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Browser Market Share 2026: Chrome 66.5%, Safari 18.2%, and a Year of Chrome Gains Gone in One Month

Browser market share in September 2026: Chrome had 66.45% of page views across all devices worldwide, Safari 18.20%, Edge 6.02% and Firefox 2.79%, according to StatCounter Global Stats. In the US, Safari’s share is 12.2 points higher at 30.35%. Chrome’s desktop share fell from 73.17% to 65.14% in one month, undoing a year of gains.

66.45%Chrome, all devices, worldwide
18.20%Safari worldwide; 30.35% in the US
14.64%Edge on desktops worldwide, its highest month
2.79%Firefox, down from 31.8% in 2009
60.76%Chrome on US federal websites (DAP), Sep 2026

We downloaded StatCounter’s monthly browser series back to January 2009 for the world and the US on every platform, all-device data for 249 countries and territories since 2023, desktop and mobile data for the 50 largest markets, and StatCounter’s operating system series for context. As an independent check we pulled the US government’s Digital Analytics Program (DAP) browser and device data for visits to federal websites since August 2023. A page quoting StatCounter’s August 2026 figure (Chrome 69.28% in our download) is quoting a month that includes distorted desktop traffic, explained below.

Seventeen years of browser market share

In January 2009, Internet Explorer had 64.97% of page views worldwide and Chrome had 1.37%. Chrome passed Firefox on desktops in November 2011 and passed Internet Explorer across all platforms in May 2012; in the US it took until June 2013. Mobile then widened the lead: Chrome had 37.69% of mobile page views in January 2016 and 67.77% in September 2026. Firefox peaked at 31.82% in November 2009. Internet Explorer, retired by Microsoft on most Windows 10 versions on June 15, 2022, is down to 0.01%.

