U.S. internet browser market share 2015-2022

As of December 2022, Google Chrome had the largest market share in the United States, with over 50 percent, followed by Apple's Safari, with almost 34 percent. Furthermore, Microsoft's Edge browser had a United States market share of 6.73 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 2022. 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.

Market share held by leading internet browsers in the United States from January 2015 to December 2022

Characteristic	Chrome	Safari	IE	Firefox	Edge Legacy	Android	Samsung Internet	Edge	Opera	360 Safe Browser	Other
Dec '22	50.83%	33.97%	0.36%	3.59%	0.05%	0.84%	1.74%	6.73%	1.15%	-	0.74%
Nov '22	50.72%	34.02%	0.4%	3.6%	0.05%	0.8%	1.69%	6.98%	1.09%	-	0.65%
Oct '22	50.94%	34.12%	0.47%	3.55%	0.04%	0.81%	2.08%	6.42%	0.94%	-	0.63%
Sep '22	50.6%	34.65%	0.46%	3.52%	0.06%	0.83%	2.05%	6.37%	0.89%	-	0.57%
Aug '22	49.7%	35.82%	0.44%	3.48%	0.05%	0.84%	1.92%	6.39%	0.89%	0.02%	0%
Jul '22	49.34%	36.09%	0.33%	3.36%	0.05%	0.87%	2.4%	6.17%	0.94%	0.02%	0%
Jun '22	50.21%	35.63%	0.32%	3.46%	0.05%	0.83%	1.98%	6.14%	0.91%	0.02%	0%
May '22	48.62%	35.37%	1.98%	3.48%	0.86%	0.77%	1.87%	5.72%	0.81%	0.02%	0%
Apr '22	49.1%	36.24%	0.56%	3.62%	0.53%	0.82%	1.94%	5.93%	0.74%	0.02%	0%
Mar '22	49.72%	35.96%	0.48%	3.53%	0.32%	0.81%	1.92%	5.91%	0.76%	0.02%	0%
Feb '22	49.29%	36.13%	0.79%	3.46%	0.4%	0.81%	1.87%	5.81%	0.75%	0.02%	0%
Jan '22	48.62%	37.05%	0.59%	3.56%	0.08%	0.81%	1.94%	5.95%	0.82%	0.04%	0%
Dec '21	48.74%	36.74%	0.63%	3.63%	0.1%	0.82%	1.95%	5.92%	0.84%	0.06%	0%
Nov '21	49.44%	35.57%	0.71%	3.54%	0.12%	0.8%	1.97%	6.4%	0.82%	0.07%	0%
Oct '21	50.34%	34.91%	0.73%	3.42%	0.13%	0.82%	1.96%	6.18%	0.78%	0.09%	0%
Sep '21	50.46%	34.7%	0.84%	3.47%	0.21%	0.84%	1.97%	5.96%	0.8%	0.09%	0%
Aug '21	48.89%	35.97%	0.92%	3.56%	0.26%	0.91%	2.14%	5.8%	0.81%	0.09%	0%
Jul '21	48.14%	36.8%	0.96%	3.44%	0.24%	0.95%	2.25%	5.57%	0.85%	0.09%	0%
Jun '21	48.58%	36.39%	0.98%	3.37%	0.28%	0.9%	2.24%	5.64%	0.85%	0.09%	0%
May '21	49.21%	35.94%	1%	3.28%	0.28%	1.12%	2.17%	5.37%	0.8%	0.09%	0%
Apr '21	48.13%	36.61%	1.15%	3.44%	0.32%	1.03%	2.12%	5.43%	0.79%	0.1%	0%
Mar '21	47.62%	37.2%	1.21%	3.52%	0.35%	0.9%	2.15%	5.53%	0.75%	0.09%	0%
Feb '21	46.81%	37.72%	1.32%	3.61%	0.38%	0.94%	2.21%	5.57%	0.75%	0.07%	0%
Jan '21	45.89%	38.89%	1.33%	3.55%	0.4%	0.94%	2.26%	5.26%	0.75%	0.07%	0%
Dec '20	45.66%	38.53%	1.91%	3.76%	0.42%	0.91%	2.27%	5.07%	0.73%	0.09%	0%
Nov '20	46.23%	37.87%	2.2%	3.7%	0.48%	0.9%	2.3%	4.88%	0.69%	0.1%	0%
