Market share held by internet browsers in Europe 2009-2024

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Lionel Sujay Vailshery,
Mar 4, 2025

Chrome has over the past decade overtaken IE and Firefox to become the most widely used internet browser (desktop, tablet, mobile and console) in Europe. It's market share reached about 60 percent in 2024. IE's decline in the browser market in Europe is dramatic: from more than 46 percent in 2009 to just over 0.1 percent in 2024.

Market share held by the leading internet browsers in Europe from 2009 to 2024

Characteristic2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Edge Legacy 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0.43% 2.32% 3.12% 3.09% 3.06% 1.91% 0.26% - - 0.02%
Others 1.24% 1.31% 1.37% 1.54% 1.88% 2.32% 2.49% 2.45% 1.83% 1.26% 0.92% 0.73% 0.56% 0.79% 0.33% 0.06%
IE 46.84% 41.22% 33.8% 26.51% 20.73% 13.63% 11.82% 7.4% 5.2% 3.97% 2.69% 1.41% 0.58% - 0.1% 0.06%
Android 0.01% 0.13% 0.68% 2.16% 4.2% 6.7% 5.22% 3.37% 1.86% 1.16% 0.73% 0.5% 0.4% 0.41% 0.34% 0.35%
Yandex Browser 0% 0% 0% 0.01% 0.15% 0.21% 0.36% 0.53% 0.62% 0.71% 0.72% 0.74% 0.67% 0.88% 0.88% 1.08%
Opera 6.62% 4.5% 4.2% 3.66% 2.69% 2.64% 2.93% 2.66% 2.62% 2.64% 2.21% 2.31% 2.76% 3.36% 2.97% 2.8%
Samsung Internet 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 2.34% 3.34% 2.94% 4.06% 3.86% 3.71% 3.38% 3.2% 3.23%
Firefox 39% 37.9% 34.08% 28.43% 24.39% 19.55% 17.41% 13.81% 11.55% 9.2% 7.61% 6.97% 6.3% 5.22% 5.26% 4.56%
Edge 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1.76% 4.81% 5.82% 6.09% 6.79%
Safari 3.18% 4.76% 6.34% 9.04% 11.51% 15.43% 14.7% 15.43% 17.15% 16.85% 17.38% 18.62% 19.85% 21.66% 19.8% 20.02%
Chrome 3.11% 10.18% 19.53% 28.65% 34.45% 39.52% 44.64% 49.69% 52.71% 58.18% 60.62% 61.19% 60.1% 58.48% 60.91% 60.63%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Market share2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024ChromeSafariEdgeFirefoxSamsung InternetOperaYandex BrowserAndroidIEOthersEdge Legacy
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2009 to 2024

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Desktop, tablet, mobile & console browsers.

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