According to the latest figures from the StatCounter, the internet browser from Google known as, `Google Chrome' has surpassed rival Microsoft's Internet Explorer in some countries to become the most popular web browser in the world.

According to the latest figures, IE's market share fell to 31.94% while Google Chrome's market share rose to 32.76% share. IE is seeing fall in market share since some time now and its market share was at 40 per cent in the previous year. Firefox has a market share of 25 percent and Apple's Safari holds nearly 14 percent market share with fourth position. Opera controlled a market share of just 1.75 percent.

The data shows that Chrome passed IE during the week of May 7 through 13 while Mozilla's Firefox remained in third place. The Chrome browser had surpassed IE for a single day in March but this is the first time that the Google's browser has overtaken IE for an entire 7 day period.

Meanwhile in the US, IE still remains the dominant web browser with nearly 38 percent of all users. Google Chrome comes second with 23 percent of the market, while Firefox remains third with 22.5 percent market share.