On June 14, 2022, the world witnessed the definitive death of the browser internet explorer, one of the most complicated, slow and conflictive platforms in the history of the network. And this death apparently only translated into one thing: an increase in sympathy for Microsoft Edge.
This new browser developed by the people behind the Windows Operating System is actually based on Chromium, which is open source, which has made it a much more stable and user-friendly option by nature.
Browsing through Internet Explorer, particularly in recent years, had become a real headache.
So many applauded the recent decision of Microsoft to block the download of the browser and force the download of Edge when opening it on computers where it is already installed.
This basically ended up killing Internet Explorer and apparently the move automatically translated into an increase in popularity and usage rate for the new browser.
Microsoft Edge beats Safari but is far from Chrome
According to a report from Statcounter Microsoft Edge would keep growing in its usage share among PC owners. Since the browser reached a market share of 10.64% at the end of June 2022.
This is the most recent quantified figure and represents the first available statistic that portrays the change in balances just after the death of Internet Explorer.
As it would be obvious to expect, Google Chrome continues to be the absolute master of the sector with a usage share of 66.93% of users.
But still, the Edge browser with this plot twist has now managed to position itself as the second most popular browser on the planet.
So that the Microsoft browser in June 2022 went from 10.12% to 10.64%, an important figure and with which it has been able to surpass, for example, Safari, the web browsing platform developed by Apple.
The fourth place in the list is occupied by Mozilla Firefox and far below in the fifth position we find Operawhich is ironic, since it is perhaps the best browser of all those on that list.
For its part, Microsoft Edge has steadily improved its market share over the past year, although its presence on mobile platforms is virtually non-existent.
It looks like Microsoft is finally getting things right with its browser.