got better

Fleeb · 15 years ago

I tried IE9, it is standards compliance but it still falls behind Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. In terms of speed, Chrome still tops. While IE9 might be a very big improvement over the previous versions, it still plays catch up unfortunately. But then again, these improvements including standards compliance is good for everybody. The only reason I am still using Firefox is because of the add-ons and development tools. Chrome is still faster.

otepsphere · 15 years ago

Hmmm.. Nice post yuga… tuloy tuloy pa kaya yan…. tingin ko parang okay nga yung google chrome mabilis nga!

giogagz · 15 years ago

IE9 is the best for me. I’d go for chrome 11 than firefox 4. No wonder mas lamang na ang chrome sa firefox.

angela · 15 years ago

Weird, since Yugatech’s homepage usually hangs-up (or sometimes, even crash) on Chrome.

Arvee · 15 years ago

I’m experiencing the same problem when opening yugatech.com/blog.

I think the problem is caused by the new layout because opening yugatech.com which still wears the old layout is as responsive as before.

Ethan Tremblay · 15 years ago

no offense but i do think the problem concerns your gadget or pc. in my case Chrome runs the website well, no lags and delays and it never crashes or hangs up.