Google’s Chrome web browser dropped 0.17 percent in January 2012. Perhaps it is because Google penalized Chrome after a botched sponsored blog post campaign.
The chart comes from Net Applications figures. The company tracks about 160 million unique visits per month with a worldwide network of more than 40,000 websites.
According to the figures, Firefox and Safari also saw market market share losses in January 2012. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer gained 1.09%. This was it's largest monthly increase in at least two years.