What only happened? With Chrome spending years unchallenged as the world's about popular browser, it's more interesting to see what'southward happening further down the rankings, especially in the battle for third place between Microsoft's Border and Mozilla'due south Firefox.

Statcounter'south study for August shows that while Edge remains in tertiary position backside Chrome and Safari with a three.56% market share, Firefox has been closing the gap over the last couple of months and is now trailing by just 0.02%.

It was back in May 2022—or April, if you go off NetMarketShare'southward figures—that Edge finally overtook Firefox. The Microsoft browser'south share has grown slightly since and then, and while Firefox initially fell, it has at present reached 3.54%.

Don't exist surprised to see Microsoft extend its lead in one case Windows 11 starts rolling out on October 5. The visitor is making information technology more than hard to switch from its default browser in the upcoming OS—something many have called yet some other heavy-handed tactic from the Redmond house, which has long been accused of forcing people onto Edge.

While Edge has been on the rising since Microsoft fabricated the move to a Chromium-based version, Firefox has seen its user numbers plummet in recent years. The company's own Public Information Report revealed that the browser had 244 million active monthly users at the end of 2022, but by the second quarter of 2022, the effigy had fallen to 198 1000000. That's a loss of 46 million people in three years.

Sitting below Firefox, though not by much, is Samsung Internet with a iii.06% share, followed by Opera on ii.17%. None of this will business Google, of course, which has a nearly 65% share, while Safari is second on xviii.75%.

Statcounter'southward data covers desktop, mobile, tablet, and consoles.