ChromeSafariMicrosoft (IE + Edge)FirefoxOperaSamsung InternetUC BrowserAndroid browserOther0%25%50%75%100%ChromeChrome, Sep 2025: 71.86%SafariSafari, May 2023: 20.70%Microsoft (IE + Edge)Microsoft (IE + Edge), Feb 2010: 53.56%FirefoxFirefox, Feb 2010: 31.28%OperaOpera, Sep 2015: 6.28%UC BrowserUC Browser, May 2016: 9.00%Android browserAndroid browser, Nov 2014: 7.53%OtherOther, Dec 2013: 5.44%distorted monthsJan 2009: Chrome 1.4%, Safari 2.8%, IE + Edge 65.0%, Firefox 26.9%Apr 2009: Chrome 2.0%, Safari 3.1%, IE + Edge 61.3%, Firefox 29.4%Jul 2009: Chrome 3.0%, Safari 3.4%, IE + Edge 59.5%, Firefox 30.2%Oct 2009: Chrome 4.1%, Safari 3.8%, IE + Edge 57.3%, Firefox 31.4%Jan 2010: Chrome 5.9%, Safari 4.2%, IE + Edge 54.4%, Firefox 31.1%Apr 2010: Chrome 7.9%, Safari 4.8%, IE + Edge 52.1%, Firefox 31.1%Jul 2010: Chrome 9.6%, Safari 4.7%, IE + Edge 51.2%, Firefox 29.8%Oct 2010: Chrome 11.9%, Safari 5.2%, IE + Edge 47.3%, Firefox 30.1%Jan 2011: Chrome 15.0%, Safari 5.9%, IE + Edge 44.0%, Firefox 29.4%Apr 2011: Chrome 17.3%, Safari 6.0%, IE + Edge 42.2%, Firefox 28.1%Jul 2011: Chrome 20.6%, Safari 6.2%, IE + Edge 39.5%, Firefox 26.0%Oct 2011: Chrome 23.4%, Safari 7.1%, IE + Edge 37.5%, Firefox 24.7%Jan 2012: Chrome 26.0%, Safari 8.1%, IE + Edge 34.3%, Firefox 22.7%Apr 2012: Chrome 28.2%, Safari 8.7%, IE + Edge 30.8%, Firefox 22.5%Jul 2012: Chrome 30.1%, Safari 9.1%, IE + Edge 28.5%, Firefox 21.1%Oct 2012: Chrome 30.7%, Safari 9.7%, IE + Edge 28.3%, Firefox 19.7%Jan 2013: Chrome 31.7%, Safari 10.7%, IE + Edge 26.6%, Firefox 18.6%Apr 2013: Chrome 34.2%, Safari 10.4%, IE + Edge 25.8%, Firefox 17.4%Jul 2013: Chrome 36.6%, Safari 11.2%, IE + Edge 20.5%, Firefox 16.8%Oct 2013: Chrome 33.8%, Safari 10.8%, IE + Edge 23.5%, Firefox 14.8%Jan 2014: Chrome 35.9%, Safari 12.6%, IE + Edge 17.8%, Firefox 14.8%Apr 2014: Chrome 38.3%, Safari 12.7%, IE + Edge 16.4%, Firefox 14.3%Jul 2014: Chrome 38.8%, Safari 14.3%, IE + Edge 15.5%, Firefox 12.8%Oct 2014: Chrome 41.5%, Safari 15.3%, IE + Edge 13.4%, Firefox 12.0%Jan 2015: Chrome 42.3%, Safari 13.8%, IE + Edge 13.3%, Firefox 11.8%Apr 2015: Chrome 44.3%, Safari 12.9%, IE + Edge 12.5%, Firefox 11.6%Jul 2015: Chrome 45.1%, Safari 13.2%, IE + Edge 10.8%, Firefox 10.0%Oct 2015: Chrome 46.7%, Safari 12.0%, IE + Edge 10.1%, Firefox 9.5%Jan 2016: Chrome 47.8%, Safari 12.9%, IE + Edge 10.0%, Firefox 9.0%Apr 2016: Chrome 47.4%, Safari 12.8%, IE + Edge 8.4%, Firefox 8.4%Jul 2016: Chrome 49.5%, Safari 13.7%, IE + Edge 7.0%, Firefox 7.8%Oct 2016: Chrome 50.6%, Safari 13.7%, IE + Edge 6.3%, Firefox 7.1%Jan 2017: Chrome 51.8%, Safari 14.5%, IE + Edge 6.5%, Firefox 6.8%Apr 2017: Chrome 53.7%, Safari 14.6%, IE + Edge 5.6%, Firefox 6.3%Jul 2017: Chrome 54.3%, Safari 14.2%, IE + Edge 5.5%, Firefox 5.7%Oct 2017: Chrome 54.6%, Safari 