The popularity of Microsoft’s modern Chromium-based browser appears to be rising among desktop users. The latest statistics from StatCounter indicate that the app is now the second most-used desktop browser with a market share of 10%, followed by Safari and Firefox, whose percentages sit at 9.61% and 7.86%, respectively. Chrome remains king with a market share of over 66%.
Desktop Browser Market Share Worldwide, per StatCounter:
- Google Chrome – 66.64% (-0.65)
- Microsoft Edge – 10.07% (+0.42)
- Apple Safari – 9.61% (+0.05)
- Mozilla Firefox – 7.86% (+0.29)
- Opera – 2.43% (-0.38)
StatCounter claims Microsoft Edge managed to gain 0.42 points and reach the magical 10.07%. Of course, it is still a far cry from Chrome with its massive 66.64% (-0.65), but enough for Edge to claim the “second most popular browser” title. Apple’s Safari holds third place in the desktop browser market with a 9.61% share (+0.05), and Firefox is fourth with 7.86% (+0.29). There are no major changes in the mobile browser market. Chrome and Safari hold together almost 90%, and other manufacturers made little to no progress in April 2022.
Source: StatCounter (via NeoWin)
Discussion (6 replies)
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I like it better than Chrome. Actually, its like using chrome with a MS inspired logo.
Not sure that's a plus. Most of what MS has inspired hasn't been very ... inspired.
We are forced to use it at work, Chrome does not play well with our VDI desktops.
I remember that that the azure portal and exhange owa had lots of issues with the previous edge and explorer.
Thankfully I haven't seen any compatibility issues with Chromium Edge
Same here, but still use Firefox on my laptop.