It was Firefox’s 4th birthday on Sunday (November 9). In just four years, Firefox has become the second most popular web browser with a 20 percent market share.

ReadWriteWeb reports that after launching in November 2004, Firefox was able to gain a 4.65 percent share by December, while the browser market continued to be dominated by Internet Explorer with a 90.31 percent.

Four years later, Firefox has 19.97 percent, while IE’s share has diminished somewhat to 71.27 percent. Firefox’s growth reflects a 329 percent market share increase over four years which, if it continues, will lead to the browser commanding a 85.67 percent market share by 2012.

Source: Lidija Davis, “Happy Birthday Firefox”, ReadWriteWeb, November 9, 2008

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