14.6%, IE + Edge 6.0%, Firefox 6.1%Jan 2018: Chrome 56.3%, Safari 14.4%, IE + Edge 5.1%, Firefox 5.7%Apr 2018: Chrome 57.4%, Safari 14.0%, IE + Edge 5.2%, Firefox 5.5%Jul 2018: Chrome 59.7%, Safari 13.8%, IE + Edge 4.9%, Firefox 5.0%Oct 2018: Chrome 61.5%, Safari 15.1%, IE + Edge 5.0%, Firefox 5.0%Jan 2019: Chrome 61.7%, Safari 15.2%, IE + Edge 4.8%, Firefox 4.7%Apr 2019: Chrome 62.8%, Safari 15.8%, IE + Edge 4.6%, Firefox 4.9%Jul 2019: Chrome 63.4%, Safari 15.1%, IE + Edge 4.4%, Firefox 4.5%Oct 2019: Chrome 64.9%, Safari 16.0%, IE + Edge 4.0%, Firefox 4.3%Jan 2020: Chrome 64.1%, Safari 17.2%, IE + Edge 3.9%, Firefox 4.7%Apr 2020: Chrome 62.5%, Safari 19.9%, IE + Edge 4.1%, Firefox 4.2%Jul 2020: Chrome 65.9%, Safari 16.6%, IE + Edge 4.2%, Firefox 4.3%Oct 2020: Chrome 66.1%, Safari 17.2%, IE + Edge 4.4%, Firefox 4.0%Jan 2021: Chrome 63.5%, Safari 19.4%, IE + Edge 4.4%, Firefox 3.6%Apr 2021: Chrome 64.5%, Safari 18.7%, IE + Edge 4.3%, Firefox 3.6%Jul 2021: Chrome 65.1%, Safari 18.6%, IE + Edge 4.2%, Firefox 3.5%Oct 2021: Chrome 64.7%, Safari 19.1%, IE + Edge 4.6%, Firefox 3.7%Jan 2022: Chrome 63.1%, Safari 19.8%, IE + Edge 4.7%, Firefox 4.2%Apr 2022: Chrome 64.3%, Safari 19.2%, IE + Edge 4.6%, Firefox 3.4%Jul 2022: Chrome 65.1%, Safari 18.9%, IE + Edge 4.4%, Firefox 3.3%Oct 2022: Chrome 65.3%, Safari 19.0%, IE + Edge 4.8%, Firefox 3.1%Jan 2023: Chrome 65.4%, Safari 18.7%, IE + Edge 4.8%, Firefox 3.0%Apr 2023: Chrome 63.5%, Safari 20.5%, IE + Edge 5.2%, Firefox 2.8%Jul 2023: Chrome 63.5%, Safari 19.9%, IE + Edge 5.4%, Firefox 2.8%Oct 2023: Chrome 63.2%, Safari 19.9%, IE + Edge 5.7%, Firefox 3.0%Jan 2024: Chrome 64.4%, Safari 18.8%, IE + Edge 5.6%, Firefox 3.3%Apr 2024: Chrome 65.3%, Safari 18.1%, IE + Edge 5.4%, Firefox 2.9%Jul 2024: Chrome 65.4%, Safari 18.4%, IE + Edge 5.4%, Firefox 2.7%Oct 2024: Chrome 66.7%, Safari 18.1%, IE + Edge 5.4%, Firefox 2.6%Jan 2025: Chrome 67.0%, Safari 18.0%, IE + Edge 5.3%, Firefox 2.5%Apr 2025: Chrome 66.2%, Safari 17.2%, IE + Edge 5.4%, Firefox 2.5%Jul 2025: Chrome 67.9%, Safari 16.2%, IE + Edge 5.4%, Firefox 2.5%Oct 2025: Chrome 73.2%, Safari 13.3%, IE + Edge 4.7%, Firefox 2.2%Jan 2026: Chrome 71.4%, Safari 14.8%, IE + Edge 4.7%, Firefox 2.2%Apr 2026: Chrome 68.0%, Safari 17.0%, IE + Edge 5.6%, Firefox 2.3%Jul 2026: Chrome 68.3%, Safari 16.5%, IE + Edge 5.4%, Firefox 3.3%200920112013201520172019202120232025

Source: StatCounter Global Stats, Browser Market Share, monthly. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. All platforms (desktop, mobile, tablet, console), worldwide. Microsoft = Internet Explorer + Edge Legacy + Edge. “Android browser” is StatCounter’s “Android” label. Hover for monthly values. Red bar: Jul 2025 to Aug 2026, when distorted desktop traffic inflated Chrome.

