As of October 2024, Google Chrome had the largest market share in the United States, with over 54 percent, followed by Apple's Safari, with 31 percent. Furthermore, Microsoft's Edge browser had a United States market share of 7 percent. The new Microsoft Edge was based on Chromium and was released in January 2020. Web browsers Web browsers serve as the application software through which users from across the globe access the contents of the World Wide Web. Browsers are available on a range of devices: desktop PCs, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and consoles. Given the popularity of smartphones, mobile devices have become the primary way to access the internet, overtaking PCs. Google Chrome has been the most popular web browser worldwide in the past decade, holding almost two-thirds of the market in 2023. Safari followed, occupying around 19 percent of the market. Safari turns 20 years old Safari is a web browser developed by Apple and first launched in January 2003. With regular updates, Safari is integrated into iOS, macOS, and iPadOS, the operating systems of iPhones, Macs, and iPads. Thanks to the popularity of Apple devices worldwide, Safari is used as a web browser at different rations in the United States and in many European countries. For instance, Safari held over 29 percent of the UK internet browser market in August 2022 but only 11 percent of the German web browser market in November 2022.

According to a survey conducted in several global markets between September 2021 and April 2022, a smaller share of users reported having ever installed web browsers on their devices despite a higher number of respondents reporting knowing how to install such applications on their desktops or laptops. In the United States, ** percent of users reported to know how to change their default browser, and ** percent reported to having done so. By comparison, ** percent of users in Kenya reported how to know to change which browser they use by default on their devices, while less than half of users in the country reported having done so.

As of August 2024, the Google Chrome browser accounted for over ** percent of the global market for internet browsers. Apple’s Safari browser was the second most popular internet browser around the world, accounting for about **** percent of market share. Apart from these two, no other browser controlled more than **** percent of the overall market share. Internet use With billions of people around the world having some form of access to the technology, around half of the world’s population can be classified as internet users. In countries like Japan, the United Kingdom, and Germany, a big majority of citizens access the internet on a daily basis, whether it be for work or personal entertainment. In the United States, the average adult spends hours per day online, once again showing the large importance of internet in peoples’ daily lives. Web browsers Web browsers serve as the platform through which users from across the globe access the contents of the internet. With the help of a web browser, users can access a huge variety of content including entertainment sites, social media, and online shopping retailers. In recent years, social media sites such as Facebook have become some of the most popular sites, with users determined to keep up-to-date with the digital presence of their friends, families, and favorite celebrities.

In December 2024, Microsoft's Edge browser had a market share of ***** percent in the United States. Edge was first publicly released in July 2015, with the consumer release of Windows 10. However, Chrome held a majority of the market share, with almost ** percent in the same month. What are web browsers? A web browser is a software application for visualizing websites, documents and data. The most popular current browsers are Google Chrome, Apple’s Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox. Historically one of the large players in the segment, Internet Explorer has unfortunately lost its tight grip on the web browser market.As shown by the graph at hand, Google Chrome has been the most popular browser in the United States since December 2013. In other countries, Google Chrome has also taken up a dominating role. In the European browser market, Chrome and Safari have established strong market positions with ** and **** percent, respectively. On a worldwide scale, Chrome provided a share of around ** percent in the global web browser market as of December 2021.

As of December 2022 in Sweden, Safari ranked first among leading mobile web browsers, with market share of roughly ***** percent, while Chrome came second with around ***** percent market share that month.

In March 2025, the Google Chrome browser was the leader in the mobile internet browser market, with a share of 66.75 percent. As the runner-up, Apple’s Safari had a market share of around 23 percent. Other contenders in the field include Samsung Internet and Opera. Browser market Around half of the world’s population uses the internet regularly, and web browsers serve as the channel through which users from across the globe access the internet each day. As in the mobile browser market, Chrome is also the dominant figure in the overall web browser market. In December 2024, Chrome for Android and Chrome occupied the top two spots in the global web browser market. Chrome’s dominance is the most prominent in the desktop browser market: in 2024, Google’s popular browser accounted for nearly 67 percent of the market, miles ahead of its competitors. Google Chrome Released in 2008 by Google, Chrome has become one of the tech giant's most successful products over the years, together with their search engine Google Search, mobile operating system Android, e-mail service Gmail, etc. The success of Chrome has led to the expansion of the brand name into the company's other products such as Chrome OS, Chromecast, and Chromebook.

