According to the statistics shared by market research firm Net Applications, Mozilla's Firefox browser notched up to its second-rank spot again in the desktop browser market in August, pushing Google's Chrome browser to the third spot.

As per Net Applications' data, Firefox accounted for 20.05 percent of desktop browser market in August, overtaking Chrome's 19.13 percent share during the month. The August figures clearly brought Firefox in a firm second place, which had been grabbed by Chrome relatively recently.

The top spot was still retained by the widely-popular Microsoft Internet Explorer browser which accounted for 53.60 percent of desktop browser market in the mentioned month.

Moreover, Net Applications statistics for the month of September show that the desktop browser market share of Firefox - which hit a four-year low of 19.7 percent in May this year - further rose to 20.08 percent; while Chrome dropped to 18.86 percent; and Internet Explorer notched up slightly to 53.63 percent.

Meanwhile, though the Net Applications data has revealed that the Mozilla Firefox browser beat Google's Chrome to regain its second spot after a market-share shift in August and September, it is essential to note that browser market share statistics vary tremendously, depending on the firm which collects the data and several other factors!