[jbyers]

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...

[joseakle]

how many people do you think see google's homepage everyday?

and just before clicking search they see this ...

New! Download Chrome (BETA) - the new browser from Google

i guess lots of them clicked it.

[jbyers]

No doubt putting it on Google.com would have a huge impact. Did they do this? I didn't see such a link on Google.com yesterday or today, logged in or logged out.

[lacker]

Perhaps you are using a mac or linux? They wouldn't link it for OS's that don't have it yet.

[tuukkah]

I'm on Linux, and I see the link on google.com whether I'm logged in or not.