U.S. desktop internet browsers market share 2015-2024

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Jan 30, 2025

In December 2024, Microsoft's Edge browser had a market share of 13.34 percent in the United States. Edge was first publicly released in July 2015, with the consumer release of Windows 10. However, Chrome held a majority of the market share, with almost 66 percent in the same month.

What are web browsers?

A web browser is a software application for visualizing websites, documents and data. The most popular current browsers are Google Chrome, Apple’s Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox. Historically one of the large players in the segment, Internet Explorer has unfortunately lost its tight grip on the web browser market.
As shown by the graph at hand, Google Chrome has been the most popular browser in the United States since December 2013. In other countries, Google Chrome has also taken up a dominating role. In the European browser market, Chrome and Safari have established strong market positions with 61 and 11.4 percent, respectively. On a worldwide scale, Chrome provided a share of around 64 percent in the global web browser market as of December 2021.

Market share held by leading desktop internet browsers in the United States from January 2015 to December 2024

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Release date

January 2025

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United States

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January 2015 to December 2024

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