Oct '20	48.34%	35.59%	2.31%	3.81%	0.58%	0.88%	2.13%	4.98%	0.66%	0.12%	0%
Sep '20	48.06%	35.45%	2.5%	4.04%	0.67%	0.93%	2.19%	4.63%	0.7%	0.12%	0%
Aug '20	47.37%	35.62%	2.67%	4.16%	0.95%	1.01%	2.29%	4.35%	0.73%	0.13%	0%
Jul '20	47.4%	35.45%	2.82%	4.3%	1.6%	1.03%	2.3%	3.55%	0.71%	0.12%	0%
Jun '20	47.82%	35.31%	2.91%	4.29%	3.01%	1.04%	2.29%	1.87%	0.66%	0.12%	0%
May '20	47.62%	35.96%	2.71%	4.33%	3.56%	1.1%	2.24%	1.08%	0.59%	0.11%	0%
Apr '20	45.32%	39.4%	2.5%	3.92%	3.51%	0.92%	2.45%	0.73%	0.46%	0.11%	0%
Mar '20	45.66%	38.32%	3.38%	3.93%	3.54%	0.93%	2.5%	0.44%	0.44%	0.13%	0%
Feb '20	47.45%	36.34%	3.12%	4.32%	3.86%	0.97%	2.44%	0.16%	0.48%	0.03%	0%
Jan '20	47.84%	36.32%	2.62%	4.38%	3.91%	0.98%	2.58%	0.01%	0.49%	0.03%	0%
Dec '19	47.91%	36.89%	2.36%	3.98%	3.62%	0.87%	3.17%	0%	0.45%	0.02%	0%
Nov '19	49.41%	35.07%	2.73%	4.22%	3.91%	0.95%	2.43%	0%	0.46%	0.01%	0%
Oct '19	51.18%	32.9%	3.26%	4.13%	3.91%	0.94%	2.41%	0%	0.49%	0.02%	0%
Sep '19	50.09%	33.48%	3.53%	4.28%	4.04%	0.96%	2.36%	0%	0.54%	0.02%	0%
Aug '19	49.94%	32.78%	3.75%	4.49%	4.15%	1.05%	2.49%	0%	0.58%	0.02%	0%
Jul '19	48.5%	32.83%	4.8%	4.39%	4.23%	1.11%	2.8%	0%	0.57%	0.02%	0%
Jun '19	49.41%	32.11%	4.8%	4.43%	4.24%	1.19%	2.54%	0%	0.57%	0.01%	0%
May '19	50.77%	31.13%	4.88%	4.45%	4.12%	1.01%	2.41%	0%	0.54%	0.02%	0%
Apr '19	49.58%	31.86%	5%	4.55%	4.22%	1.1%	2.42%	0%	0.58%	0.02%	0.01%
Mar '19	49.09%	31.85%	5.14%	4.6%	4.36%	1.12%	2.45%	0%	0.63%	0.02%	0.01%
Feb '19	49.3%	31.61%	5.18%	4.47%	4.57%	1.13%	2.45%	0%	0.58%	0.02%	0.01%
Jan '19	48.84%	31.64%	5.3%	4.65%	4.51%	1.27%	2.46%	0%	0.59%	0.03%	0.01%
Dec '18	49.36%	32%	5%	4.8%	4.29%	1.3%	1.97%	0%	0.55%	0.01%	0.01%
Nov '18	49.22%	32.44%	5.06%	4.85%	4.21%	1.2%	1.86%	0%	0.51%	0.01%	0.01%
Oct '18	50.12%	31.5%	5.23%	5%	3.97%	1.25%	1.83%	0%	0.48%	0.01%	0.01%
Sep '18	50%	31.65%	4.97%	4.98%	3.95%	1.38%	1.91%	0%	0.5%	0.02%	0.01%
Aug '18	49.28%	31.09%	5.49%	5.41%	4.06%	1.4%	1.94%	0%	0.54%	0.05%	0.01%
Jul '18	48.83%	31.42%	5.59%	5.29%	3.85%	1.5%	2.04%	0%	0.56%	0.03%	0.01%
Jun '18	48.07%	31.7%	6.02%	5.37%	3.89%	1.41%	2.09%	0%	0.58%	0.03%	0.01%
May '18	48.76%	31.54%	5.59%	5.42%	3.79%	1.36%	1.99%	0%	0.56%	0.02%	0.01%
Apr '18	48.55%	31.07%	5.73%	5.78%	3.89%	1.41%	1.93%	0%	0.59%	0.07%	0.01%
Mar '18	48.69%	32.36%	5.25%	5.31%	3.67%	1.35%	1.92%	0%	0.5%	0.03%	0.01%
Feb '18	51.72%	30.14%	4.96%	5.09%	3.4%	1.6%	1.8%	0%	0.47%	0.03%	0.01%
Jan '18	50.44%	30.79%	5.26%	5.24%	3.45%	1.55%	1.8%	0%	0.57%	0.05%	0.01%
Dec '17	48.3%	32.65%	5.42%	5.35%	3.48%	1.43%	1.89%	0%	0.58%	0.05%	0.01%
Nov '17	47.18%	31.84%	6.17%	5.82%	3.94%	1.32%	2.01%	0%	0.58%	0.04%	0.01%
