Is Google the most preferred Internet brand in India ? It seems like that as Google services are dominating in India by more percentage compared to its worldwide levels.

Google is the undisputed leader in Search Engine world but in India Google’s market share is more compared to other major countries.

Similarly in Social Networking Indians prefer Orkut, but internationally it is dominated by Facebook, Myspace, Twitter etc.

Now the latest trend is Google Chrome (google’s own browser) is gaining popularity among Indians.

As per the statistics by statcounter.com 11.32% of its users from India used Google chrome to browse the web in December 2009, compared to 5.3% worldwide.

Both in India and worldwide Internet Explorer is still the leader in Browser Space but it lost  17.8% market share in last 12 months.

Firefox is still growing in India and Internationally and registered a 27% year to year growth.

Source: StatCounterStats – Browser Market Share in India

Google Chrome reported massive growth last year – 338% growth worldwide and 189% in India.

Another major change happened in Dec 09 in browser space is Firefox 3.5 surpassed all major browser versions including long dominated IE versions and reached World’s Most Popular Browser position, a major achievement for Firefox and Mozilla.

In operating system section still Windows XP leads with 65% market share, but down 11 points in 1 year period.

In last 2 months Windows 7 doubled its market share and gaining momentum.

In Mobile Browser section Opera Browser is leading followed by iPhone Browser and Nokia Browser, obviously due to the popularity of Apple iPhone and smarphones from Nokia.

In the Mobie Operating System space SymbionOS and iPhone OS are far ahead compared to RIM, Sony Ericsson and other mobile operating systems.

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