The Edge browser is about to overtake Safari in desktop market share. If Chrome remains unattainable, Microsoft is slowly but surely establishing itself as a serious alternative.
Google Chrome has been the flagship browser for years. It remains so today with more than 65% market share on the desktop platform, according to the latest results from StatsCounter. However, things are changing backwards, since Safari is being overtaken by Edgethe browser from Microsoft.
Edge quietly continues its merry way and after a long time racing behind Apple’s browser, the curves are crossing. Safari is still the second most used desktop browser with 9.84% market share (9.54% for Edge), but he has every chance of moving up to third by next month.
Edge follows Safari and will become the second desktop browser
Behind Chrome, Safari and Edge, we find the usual peloton : Firefox (which recognizes a gain lately and peaks at 9.18%) and Opera (3%). On mobile, the case is still very different. If Chrome is still number 1 (62%), followed by Safari pushed by the iPhone market (26.7%), third place is attributed to the Samsung browser (5.2%), used by default on smartphones from the constructor.
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Edge, which is also available on mobile (with great convergence between platforms, like Chrome), is unable to establish itself in this segment. Microsoft still has work to do.
Edge comes a long way. Launched in 2015 to replace Internet Explorer, which was then dragging a disastrous image, the browser was installed by default on Windows 10. However, it did not convince the crowds. Microsoft gave it a second chance in early 2020 with a new version, this time running on a Chromium engine.
This version, in addition to being efficient and pleasant to use, seems to appeal to consumers. If Microsoft still does not reach the stratospheric market share of Chrome, flirting with 10% is already a success for a browser which until then had the right only to indifference.
