After annexing more than one third of the global desktop browser market during August, Google’s Chrome web browser has now managed to build upon its lead over Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) as well as Mozilla’s Firefox.

According to the latest figures from StatCounter (September 2012), Chrome managed to grow its stake of the worldwide desktop browser market from 33.81% during July to 34.21% for September 2012.

Right on the heels of Chrome is IE and its 32.7% share of the browser market, which is virtually stagnant when compared to July’s 32.04% stake. Firefox completes the top 3 by claiming a 22.4% share of the browser market, which is a slight drop from July’s 23.73%.
  
On the fringes is Apple’s Safari browser with 7.7% of web surfers opting for this browser, which is an increase from July’s 7.12%. Opera Software’s Opera browser claims a 1.61% stake of the global browser market.