According to Statcounter, which measures the popularity of web browsers based on data collected from multiple websites, Safari is once again the second most popular web browser in the world. More specifically, 11.87% of desktop users have been using Safari regularly, while Microsoft Edge now ranks third with 11%.
Unsurprisingly, Google Chrome remains the most-used desktop web browser in the world with 66.13% of the market share. Compared to Statcounter data from 2022, Safari grew by more than 2% while Microsoft Edge grew by only 1%. Google Chrome on the other hand remained with almost the same percentage as last year, which shows that the browser is hardly impacted by its competitors.
Here’s the full ranking below:
- Google Chrome: 66.13%
- Safari: 11.87%
- Microsoft Edge: 11%
- Firefox: 5.65%
- Opera: 3.09%
- Internet Explorer: 0.55%
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