Year Chrome Safari IE + Edge Firefox Opera Samsung Internet UC Browser
2009 3.0% 3.3% 59.7% 29.9% 2.9% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 9.6% 4.9% 50.3% 30.4% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 19.9% 6.4% 40.2% 26.4% 3.1% 0.0% 0.1%
2012 29.3% 9.0% 29.6% 21.3% 3.7% 0.0% 0.8%
2013 34.7% 10.9% 23.2% 16.6% 3.7% 0.0% 1.7%
2014 38.9% 13.7% 15.5% 13.2% 4.0% 0.0% 2.8%
2015 44.9% 13.0% 11.5% 10.5% 5.0% 0.0% 5.4%
2016 49.1% 13.3% 7.6% 8.0% 5.5% 2.4% 7.7%
2017 54.0% 14.5% 5.8% 6.2% 3.8% 3.3% 8.2%
2018 59.3% 14.4% 5.0% 5.2% 3.5% 2.8% 6.6%
2019 63.3% 15.9% 4.4% 4.6% 2.6% 3.5% 3.3%
2020 64.6% 17.8% 4.2% 4.2% 2.0% 3.4% 1.7%
2021 64.5% 18.9% 4.4% 3.6% 2.2% 3.1% 1.2%
2022 64.8% 18.9% 4.6% 3.4% 2.2% 2.8% 0.9%
2023 63.8% 19.7% 5.3% 3.0% 2.8% 2.5% 0.9%
2024 65.8% 18.2% 5.3% 2.8% 2.3% 2.5% 0.9%
2025 68.8% 16.0% 5.2% 2.4% 1.9% 2.0% 0.7%
2026* 68.8% 16.4% 5.4% 2.6% 1.9% 2.0% 0.6%

Yearly mean of monthly all-platform shares, worldwide. *2026: January to September. Source: StatCounter Global Stats, Browser Market Share, monthly. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.

Browser market share by platform

Which browser leads depends on the device. Worldwide in September 2026, 59.0% of page views came from phones and 39.2% from desktops; in the US the split was 49.0% mobile and 48.5% desktop. Chrome leads everywhere, but Edge is a desktop browser (second on desktops at 14.64%), Safari is strongest on phones and tablets, and Samsung Internet only matters on mobile.

Worldwide United States · September 2026

All platformsChromeAll platforms, Chrome, worldwide: 66.45%66.5%All platforms, Chrome, United States: 53.89%53.9%SafariAll platforms, Safari, worldwide: 18.20%18.2%All platforms, Safari, United States: 30.35%30.4%EdgeAll platforms, Edge, worldwide: 6.02%6.0%All platforms, Edge, United States: 7.52%7.5%FirefoxAll platforms, Firefox, worldwide: 2.79%2.8%All platforms, Firefox, United States: 3.33%3.3%Samsung InternetAll platforms, Samsung Internet, worldwide: 2.31%2.3%All platforms, Samsung Internet, United States: 1.80%1.8%OperaAll platforms, Opera, worldwide: 1.77%1.8%All platforms, Opera, United States: 1.18%1.2%
DesktopChromeDesktop, Chrome, worldwide: 65.14%65.1%Desktop, Chrome, United States: 60.89%60.9%EdgeDesktop, Edge, worldwide: 14.64%14.6%Desktop, Edge, United States: 14.83%14.8%SafariDesktop, Safari, worldwide: 8.06%8.1%Desktop, Safari, United States: 14.04%14.0%FirefoxDesktop, Firefox, worldwide: 6.09%6.1%Desktop, Firefox, United States: 5.56%5.6%OperaDesktop, Opera, worldwide: 2.38%2.4%Desktop, Opera, United States: 1.71%1.7%BraveDesktop, Brave, worldwide: 1.11%1.1%Desktop, Brave, United States: 1.16%1.2%
MobileChromeMobile, Chrome, worldwide: 67.77%67.8%Mobile, Chrome, United States: 47.50%47.5%SafariMobile, Safari, worldwide: 24.59%24.6%Mobile, Safari, United States: 46.31%46.3%Samsung InternetMobile, Samsung Internet, worldwide: 3.49%3.5%Mobile, Samsung Internet, United States: 3.29%3.3%OperaMobile, Opera, worldwide: 1.40%1.4%Mobile, Opera, United States: 0.69%0.7%UC BrowserMobile, UC Browser, worldwide: 0.79%0.8%Mobile, UC Browser, United States: 0.06%0.1%FirefoxMobile, Firefox, worldwide: 0.68%0.7%Mobile, Firefox, United States: 1.29%1.3%
TabletChromeTablet, Chrome, worldwide: 53.05%53.0%Tablet, Chrome, United States: 44.69%44.7%SafariTablet, Safari, worldwide: 30.51%30.5%Tablet, Safari, United States: 35.29%35.3%AndroidTablet, Android, worldwide: 12.24%12.2%Tablet, Android, United States: 16.91%16.9%EdgeTablet, Edge, worldwide: 0.96%1.0%Tablet, Edge, United States: 1.50%1.5%OperaTablet, Opera, worldwide: 0.97%1.0%Tablet, Opera, United States: 0.55%0.6%FirefoxTablet, Firefox, worldwide: 0.02%0.0%Tablet, Firefox, United States: 0.02%0.0%

Source: StatCounter Global Stats, Browser Market Share, monthly. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Share of page views within each platform.

Browser All, world All, US Desktop, world Desktop, US Mobile, world Mobile, US Tablet, world Tablet, US
Chrome 66.45 53.89 65.14 60.89 67.77 47.50 53.05 44.69
Safari 18.20 30.35 8.06 14.04 24.59 46.31 30.51 35.29
Edge 6.02 7.52 14.64 14.83 0.41 0.45 0.96 1.50
Firefox 2.79 3.33 6.09 5.56 0.68 1.29 0.02 0.02
Samsung Internet 2.31 1.80     3.49 3.29    
Opera 1.77 1.18 2.38 1.71 1.40 0.69 0.97 0.55
Brave 0.45 0.61 1.11 1.16 0.03 0.08    
UC Browser 0.47 0.03     0.79 0.06 0.16 0.02

Percent of page views, September 2026. Blank: not listed by StatCounter for that platform, or zero. Source: StatCounter Global Stats, Browser Market Share, monthly. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.

