U.S. desktop internet browsers market share 2015-2021
In September 2021, Microsoft's Edge browser had a market share of 11.72 percent in the United States (U.S.). Edge was first publicly released in July 2015, with the consumer release of Windows 10. However, Chrome held a majority of the market share wit over 61 percent in the same month.
Web browsers – additional information
A web browser is a software application for visualizing websites, documents and data. The most popular current browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple’s Safari. Historically one of the large players in the segment, Internet Explorer, seems to have 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 Firefox have established strong market positions with about 60.7 and 12 percent, respectively. The Canadian browser market, however, presents a slight variation, as Safari is the second strongest force behind Chrome as of the second quarter of 2021. On a worldwide scale, Chrome provided a share of over 65 percent in the global web browser market as of June 2021.
As a result of numerous plug-ins and other customization features, browser gaming has emerged as a segment of browser usage. Popular social network platforms utilize embedded gaming features on their web pages to enhance traffic. As of May 2019, one of the most successful browser games on Facebook was Candy Crush Saga with around 10 million daily active users. In China, a country with high growth potentials for online market segments, the revenue of browser games was estimated to reach 7.61 billion yuan in 2020, an amount equal to roughly 1.2 billion U.S. dollars.
A web browser is a software application for visualizing websites, documents and data. The most popular current browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple’s Safari. Historically one of the large players in the segment, Internet Explorer, seems to have 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 Firefox have established strong market positions with about 60.7 and 12 percent, respectively. The Canadian browser market, however, presents a slight variation, as Safari is the second strongest force behind Chrome as of the second quarter of 2021. On a worldwide scale, Chrome provided a share of over 65 percent in the global web browser market as of June 2021.
As a result of numerous plug-ins and other customization features, browser gaming has emerged as a segment of browser usage. Popular social network platforms utilize embedded gaming features on their web pages to enhance traffic. As of May 2019, one of the most successful browser games on Facebook was Candy Crush Saga with around 10 million daily active users. In China, a country with high growth potentials for online market segments, the revenue of browser games was estimated to reach 7.61 billion yuan in 2020, an amount equal to roughly 1.2 billion U.S. dollars.
