microsoft edge browser overtakes as most

Without NetMarketShare this could be my last word on the subject for quite a while.Įighteen months down the line Martin Brinkmann on ghacks has the headline, Microsoft Edge beats Safari and Firefox to become second after Chrome on desktop systems and it seems worth revisiting this story. However, as its title NetMarketShare Bows Out revealed, the important and disappointing news in that article was that there were to be no more such statistics from NetMarket Share and I concluded my report: The statistics and charts presented then were based on data from NetMarket Share as were those in another report on the ongoing battle of the browsers from November 2020, by which time Edge was on 10.22% of desktop machines, leaving Firefox well behind.

On that occasion Edge had just over 8% share of the desktop browser market and had overtaken Firefox to achieve second place. Back in April 2020 we reported Edge Becomes Second Most Popular Desktop Browser. If, like me, you are experiencing deja vu, yes we have been here before. Here's the breakdown for April 2022 from Statcounter: In doing so it overtook Safari as the second most popular browser on desktop machines. In April Edge, Microsoft's Chromium-based browser gained a global browser market share of 10.07%, surpassing 10% for the first time since its introduction.

Edge Overtakes Safari To Be Second Browser

Microsoft edge browser overtakes as most