Oct '17	46.06%	31.23%	6.78%	6.2%	4.21%	1.33%	2.41%	0%	0.61%	0.08%	0.01%
Sep '17	45.85%	31.97%	6.21%	6.12%	4.12%	1.49%	2.56%	0%	0.59%	0.06%	0.01%
Aug '17	44.48%	33.7%	6.32%	5.88%	3.34%	1.79%	2.84%	0%	0.67%	0.07%	0.01%
Jul '17	44.86%	33.18%	6.23%	5.8%	3.35%	1.83%	3.04%	0%	0.61%	0.08%	0.01%
Jun '17	44.98%	32.54%	7.28%	5.97%	3.28%	1.58%	2.73%	0%	0.55%	0.07%	0.01%
May '17	45.7%	31.28%	7.54%	6.56%	3.25%	1.48%	2.47%	0%	0.51%	0.08%	0.01%
Apr '17	45.31%	31.86%	7.28%	6.66%	3.29%	1.51%	2.43%	0%	0.49%	0.08%	0.01%
Mar '17	45.19%	32.1%	7.48%	6.53%	3.22%	1.59%	2.32%	0%	0.44%	0.06%	0.01%
Feb '17	44.81%	31.44%	8.13%	6.77%	3.35%	1.59%	2.35%	0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.01%
Jan '17	43.17%	30.95%	10.08%	6.96%	3.22%	1.61%	2.34%	0%	0.43%	0.11%	0.01%
Dec '16	44.25%	30.98%	8.63%	7.19%	3.14%	1.63%	2.41%	0%	0.48%	0.1%	0.01%
Nov '16	44.95%	30.7%	8.21%	7.28%	3.05%	1.63%	2.44%	0%	0.46%	0.07%	0.01%
Oct '16	44.38%	29.96%	9.1%	7.56%	2.99%	1.67%	2.48%	0%	0.47%	0.09%	0.01%
Sep '16	43.58%	27.02%	10.83%	8.23%	2.8%	1.68%	2.55%	0%	0.75%	0.27%	0.01%
Aug '16	42.72%	28.4%	10.64%	8.39%	3.01%	1.87%	2.7%	0%	0.65%	0.23%	0.02%
Jul '16	44.18%	28.63%	9.38%	8.06%	2.94%	2.04%	2.68%	0%	0.66%	0.18%	0.02%
Jun '16	44.53%	26.79%	11.86%	8.01%	2.67%	1.92%	2.38%	0%	0.52%	0.18%	0.02%
May '16	43.27%	26.05%	13.28%	8.69%	2.4%	1.93%	2.22%	0%	0.66%	0.18%	0.02%
Apr '16	43.88%	24.8%	14.08%	8.66%	2.18%	1.93%	2.18%	0%	0.71%	0.25%	0.01%
Mar '16	43.07%	24.88%	14.67%	8.64%	2.07%	2.06%	2.14%	0%	0.87%	0.21%	0.02%
Feb '16	42.52%	25.49%	15.46%	9.38%	1.93%	2.21%	0.54%	0%	0.8%	0.21%	0.02%
Jan '16	41.57%	24.8%	16.71%	10.34%	1.74%	2.15%	0%	0%	0.77%	0.26%	0.02%
Dec '15	40.11%	27.09%	17.2%	8.68%	1.52%	2.14%	0%	0%	1.14%	0.37%	0.02%
Nov '15	40.27%	25.46%	18.87%	9.22%	1.27%	2.28%	0%	0%	0.65%	0.27%	0.02%
Oct '15	40.88%	25.01%	17.5%	10.11%	1.18%	2.44%	0%	0%	0.71%	0.35%	0.02%
Sep '15	41.44%	25.58%	16.33%	10.32%	1.03%	2.42%	0%	0%	0.61%	0.35%	0.02%
Aug '15	40.57%	27.09%	15.64%	10.21%	0.77%	2.76%	0%	0%	0.62%	0.25%	0.02%
Jul '15	38.9%	27.7%	17.23%	10.1%	0.05%	3.05%	0%	0%	0.64%	0.27%	0.02%
Jun '15	37.6%	25.66%	19.92%	10.99%	0%	2.87%	0%	0%	0.55%	0.53%	0.02%
May '15	37.01%	26.12%	19.49%	11.23%	0%	2.94%	0%	0%	0.47%	0.89%	0.02%
Apr '15	38.29%	23.96%	19.1%	12.44%	0%	2.82%	0%	0%	0.47%	0.98%	0.02%
Mar '15	37.36%	26.51%	18.16%	11.33%	0%	3.42%	0%	0%	0.5%	0.7%	0.02%
Feb '15	35.9%	26.26%	20.01%	10.52%	0%	3.96%	0%	0%	0.51%	0.78%	0.02%
Jan '15	35.69%	25.94%	20.88%	10.61%	0%	3.99%	0%	0%	0.42%	0.4%	0.02%