Google’s Chrome Edges Microsoft’s IE as Top Browser
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is no longer king of the browser hill.
That distinction belongs instead to Google’s Chrome, which according to netmarketshare.com (known also as Net applications.com), registered a collective desktop market share for all versions of the browser of 41.67% in April, nipping IE, which had a 41.37% share. The market share for Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer’s successor, is included in the tally.
Mozilla Firefox (9.76%), Apple Safari (4.91%) and Opera (1.89%) round out the top five. On a version-by-version basis, NetMarketShare reports that Chrome 49 was the leader in April with a 21.79% share, besting runner-up IE 11 at 19.88%.