Google Chrome remains unstoppable at the forefront of web browsers for desktop computers as well as mobile phones. According to Statcounter data for the month of December, Google development has a share of 66.14% on PC and 64.31% on mobile.

Web browsers are one of the most important types of applications (if not the most) on any device. It opens the door to the great web of the Internet and its many services and allows you to rank in the search engines like no other software and get the best piece of the multi-billion dollar online advertising pie.

Google Chrome enjoys spectacular dominance and rivals failed to gain ground in 2022, where it fell by a weak 0.2%. In fact, little has changed since the historic turnaround in desktop web browsers in 2016, when it first overtook Internet Explorer. A novelty that hasn’t happened since – many years ago – Internet Explorer defenestered Netscape and became the first web browser on the market.

Today, Chrome has no rivals and is fighting for second place. Focused on desktops, Firefox has been in decline for months with no recovery in sight. The year is closing 7.21%. As for Apple’s Safari, it’s the only development that isn’t cross-platform, and its macOS exclusivity makes it hard to break a certain mark. Actually, 9.02% that Statcounter assigns you in December is lower than for Macs.

Microsoft Edge deserves a special mention. The new version rose to second place after the fall of Firefox and its improvements thanks to the adoption of Chromium technology, but gained only one and a half percentage points in 2022 to close the year in 10.98% stake. This is despite the fact that it is part of the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems by default, which have an absolute domain on computers, and Microsoft’s tricks that make it difficult to use alternatives. (The same thing happens with Chrome on Android)

Browser sharing December 2019 to December 2022 – Statcounter

There are excellent alternatives in web browsers, and those mentioned must include others such as Brave, Opera or Vivaldi, but Google Chrome isn’t losing users, and there’s no indication that it will in the short term. Fast, compatible, secure, with a lot of extensions, support from developers, excellent synchronization with the mobile version and an interface that has not changed much in recent years and is known by heart by users who use it and who do not. .