Challenging Chrome in the desktop browser market is tough, and Statcounter's latest data proves that even mastodonts like Microsoft are struggling.
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Statcounter's latest browser stats are here, showing Microsoft Edge getting very close to a 14% market share.
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Microsoft Edge is not making any major leaps in the desktop browser market, but, slow but steady, it continues to increase its share. According to the latest data, Edge is about to cross the 14% mark.
In June 2024, Microsoft's desktop browser slightly increased its market share. According to Statcounter, Microsoft Edge currently holds about 13.36%, which grants it second place behind Chrome.
Statcounter reports that Microsoft's desktop browser has now reached its all-time new high share of 13.14%, further securing its "second most popular browser" position in the desktop market.
The new report from Statcounter shows Microsoft Edge slowly climbing up and getting closer to a 13% market share. However, in April 2024, Chrome also increased its share in the desktop browser market.
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Microsoft is trying very hard to get more people to switch to Edge. However, according to the latest findings by Statcounter, those efforts do not yield much success and cannot dethrone Chrome.
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According to the latest data from Statcounter, the Microsoft Edge browser reached its new all-time high market share of 12.96%, gaining over one point in the first month of this year.
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The December 2023 report from Statcounter is out with new data about the most popular browsers. Microsoft Edge is getting closer to 12%, Safari takes a sudden dive, and Chrome fights back.
According to the November 2023 report from Statcounter, Microsoft Edge achieved its biggest market share to date. However, the browser is still far away from Google Chrome and even Apple's Safari.
Statcounter's July 2023 report is out with new numbers about browsers, operating systems, search engines, more. According to the latest findings, Edge remains the third most popular desktop browser.
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Statcounter has released the latest monthly report detailing changes in the desktop browser market. According to the findings, Safari continues climbing, Chrome goes down, and Edge is stalled.
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Statcounter has released the May 2023 report with the latest data about the browser market. According to the findings, Safari continues climbing after overtaking Microsoft Edge in April 2023.
The latest report from Statcounter reveals a dramatic change in the desktop browser market. Safari, the only non-cross-platform mainstream browser, has overtaken Edge in the race for second place.
According to Statcounter's February 2023 browser market report, Microsoft Edge is about to lose its "second-most popular desktop browser" title to Apple's macOS-only Safari browser.
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Statcounter has released the January 2023 report with details about the mainstream browser. While the overall picture remains (and will remain) unchanged, all players have modest gains and losses.
Statcounter's monthly report is out, bringing new data about desktop browsers and operating systems. According to the latest findings, Edge did not gain much audience in December 2022.
The desktop browser market is a massive, slowly moving ship. However, some of the leading players continue demonstrating steady growth. Microsoft Edge, for example, now has more than 11% market share.
Statcounter's latest report shows that Microsoft has difficulty getting its browser past 11%. Although Edge is the second most popular desktop choice, its market share remains relatively unchanged.
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Apple's release of iOS 16 also contains a new version of Safari which features support for AVIF images. Chrome and Firefox already support AVIF, which leaves mainly Microsoft Edge as the odd one out.
The latest data from Statcounter shows Microsoft Edge steadily climbing in an attempt to reach an 11% market share. Other browsers lost some points, leaving the overall picture unchanged.
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The latest data from Statcounter shows Microsoft Edge climbing steadily on the desktop browser market. In July 2022, Edge reached a 10.84% market share, up 0.2 points from 10.64% in June 2022.
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Google has announced that Chrome on macOS is 20% faster than it was three months ago, according to Apple's own benchmarking software. Even back then, Chrome beat Safari fairly comfortably.
The latest report from StatCounter reveals that Microsoft Edge is slowly gaining more users. In May 2022, the browser reached a 10.11% market share, which is roughly 212 million users.
According to the latest data from StatCounter, Microsoft Edge now has a 10% share of the desktop browser market, which is a significant milestone for the browser introduced seven years ago.
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Statcounter published March 2022 report revealing that Microsoft Edge is now the second most popular browser. It managed to overtake Safari in the desktop market by reaching 9.61%.
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