StatsCounter data has released its Dec stats for worldwide browser usage, showing that all browsers gained market share, except for IE which lost nearly 2% market share.

IE ended the year with only 38.65% usage (down from 40.63%), while Chrome continued its growth with a solid second place 27.27% (from 25.23%), ahead of Firefox's 25.27% (from 25.23%). Even Safari managed to increase its market share to 6.08%, up from 5.92% the month before.

Hrmmm, wonder if new computers over Christmas time will have an effect on these trends in January!