The distortion: why Chrome lost 8.0 desktop points in a month

From July 2025 to August 2026, Chrome averaged 73.16% of desktop page views worldwide, against 65.42% from January 2024 to June 2025, and peaked at 78.14% in October 2025. Over the same months, the share of desktop page views that StatCounter could not assign to any operating system averaged 16.68%, against 6.44% before. In September 2026 the unidentified share fell from 24.09% to 5.20%, and Chrome dropped from 73.17% to 65.14%, back to its 2024 level. Since June 2023 the two monthly series have a correlation of 0.78.

Jul 2025 to Aug 2026: unidentified-OS traffic far above normal0%20%40%60%80%Chrome, desktop, Jun 2023: 61.16%Chrome, desktop, Jul 2023: 63.33%Chrome, desktop, Aug 2023: 63.53%Chrome, desktop, Sep 2023: 64.27%Chrome, desktop, Oct 2023: 63.24%Chrome, desktop, Nov 2023: 62.06%Chrome, desktop, Dec 2023: 65.23%Chrome, desktop, Jan 2024: 64.84%Chrome, desktop, Feb 2024: 65.38%Chrome, desktop, Mar 2024: 65.77%Chrome, desktop, Apr 2024: 65.65%Chrome, desktop, May 2024: 64.87%Chrome, desktop, Jun 2024: 64.69%Chrome, desktop, Jul 2024: 64.72%Chrome, desktop, Aug 2024: 64.54%Chrome, desktop, Sep 2024: 64.88%Chrome, desktop, Oct 2024: 65.24%Chrome, desktop, Nov 2024: 66.33%Chrome, desktop, Dec 2024: 66.83%Chrome, desktop, Jan 2025: 65.76%Chrome, desktop, Feb 2025: 65.55%Chrome, desktop, Mar 2025: 65.70%Chrome, desktop, Apr 2025: 65.08%Chrome, desktop, May 2025: 65.17%Chrome, desktop, Jun 2025: 66.59%Chrome, desktop, Jul 2025: 69.75%Chrome, desktop, Aug 2025: 70.31%Chrome, desktop, Sep 2025: 73.81%Chrome, desktop, Oct 2025: 78.14%Chrome, desktop, Nov 2025: 75.16%Chrome, desktop, Dec 2025: 75.58%Chrome, desktop, Jan 2026: 76.38%Chrome, desktop, Feb 2026: 73.26%Chrome, desktop, Mar 2026: 69.37%Chrome, desktop, Apr 2026: 71.56%Chrome, desktop, May 2026: 75.05%Chrome, desktop, Jun 2026: 72.06%Chrome, desktop, Jul 2026: 70.67%Chrome, desktop, Aug 2026: 73.17%Chrome, desktop, Sep 2026: 65.14%Unidentified OS, Jun 2023: 3.24%Unidentified OS, Jul 2023: 3.69%Unidentified OS, Aug 2023: 4.02%Unidentified OS, Sep 2023: 4.52%Unidentified OS, Oct 2023: 3.75%Unidentified OS, Nov 2023: 3.03%Unidentified OS, Dec 2023: 4.64%Unidentified OS, Jan 2024: 5.33%Unidentified OS, Feb 2024: 6.10%Unidentified OS, Mar 2024: 6.52%Unidentified OS, Apr 2024: 5.34%Unidentified OS, May 2024: 4.87%Unidentified OS, Jun 2024: 6.23%Unidentified OS, Jul 2024: 7.13%Unidentified OS, Aug 2024: 6.77%Unidentified OS, Sep 2024: 4.47%Unidentified OS, Oct 2024: 4.66%Unidentified OS, Nov 2024: 5.40%Unidentified OS, Dec 2024: 6.43%Unidentified OS, Jan 2025: 7.43%Unidentified OS, Feb 2025: 8.01%Unidentified OS, Mar 2025: 6.78%Unidentified OS, Apr 2025: 7.19%Unidentified OS, May 2025: 8.16%Unidentified OS, Jun 2025: 9.17%Unidentified OS, Jul 2025: 9.63%Unidentified OS, Aug 2025: 11.65%Unidentified OS, Sep 2025: 11.33%Unidentified OS, Oct 2025: 11.20%Unidentified OS, Nov 2025: 13.14%Unidentified OS, Dec 2025: 15.98%Unidentified OS, Jan 2026: 15.35%Unidentified OS, Feb 2026: 16.77%Unidentified OS, Mar 2026: 19.67%Unidentified OS, Apr 2026: 19.28%Unidentified OS, May 2026: 18.74%Unidentified OS, Jun 2026: 21.45%Unidentified OS, Jul 2026: 25.23%Unidentified OS, Aug 2026: 24.09%Unidentified OS, Sep 2026: 5.20%Edge, desktop, Jun 2023: 10.78%Edge, desktop, Jul 2023: 10.76%Edge, desktop, Aug 2023: 11.15%Edge, desktop, Sep 2023: 10.63%Edge, desktop, Oct 2023: 10.80%Edge, desktop, Nov 2023: 11.23%Edge, desktop, Dec 2023: 11.90%Edge, desktop, Jan 2024: 12.96%Edge, desktop, Feb 2024: 12.76%Edge, desktop, Mar 2024: 12.70%Edge, desktop, Apr 2024: 12.97%Edge, desktop, May 2024: 13.14%Edge, desktop, Jun 2024: 13.35%Edge, desktop, Jul 2024: 13.75%Edge, desktop, Aug 2024: 13.78%Edge, desktop, Sep 2024: 13.78%Edge, desktop, Oct 2024: 13.56%Edge, desktop, Nov 2024: 12.87%Edge, desktop, Dec 2024: 13.21%Edge, desktop, Jan 2025: 13.79%Edge, desktop, Feb 2025: 13.90%Edge, desktop, Mar 2025: 13.37%Edge, desktop, Apr 2025: 13.29%Edge, desktop, May 2025: 13.64%Edge, desktop, Jun 2025: 13.06%Edge, desktop, Jul 2025: 11.79%Edge, desktop, Aug 2025: 11.73%Edge, desktop, Sep 2025: 10.37%Edge, desktop, Oct 2025: 8.69%Edge, desktop, Nov 2025: 9.94%Edge, desktop, Dec 2025: 9.49%Edge, desktop, Jan 2026: 9.11%Edge, desktop, Feb 2026: 11.00%Edge, desktop, Mar 2026: 12.75%Edge, desktop, Apr 2026: 11.51%Edge, desktop, May 2026: 9.85%Edge, desktop, Jun 2026: 10.49%Edge, desktop, Jul 2026: 11.14%Edge, desktop, Aug 2026: 10.51%Edge, desktop, Sep 2026: 14.64%Safari, desktop, Jun 2023: 14.38%Safari, desktop, Jul 2023: 13.13%Safari, desktop, Aug 2023: 13.01%Safari, desktop, Sep 2023: 12.49%Safari, desktop, Oct 2023: 12.74%Safari, desktop, Nov 2023: 13.30%Safari, desktop, Dec 2023: 8.96%Safari, desktop, Jan 2024: 8.83%Safari, desktop, Feb 2024: 8.71%Safari, desktop, Mar 2024: 8.63%Safari, desktop, Apr 2024: 8.44%Safari, desktop, May 2024: 8.79%Safari, desktop, Jun 2024: 9.03%Safari, desktop, Jul 2024: 9.10%Safari, desktop, Aug 2024: 9.40%Safari, desktop, Sep 2024: 9.21%Safari, desktop, Oct 2024: 9.06%Safari, desktop, Nov 2024: 9.13%Safari, desktop, Dec 2024: 8.49%Safari, desktop, Jan 2025: 8.84%Safari, desktop, Feb 2025: 8.65%Safari, desktop, Mar 2025: 8.23%Safari, desktop, Apr 2025: 7.93%Safari, desktop, May 2025: 7.91%Safari, desktop, Jun 2025: 7.34%Safari, desktop, Jul 2025: 6.50%Safari, desktop, Aug 2025: 6.34%Safari, desktop, Sep 2025: 5.69%Safari, desktop, Oct 2025: 4.62%Safari, desktop, Nov 2025: 5.28%Safari, desktop, Dec 2025: 5.35%Safari, desktop, Jan 2026: 5.30%Safari, desktop, Feb 2026: 6.18%Safari, desktop, Mar 2026: 7.13%Safari, desktop, Apr 2026: 6.17%Safari, desktop, May 2026: 5.31%Safari, desktop, Jun 2026: 5.19%Safari, desktop, Jul 2026: 5.66%Safari, desktop, Aug 2026: 5.28%Safari, desktop, Sep 2026: 8.06%Chrome, desktopEdge, desktopSafari, desktopUnidentified OSJul 23Jan 24Jul 24Jan 25Jul 25Jan 26Jul 26

