Mozilla Firefox has replaced the Microsoft Internet Explorer as the most popular web browser in Europe. As reported the Daily Mail, open source browser is taking 38.1 percent market share across the continent in December 2009 and, while Internet Explorer slipped to 37.5 percent.

Google Chrome in the third position with 14.6 percent, a year ago Chrome only reach 5.1 percent of the market. Aodhan Cullen, chief executive of StatCounter, a web company who compiled the list said that Google Chrome Internet Explorer to steal market share while keeping Firefox share.