In May 2025, Apple's internet browser Safari had a market share of approximately 29 percent in Hong Kong. The most popular browser in the region was Chrome, occupying almost 57 percent of the market.

In the observed period, the web browser with the largest market share in Czechia was continuously Chrome, with figures over 60 percent. Only first time in December 2023, it dropped under mentioned value. In 2024, it was followed bz Safari with 13.51 and Firefox with a value of 7.51 percent. Previously used browsers like Edge Legacy and especially Internet Explorer, faded almost entirely.

As of 2024, Chrome accounted for around 84.21 percent of the total market share of the mobile browser market in Indonesia. This indicates a significant increase compared to the total share of 50.28 percent in 2018. In 2021, the majority of mobile web traffic in Indonesia originated from Android devices.

In May 2025, the most popular browser in Hong Kong was Chrome, occupying over 57 percent of the market. Apple's internet browser Safari had a market share of about 29 percent.

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.

This anonymized data set consists of one month's (October 2018) web tracking data of 2,148 German users. For each user, the data contains the anonymized URL of the webpage the user visited, the domain of the webpage, category of the domain, which provides 41 distinct categories. In total, these 2,148 users made 9,151,243 URL visits, spanning 49,918 unique domains. For each user in our data set, we have self-reported information (collected via a survey) about their gender and age.

We acknowledge the support of Respondi AG, which provided the web tracking and survey data free of charge for research purposes, with special thanks to François Erner and Luc Kalaora at Respondi for their insights and help with data extraction.

The data set is analyzed in the following paper:

• Kulshrestha, J., Oliveira, M., Karacalik, O., Bonnay, D., Wagner, C. "Web Routineness and Limits of Predictability: Investigating Demographic and Behavioral Differences Using Web Tracking Data." Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media. 2021. https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.15112.

The code used to analyze the data is also available at https://github.com/gesiscss/web_tracking.

If you use data or code from this repository, please cite the paper above and the Zenodo link.

This graph shows the desktop browser market share in Hong Kong as of December 2018 and 2019. As of December 2019, more than 75 percent of computer users used Chrome to browse the internet, followed by Safari with a share of more than ten percent.

In September 2024, Samsung's browser had a market share of almost 12 percent in Hong Kong's mobile browser market. The market leader was Google's Chrome browser with around 51 percent of market share.

The statistic shows the variety of web browsers on which web applications are tested during software development worldwide, from 2015 to 2018, based on a survey of development professionals. As of early 2018, 13 percent of respondents indicated that they tested their web applications on the Opera browser.

This anonymized data set consists of one month's (October 2018) web tracking data of 2,148 German users. For each user, the data contains the anonymized URL of the webpage the user visited, the domain of the webpage, category of the domain, which provides 41 distinct categories. In total, these 2,148 users made 9,151,243 URL visits, spanning 49,918 unique domains. For each user in our data set, we have self-reported information (collected via a survey) about their gender and age.

As of September 2024, chrome accounted for approximately 46 percent of the market share of mobile browser market in Taiwan, while Apple was the leading Taiwanese smartphone market player.

As of March 2025, Google Chrome accounted for around 53 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 32 percent of the market share at that time. No other web browsers reached even ten 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.

As of September 2024, Opera accounted for 0.25 percent of the market share of mobile browser market in Taiwan, while Chrome was the leading Taiwanese smartphone market player.

This statistic shows an estimate on the user population of the most prolific web browsers in the United Kingdom (UK), from 2015 to 2018. In 2018, there were an estimated 22.9 million internet users using Chrome as their browser in the UK.

As of 2023 in France, the web browser Chrome had a market share of 57.33 percent, while Firefox occupied around eight percent of the web browser market in the European country. Safari held a strong place with 21.74 percent, which is an increase of about two percent since 2020.

  Web browser use by device

Since 2012, the web browser Chrome increased its market share steadily, up to around 58 percent in March 2024 on desktop computers, and over 57 percent on mobile phones that same month. Looking at the market share of the main Internet browsers optimized for tablets, the Safari navigator lost about 14 points in market share between June 2018 and May 2021, reaching almost 42 percent in 2021. Chrome kept gaining points, reaching almost 53 percent in May 2021.

  Search engines usage

According to Statista's Global Consumer Survey from November 2020, 91 percent of respondents declared having used Google in the past four weeks, and seven percent stated having used the search engine Ecosia. Although the main players on the browser and search engine markets seem to be used by a majority of users, French people also mentioned wishing using alternative web browsers or search engines: in fact, 29 percent of respondents stated already using an alternative Internet browser to Internet Explorer or Chrome, in a survey from May 2018.

This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in the United States in 2018 on popular internet browser. Some 70 percent of respondents state they used Chrome at least once a month. The Survey Data Table for the Statista survey Cybersecurity in the United States 2018 contains the complete tables for the survey including various column headings.

As of December 2024, Google Chrome accounted for around 66 percent of the global desktop internet browser market share. Around half of the world’s population uses the internet on a regular basis, and web browsers serve as the channel through which users from across the globe access the internet each day.  What are people using their web browsers for?   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 frequently visited sites in the world, with users determined to keep up to date with the digital presence of their friends, families, and favorite celebrities. Privacy concerns   Web browsers provide users with an integral digital service, but recent data leaks have alerted users to the pitfalls of putting too much personal data online. A great number of people are becoming aware of and concerned about their online privacy, meaning that web browser developers must prove themselves capable of protecting information if they hope to receive the continued loyalty of their users.

As of September 2024, Safari accounted for 45.18 percent of the market share of mobile browser market in Taiwan, while Apple was the leading Taiwanese smartphone market player.

As of September 2024, Samsung Internet accounted for almost eight percent of the market share of mobile browser market in Taiwan, while Apple was the leading Taiwanese smartphone market player.

What is the browser usage like in Belgium? Google Chrome was the most used internet browser in Belgium in December 2024 with a market share of over 54 percent. This ranking consists of mobile, desktop, tablet as well as console browsers. This might explain the entries for some specific browsers, like Apple’s Safari (which is a desktop browser but comes pre-installed on iPhones) or Samsung Internet. The smartphone penetration in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium) was at 93 percent in 2020. Internet access in Belgium is on the up… In 2020, roughly 91 percent of Belgian households had access to the Internet. This was the exact same as the European average of 91 percent. Compared to other European countries, Belgium used to be considered below average when it comes to Internet access at home. This value increased in 2018, however, and has been increasing steadily in recent years. … as well as mobile Internet use. Communication and entertainment are popular ways for Belgians to spend time on the Internet. Facebook and Facebook Messenger ranked among the most cited apps that were used every day in Belgium in 2017. This is much the same for teenagers from Flanders, although they also mention Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube as their preferred smartphone apps.