Source: StatCounter Global Stats, Browser Market Share, monthly. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Desktop, worldwide. Unidentified OS: StatCounter’s “Unknown” operating system share of desktop page views. Shaded: Jul 2025 to Aug 2026.

What we can and cannot say. The data show that a block of desktop traffic with no identifiable operating system, counted mostly as Chrome, came and went. StatCounter’s FAQ says it removes bot activity; we cannot see its raw logs, so we cannot say what the traffic was. The same window produced the summer 2026 Linux spike covered in our Linux market share analysis and a US desktop Firefox jump to 14.35% in June 2026. For trend work, compare September 2026 with months before mid-2025, and treat Jul 2025 to Aug 2026 figures for Chrome, Safari and Edge on desktop with caution.

Edge: the slow climb of Microsoft’s second browser

Microsoft’s browsers hit bottom in December 2019, with 8.16% of desktop page views worldwide (Internet Explorer and the original Edge combined). The Chromium-based Edge first passed 1% of desktop views in April 2020. Its yearly desktop average rose from 6.1% in 2020 to 13.3% in 2024, slipped to 12.0% in 2025 while the distortion inflated Chrome, and reached 14.64% in September 2026, its highest monthly figure (the previous high was 13.90% in February 2025). In the US it had 14.83% of desktop views, level with Safari’s 14.04%. On phones Edge has 0.41%, so its all-device share is 6.02%.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%Internet Explorer, Jan 2009: 65.41%Internet Explorer, Jul 2009: 60.11%Internet Explorer, Jan 2010: 55.25%Internet Explorer, Jul 2010: 52.68%Internet Explorer, Jan 2011: 46.00%Internet Explorer, Jul 2011: 42.45%Internet Explorer, Jan 2012: 37.45%Internet Explorer, Jul 2012: 32.04%Internet Explorer, Jan 2013: 32.25%Internet Explorer, Jul 2013: 26.05%Internet Explorer, Jan 2014: 24.65%Internet Explorer, Jul 2014: 23.52%Internet Explorer, Jan 2015: 21.16%Internet Explorer, Jul 2015: 18.86%Internet Explorer, Jan 2016: 15.95%Internet Explorer, Jul 2016: 10.73%Internet Explorer, Jan 2017: 10.49%Internet Explorer, Jul 2017: 9.03%Internet Explorer, Jan 2018: 7.28%Internet Explorer, Jul 2018: 6.97%Internet Explorer, Jan 2019: 5.74%Internet Explorer, Jul 2019: 5.00%Internet Explorer, Jan 2020: 3.70%Internet Explorer, Jul 2020: 2.76%Internet Explorer, Jan 2021: 1.94%Internet Explorer, Jul 2021: 1.37%Internet Explorer, Jan 2022: 1.06%Internet Explorer, Jul 2022: 0.75%Internet Explorer, Jan 2023: 0.62%Internet Explorer, Jul 2023: 0.42%Internet Explorer, Jan 2024: 0.39%Internet Explorer, Jul 2024: 0.40%Internet Explorer, Jan 2025: 0.25%Internet Explorer, Jul 2025: 0.81%Internet Explorer, Jan 2026: 0.16%Internet Explorer, Jul 2026: 0.02%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2009: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2009: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2010: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2010: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2011: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2011: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2012: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2012: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2013: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2013: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2014: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2014: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2015: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2015: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2016: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2016: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2017: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2017: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2018: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2018: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2019: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2019: 0.00%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2020: 0.02%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2020: 4.12%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2021: 7.81%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2021: 8.22%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2022: 9.54%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2022: 10.86%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2023: 11.08%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2023: 10.76%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2024: 12.96%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2024: 13.75%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2025: 13.79%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2025: 11.79%Edge (Chromium), Jan 2026: 9.11%Edge (Chromium), Jul 2026: 11.14%Edge Legacy, Jan 2009: 0.00%Edge Legacy, Jul 2009: 0.00%Edge Legacy, Jan 2010: 0.00%Edge Legacy, Jul 2010: 0.00%Edge Legacy, Jan 2011: 0.00%Edge Legacy, Jul 2011: 0.00%Edge Legacy, Jan 2012: 0.00%Edge Legacy, Jul 2012: 0.00%Edge Legacy, Jan 2013: 0.00%Edge Legacy, Jul 2013: 0.00%Edge Legacy, Jan 2014: 0.00%Edge Legacy, Jul 2014: 0.00%Edge Legacy, Jan 2015: 0.00%Edge Legacy, Jul 2015: 0.05%Edge Legacy, Jan 2016: 1.82%Edge Legacy, Jul 2016: 3.04%Edge Legacy, Jan 2017: 3.58%Edge Legacy, Jul 2017: 3.95%Edge Legacy, Jan 2018: 4.11%Edge Legacy, Jul 2018: 4.19%Edge Legacy, Jan 2019: 4.41%Edge Legacy, Jul 2019: 4.60%Edge Legacy, Jan 2020: 4.70%Edge Legacy, Jul 2020: 1.93%Edge Legacy, Jan 2021: 0.52%Edge Legacy, Jul 2021: 0.25%Edge Legacy, Jan 2022: 0.15%Edge Legacy, Jul 2022: 0.12%Edge Legacy, Jan 2023: 0.10%Edge Legacy, Jul 2023: 0.08%Edge Legacy, Jan 2024: 0.08%Edge Legacy, Jul 2024: 0.06%Edge Legacy, Jan 2025: 0.04%Edge Legacy, Jul 2025: 0.03%Edge Legacy, Jan 2026: 0.02%Edge Legacy, Jul 2026: 0.01%Firefox, Jan 2009: 27.03%Firefox, Jul 2009: 30.50%Firefox, Jan 2010: 31.64%Firefox, Jul 2010: 30.69%Firefox, Jan 2011: 30.68%Firefox, Jul 2011: 27.95%Firefox, Jan 2012: 24.78%Firefox, Jul 2012: 23.73%Firefox, Jan 2013: 22.47%Firefox, Jul 2013: 21.31%Firefox, Jan 2014: 20.39%Firefox, Jul 2014: 19.25%Firefox, Jan 2015: 18.70%Firefox, Jul 2015: 17.24%Firefox, Jan 2016: 16.00%Firefox, Jul 2016: 15.43%Firefox, Jan 2017: 14.85%Firefox, Jul 2017: 13.82%Firefox, Jan 2018: 11.87%Firefox, Jul 2018: 11.23%Firefox, Jan 2019: 9.50%Firefox, Jul 2019: 9.52%Firefox, Jan 2020: 9.87%Firefox, Jul 2020: 8.61%Firefox, Jan 2021: 8.10%Firefox, Jul 2021: 7.64%Firefox, Jan 2022: 9.18%Firefox, Jul 2022: 8.07%Firefox, Jan 2023: 6.87%Firefox, Jul 2023: 5.96%Firefox, Jan 2024: 7.57%Firefox, Jul 2024: 6.64%Firefox, Jan 2025: 6.26%Firefox, Jul 2025: 5.30%Firefox, Jan 2026: 4.05%Firefox, Jul 2026: 6.43%Edge (Chromium)FirefoxInternet ExplorerEdge Legacy200920112013201520172019202120232025

Source: StatCounter Global Stats, Browser Market Share, monthly. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Desktop, worldwide. “Edge Legacy” is StatCounter’s label for the original Edge; “Edge (Chromium)” is its “Edge” label.

Safari: the US vs worldwide gap

Safari’s share is 1.7 times higher in the US (30.35%) than worldwide (18.20%), and the gap is a phone story. On mobile, Safari had 46.31% of US page views against 24.59% worldwide, tracking iOS, which ran 53.51% of US mobile page views and 30.66% worldwide. Safari led Chrome on US phones in every month since 2009 except Oct 2024, Nov 2024, Dec 2024 and Sep 2026; in September 2026 Chrome edged ahead, 47.50% to 46.31%. On desktops Safari is a Mac browser: 14.04% in the US, 8.06% worldwide.

