Let's say for the sake of simplicity that there are 1 billion Internet users worldwide. (I believe this understates the population, but I can't find an authoritative stat quickly. [1]) Did 20 million of them successfully download, install, and start using Google's experimental, heretofore secret, Windows-only browser today? 12 million more people than downloaded and installed Firefox 3 on its record-setting day? After the enormous effort expended getting to that record, both in a concerted registration, notification, and PR blitz? Factoring for the late start, relative to many non-US timezones?

I'm going with no -- more specifically, not even close.

1. http://www.google.com/search?q=number+of+internet+users+worl...

Sorry, buy I find this statistic extremely hard to believe.

I like many others downloaded it to try it out. I'm back in Firefox now because there are simply too many lackings with Chrome, and I'm not even considering extensions yet.

So if I'm counted in those stats, I want out.

2% market share claimed in 1 day? Thats a great start I say.