As of March 2025, Google Chrome accounted for around ** percent of overall internet browser market share in the United States. Seemingly the only competitor that could challenge Google Chrome’s position at the top of the U.S. market is Apple’s Safari browser, which accounted for an additional ** percent of the market share at that time. No other web browsers reached even *** percent market share. Web browsers Web browsers serve as the vehicle through which users gain access to the World Wide Web. They allow users from around the world to access a huge variety of content including everything from entertainment sites, to social media, to online shopping. In recent years, social media sites such as Facebook have become some of the most frequently visited sites in the world, as users seek to keep up to date with the digital presence of their friends, families, and favorite celebrities. Types of browser Web browsers, and internet access in general, were initially only available to desktop computers, but as technology has advanced, browsers are becoming standard features of smartphones, TVs, and other consumer electronic devices. Today, Chrome for Android and Safari for iPhone rank among the most widely user web browsers in the world alongside their desktop counterparts.

Chrome was the most widely used browser in Hungary with ** percent market share in 2024, while Safari followed with ***** percent. Firefox ranked third, accounting for over **** percent of the market. Operating systems In 2022, Windows was the leading desktop operating system in Hungary with a market share of almost ** percent. It was followed by OS X with a market share of approximately *** percent. When it comes to mobile operating systems, Android was by far the most popular, accounting for approximately ** percent of the market. As for operating systems for tablet computers, Android ranked first again, with a market share of ** percent. Most common online activities According to a survey conducted in 2023, e-mail service usage was the most common online activity in Hungary, practiced by approximately ** percent of the respondents. Researching products and services was the second most popular answer, selected by **** percent of survey participants.

According to a 2022 survey of internet users in France, nearly six in ten individuals between 18 and 24 years used tools for a safer browsing experience. Among those between 25 and 39 years, ** percent actively protected their browsing data. Usage of browser security tools was popular among older generations, too, with roughly half of the individuals aged 70 and older stating to use them.

Chrome has over the past decade overtaken IE and Firefox to become the most widely used internet browser (desktop, tablet, mobile and console) in Europe. It's market share reached about 60 percent in 2024. IE's decline in the browser market in Europe is dramatic: from more than 46 percent in 2009 to just over 0.1 percent in 2024.

Chrome had the largest share in the web browser market in Poland in 2023. Opera recorded over ** percent market share, and Safari reached over ** percent of the web browser market. The web browser market in Poland The number of people using the Internet in Poland is steadily growing. In 2023, Poland recorded ** million internet users. Almost ** percent of them used the internet through smartphones, and nearly every second Pole used desktop computers for this purpose. Google Chrome browsers are the most popular among Polish internet users. In 2023, nearly ** percent of Poles used Chrome browser on desktop devices, and almost ** percent used it on mobile devices. Operating systems and applications for mobile devices in Poland The most popular operating system on mobile devices in Poland in 2022 was *******. Phones with Android operating system have been the most common choice of phone users for several years. This system, supported by Google, allows access to commonly used services such as Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, or YouTube. In 2023, as many as * applications in the top ten most popular mobile apps were owned by Google. In addition to Google applications, YouTube, Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp were also very popular.

According to a survey conducted in several global markets between ************** and **********, a smaller share of users reported having ever installed web browsers on their devices despite a high number of respondents reporting knowing how to install such applications. Users in India and Kenya represented the exception, with ** percent of respondents reporting knowing how to install a browser and ** percent reporting having done so in the past in India. Mobile browser applications usually come preinstalled in smartphone devices and bundled into the operative system, such as in the case of Google Chrome and Android-powered smartphones.

As of July 2022, Safari ranked first in Norway among the mobile web browsers, with a majority of the market share with over ** percent. Chrome ranked second with a market share of about ** percent.

In 2022, the Chrome browser had the largest share in the number of PC browser views in Poland, with a score of **** percent.

In 2022, the Chrome browser had the largest share in the number of mobile browser views in Poland, with a score of **** percent.

In 2022, ** percent of the time Android users worldwide spent on mobile was occupied by engaging with mobile apps and gaming. By comparison, only ***** percent of the time users spent on mobile consisted of interacting with mobile browser apps.

In 2023, the global browser gaming market generated approximately ***** billion U.S. dollars worth of revenue, with Asia-Pacific accounting for approximately half of the total. The North American browser gaming market was worth **** billion U.S. dollars in 2023.

The usage share of the five leading console browsers in France from January 2014 to December 2023 is represented in this statistic. It reveals that Sony PS4 increased significantly to reach a ***** percent market share in January 2022, before decreasing to sharply to ***** by December 2023. At the same time, Edge increased its market share from around **** percent in April 2022 to nearly ** percent as of December 2023, making it the strongest market share that month.

As of December 2022, Chrome ranked first among the leading desktop web browsers in Denmark, with ***** percent of the market share. Safari ranked in second place with about ** percent of the market share.

As of 2024, Safari accounted for a share of **** percent in the mobile browser market in Indonesia. In 2021, Apple iOS ranked second among the most common platforms that generated mobile web traffic in Indonesia.