Firefox, Samsung Internet, Opera and Brave

Firefox had 2.79% of all page views worldwide in September 2026, down from a peak of 31.82% in November 2009; on desktops it fell from 32.21% to 6.09%. It still has 5.56% of US desktop views. Samsung Internet had 3.49% of mobile page views worldwide, half its Jan 2019 peak of 7.43%. Opera had 1.77% across all devices and 2.38% on desktops. UC Browser, which had 20.49% of mobile page views in May 2016, is down to 0.79%. Brave first appears in StatCounter’s data in March 2025 and had 1.11% of desktop views worldwide in September 2026.

AI browsers. None of the 91 browser labels in the StatCounter series we downloaded is an AI browser, so any AI-branded browser is counted under whatever browser name it reports, or under Other. For how AI tools are changing where traffic comes from, see our analysis of ChatGPT’s share of AI chatbot referrals and of search engine market share.

Browser market share by country

Chrome was the most-used browser in 229 of the 243 countries and territories StatCounter reports for September 2026, and in 93 of the 100 largest markets. The exception among those 100 was Sri Lanka (Edge, 54.34%), a single-month figure we treat with caution. Safari led in 11 small territories. Among the 100 largest markets, Chrome’s lowest shares were in Norway (33.9%), Sri Lanka (37.5%), Switzerland (40.1%), Austria (46.7%), Canada (47.0%). Its highest were in India (88.7%), Myanmar (84.2%), Philippines (83.7%). Safari’s strongest large markets were Canada (36.3%), Saudi Arabia (35.9%), Norway (33.7%), Australia (32.4%); Edge’s were Sri Lanka (54.3%), China (17.5%), Japan (15.1%).

Rank Market Leader Chrome Safari Edge Firefox Samsung Internet
1 United States Chrome 53.89% 30.35% 7.52% 3.33% 1.80%
2 India Chrome 88.70% 3.13% 1.86% 1.22% 0.66%
3 Turkey Chrome 78.58% 13.38% 1.33% 0.77% 2.37%
4 United Kingdom Chrome 49.86% 29.85% 12.00% 1.89% 3.82%
5 China Chrome 47.66% 15.54% 17.46% 1.45% 0.35%
6 Taiwan Chrome 62.08% 26.62% 5.00% 1.55% 3.42%
7 Indonesia Chrome 77.24% 9.82% 6.20% 3.30% 1.59%
8 Germany Chrome 57.55% 16.92% 7.71% 8.16% 4.52%
9 Canada Chrome 47.01% 36.29% 8.20% 3.36% 2.25%
10 Poland Chrome 59.41% 12.57% 6.22% 5.92% 1.80%
11 France Chrome 59.44% 20.04% 7.01% 6.59% 3.06%
12 Brazil Chrome 77.29% 6.52% 7.55% 3.65% 1.35%
13 Mexico Chrome 72.89% 14.61% 6.75% 2.50% 0.74%
14 Spain Chrome 73.90% 15.39% 3.33% 2.22% 2.68%
15 Australia Chrome 50.28% 32.35% 8.79% 2.83% 3.25%
16 Vietnam Chrome 66.04% 20.52% 2.03% 1.40% 1.55%
17 Malaysia Chrome 68.89% 21.37% 4.58% 1.92% 1.10%
18 South Africa Chrome 73.14% 10.92% 3.35% 1.79% 6.99%
19 Thailand Chrome 76.15% 16.54% 1.18% 0.81% 3.67%
20 Singapore Chrome 64.98% 18.19% 4.78% 2.28% 3.66%
21 South Korea Chrome 50.36% 18.57% 9.65% 0.88% 10.32%
22 Pakistan Chrome 82.84% 4.94% 4.34% 2.42% 1.49%
23 Italy Chrome 67.41% 17.65% 5.13% 4.30% 2.70%
24 Netherlands Chrome 64.35% 17.35% 6.35% 3.48% 4.71%
25 Hong Kong Chrome 63.17% 20.71% 7.21% 1.95% 4.61%
26 Japan Chrome 52.78% 25.14% 15.11% 3.28% 0.71%
27 Iran Chrome 81.60% 7.16% 1.11% 4.41% 4.79%
28 Philippines Chrome 83.68% 7.74% 4.39% 1.36% 0.37%
29 Argentina Chrome 81.81% 5.74% 4.78% 3.00% 2.53%
30 Russia Chrome 47.14% 7.09% 5.10% 3.96% 0.83%

The 30 largest markets by StatCounter sample size (its July 2022 list, the latest published). All platforms, September 2026. Source: StatCounter Global Stats, Browser Market Share, monthly. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cross-check: browsers on US federal websites

DAP counts visits to participating US government websites, a different audience from StatCounter’s mostly commercial sites. In September 2026, Chrome had 60.76% of those visits, Safari 25.78% (including in-app Safari), Edge 8.74%, Firefox 1.46% and Samsung Internet 0.75%. The ranking matches StatCounter’s US data. Chrome’s DAP share has risen from an average of 48.1% between August 2023 and August 2025 to 60.8%, at the same time as desktop’s share of federal visits jumped from 46.6% in August 2025 to 60.1% in September 2026; DAP does not break browsers down by device, so we cannot tell how much of the Chrome gain is that desktop shift. Internet Explorer still had 0.07% of federal visits.

