Chrome Becomes #3 Browser, Passing Safari

[tedster]

Chrome's December increase of 0.7 of a percentage point, the largest since Google launched the browser in September 2008, may have been partly fueled by the release three weeks ago of beta editions for Mac and Linux.

Although it fell to the No. 4 spot, Safari didn't stand still last month: It picked up 0.1 of a percentage point. Opera Software's flagship browser also gained ground in December...

Microsoft's IE again made the biggest move of any browser: It dropped 0.92 of a percentage point to 62.7%, a new low for the application that once held a share well north of 90%.

PC World [pcworld.com]

[Fotiman]

To say that it's #3 is not really accurate. It's technically #6, behind:
#1 Firefox 3.5
#2 IE8
#3 IE7
#4 IE6
#5 Firefox 3

If you generalize, and combine all IE and Firefox versions, then yes, Chrome is #3.

I predict, though, that by March Chrome will have moved up to the #5 spot, surpassing Firefox 3.0. :)