Analytical company Net Applications published April statistics on the global market of web browsers. According to the data presented, Google Chrome continues to be the most popular browser among personal computer users - its market share is an impressive 65,4 percent. In second place is Firefox (10,2%), in third - Internet Explorer (8,4%). The Internet browser that replaced IE, Microsoft Edge, is used on only 5,5% of PCs with a WAN connection. Closes the top five Safari c 3,6% of the market.
In the mobile space affecting smartphone and tablet users, Chrome also holds the leading position with 63,5% of the audience. The second most popular is Safari (26,4% of the market), the third is the Chinese QQ Browser (2,7%). Last month, 1,8% of mobile gadget owners surfed the web using the Firefox browser, about one and a half percent of them browsed the Internet using the classic Android browser. There is a dominant position of Google products in all segments of the browser market.
It is worth noting that despite the rather precarious position of Microsoft Edge in the global browser market, the development team of the software giant continues to develop and improve its product. Most recently the company a new version of the Edge web browser based on the Chromium open source project. By betting on Open Source, Microsoft hopes to have time to jump into the last car of the outgoing train and attract a user audience to their side.
The full version of the Net Applications report can be found on the website .