Microsoft Edge becomes the second most used browser

For many years, the web browser market has been dominated by Google Chrome. This browser has managed to win the loyalty of its users and that is why it has no competition, with more than 67% of the market share, it is the clear winner.

However, the other positions do have much closer competition. Especially the second place, which was occupied by Safari, which had held for some time. However, that has changed and now number two is Microsoft's browser (no, we're not talking about IE).

Microsoft Edge recently overtook Safari as the second largest browser in the market share by slightly outperforming it. This is a huge milestone, especially since the browser is only 3 years old.

What is Microsoft Edge?

Microsoft Edge is a browser developed by Redmond to be the successor to Internet Explorer (IE). This was officially launched in 2015 along with Windows 10. At the time, this browser failed to catch on among users and this was due to the fact that it inherited many of the problems of IE.

And it is that, initially, this was a version of IE with a new look, but it still had a bad reputation. Fortunately, Microsoft realized this and decided to take matters into their own hands.

It is then in 2019 when Microsoft Edge Chromium is released, a new version of the browser. This version has the peculiarity of being developed on Chromium (the same engine as Chrome and others).

This time the company had done very well, a powerful, robust and reliable browser. But best of all, it was much more optimized to work with Windows. This makes browsing lighter and performs better compared to Google Chrome.

Since this new version, Edge has not stopped growing and is becoming more and more popular, which has catapulted it to second place in a short time.

What do the statistics say?

According to statistics published in Statcounter 's Desktop Browser Market Share, as of today, Chome is the dominant system with a 67.26% market share.

In second place, we have Microsoft Edge, which accumulates 9.65% of users. It is closely followed by Safari, which has a 9.57% share. The difference between these two browsers is minimal and that is why the second place is so disputed.

In fourth place and two percentage points below we have Firefox, one of the oldest browsers, but which has stagnated with a 7.57% share.

What is the reason for the important growth of Egde?

Microsoft has learned from its mistakes and ditched the old engine that its browser had in favor of Chromium. This was a boost as you not only get better performance but also support all extensions.

Also, if you use Windows 10 or Windows 11, you should know that it is highly optimized, which makes it work much better than Chrome and has a more modest consumption of resources. All this has led many people to start using this browser on a daily basis.

Another reason why its market share has grown is because it is installed by default in Windows 10 and 11. Also, since it comes installed and it's very good... Why download another one?