Fastest Start Up Browser

Winning countries: China(Maxthon) is #1, Norway(Opera) is #2, USA(Google Chrome) is #3.

1. Maxthon-7 seconds, China, 2nd most popular browser in China, downloaded more than 177 million times worldwide

http://maxthon.com/download.htm

Windows OS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxthon

2. Opera-7.1 seconds, Norway, 5th most used web-browser, only web browser for Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS, has a stronger market share on mobile devices such as mobile phones,smartphones, and personal digital assistants. 

http://www.opera.com/

Cross-Platform OS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_(browser)

3. Google Chrome-8.1 seconds, USA

http://www.google.com/chrome/

OS: XP SP2, Vista, Mac OSX and Linux in development

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_chrome

4. Internet Explorer 8-8.5 seconds, USA, steady decline in usage

OS: Windows

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_explorer

5. Safari-10.6 seconds, USA, 7.13% market-share

OS: Mac OSX

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_browser

6. Deepnet Explorer-11.6 seconds, not on Wikipedia(lame)

7. Firefox-14 seconds, USA, 20.78% of market-share,

OS-Cross Platform

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox

8. Flock-20.2 seconds, USA

http://flock.com/about

OS: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_browser

9. Phase out-21.3 seconds, for PC only(not on Wikipedia-lame)

http://www.phaseout.net/

10. Avant Browser-25.7 seconds, Chinese developer

OS: Windows

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant_Browser

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