In April 2022, the share of the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser exceeded 10%. This allowed it to rise to the second place among the most popular browsers for desktop platforms, second only to Google Chrome, which confidently dominates the market.

The April 2022 rating looks like this:

• Google Chrome – 66.64%
• Microsoft Edge – 10.07%
• Apple Safari – 9.61%
• Mozilla Firefox – 7.86%
• Opera – 2.43%
• Internet Explorer – 0.97%

For Microsoft Edge, this result is a significant achievement given that the official version of Chromium was released only two years ago. Since then, the browser began to gain popularity among users. It is actively developing and developers are introducing new and new features.

Why is Edge gaining viewers so fast?

The main reason Microsoft Edge has increased its share on desktop platforms is that it is a standard browser in Windows 11. Microsoft is actively promoting Edge, and its discontinuation of Internet Explorer 11 next month could give it another small step.

With smartphones, the situation is completely different.

When it comes to mobile platforms, it’s a completely different story, reflecting the lack of Microsoft’s mobile operating system since the launch of Windows Mobile. According to an analysis by StatCounter, Edge is not even in the top six browsers on mobile devices. It also takes the lead of the first-placed Chrome, with a share of 62.87%, and Safari on iPhone and iPad takes a comfortable second place with 25.35% ahead of 20.65%. %, Samsung Internet is third with 4.9%.