US federal websites (DAP), visitsStatCounter US, page viewsChromeChrome, DAP: 60.76%60.8%Chrome, StatCounter US: 53.89%53.9%SafariSafari, DAP: 25.78%25.8%Safari, StatCounter US: 30.35%30.4%EdgeEdge, DAP: 8.74%8.7%Edge, StatCounter US: 7.52%7.5%FirefoxFirefox, DAP: 1.46%1.5%Firefox, StatCounter US: 3.33%3.3%Samsung InternetSamsung Internet, DAP: 0.75%0.8%Samsung Internet, StatCounter US: 1.80%1.8%OperaOpera, DAP: 0.15%0.2%Opera, StatCounter US: 1.18%1.2%

Sources: GSA Digital Analytics Program API v2, reports “browser” and “device”, daily visits summed by month, Sep 2026; StatCounter Global Stats, all platforms, United States, September 2026.

Month Chrome Safari (incl. in-app) Edge Firefox Desktop share of visits
Aug 2023 45.97% 40.22% 7.91% 2.35% 40.55%
Feb 2024 48.21% 38.13% 8.69% 1.85% 43.37%
Aug 2024 48.63% 36.47% 9.53% 1.88% 45.93%
Feb 2025 47.00% 35.92% 9.56% 1.82% 42.10%
Aug 2025 50.29% 33.53% 9.77% 1.83% 46.59%
Feb 2026 56.89% 28.93% 7.90% 1.64% 51.18%
Aug 2026 59.01% 27.31% 8.68% 1.76% 56.73%
Sep 2026 60.76% 25.78% 8.74% 1.46% 60.14%

What this means for MSPs

Standardize on two browsers, and manage both. Chrome and Edge together had 75.7% of US desktop page views in September 2026. Both run on Chromium and both are configured through published policy templates (Microsoft’s Edge policy reference and Google’s Chrome Enterprise policy list), so one baseline (extensions allowlist, password manager settings, update channel, Safe Browsing level) can be written once and pushed through Intune, Group Policy or your RMM. On Windows fleets that assume Edge is the only browser, inventory Chrome installs first: any copy outside the baseline is unmanaged.

Do not ignore Safari and Firefox. Safari is 14.04% of US desktop views and Firefox 5.56%. Safari does not read Chromium policy templates and is configured through your Mac MDM, so test line-of-business web apps in Safari and decide whether to allow it or to deploy and manage Chrome or Edge on Macs too.

Retire the last Internet Explorer dependencies. IE is 0.01% of global page views but still 0.07% of visits to federal websites. Microsoft ended support for the IE11 desktop application on most Windows 10 versions on June 15, 2022. Microsoft’s own guidance is to open legacy IE-based sites in Edge’s IE mode, which it says will be supported through at least 2029. Move any client app that still needs IE onto an IE mode site list you control, and plan its replacement alongside the OS work in our Windows 11 market share report.

Read browser statistics with the month attached. Quoting August 2026’s 69.28% for Chrome, or a Jul 2025 to Aug 2026 desktop figure, overstates Chrome. Use September 2026 or months before mid-2025, and give the platform: “Chrome 66.45% of all page views worldwide, StatCounter, September 2026”.

Frequently asked questions

Which browser has the biggest market share?

Google Chrome. In September 2026 it had 66.45% of page views across all devices worldwide, according to StatCounter Global Stats, followed by Safari (18.20%), Edge (6.02%), Firefox (2.79%) and Samsung Internet (2.31%). Chrome led in 229 of the 243 countries and territories StatCounter reports.

What are the top 5 web browsers?

Worldwide on all platforms in September 2026: Chrome 66.45%, Safari 18.20%, Edge 6.02%, Firefox 2.79% and Samsung Internet 2.31%. On desktops the order is Chrome 65.14%, Edge 14.64%, Safari 8.06%, Firefox 6.09% and Opera 2.38%.

What is Safari’s market share in the US?

Safari had 30.35% of US page views across all devices in September 2026, against 18.20% worldwide. On US phones it had 46.31%, almost level with Chrome’s 47.50%; Safari led US mobile in every month since 2009 except 4.

Is Microsoft Edge gaining market share?

Slowly. Edge had 14.64% of desktop page views worldwide in September 2026, its highest monthly figure, and its yearly desktop average rose from 6.1% in 2020 to a peak of 13.3% in 2024. Across all devices it had 6.02%, because it barely registers on phones (0.41%).

Is Firefox dying?

Its share has fallen for 17 years. Firefox peaked at 31.82% of all page views worldwide in November 2009 and had 2.79% in September 2026. It holds more on desktops, 6.09% worldwide and 5.56% in the US.

Does StatCounter track AI browsers?

Not as named browsers. None of the 91 browser labels in the StatCounter series we downloaded is an AI browser; the newest label is Brave, first listed in March 2025 and at 0.45% of worldwide page views in September 2026.

Download the data. browser-market-share-2009-2026.csv (CSV): monthly browser shares since Jan 2009 for the world, the US, three regions and 12 countries by platform; all-platform shares for 249 countries and territories and desktop and mobile shares for the 50 largest markets since January 2023; monthly DAP federal-website browser and device shares since Aug 2023. The StatCounter-derived rows are shared, as StatCounter’s license requires, under CC BY-SA 3.0; DAP rows are US government public data. Credit StatCounter Global Stats (with a link) and The Uptime Report.

Methodology

Sources. StatCounter Global Stats: “Browser Market Share” for all platforms combined, desktop, mobile and tablet; “Operating System Market Share” (desktop, with Unknown; mobile); and “Desktop vs Mobile vs Tablet vs Console”, downloaded as monthly CSV from StatCounter’s chart export on 2026-10-30. GSA Digital Analytics Program API v2, reports “browser” and “device”, daily visits to participating federal websites, Aug 2023 to Sep 2026, downloaded on 2026-10-30.

Definitions. Shares are of page views (StatCounter) or visits (DAP), not users or devices. “All platforms” is StatCounter’s desktop, mobile, tablet and console combined. Microsoft’s browsers are Internet Explorer, Edge Legacy and Edge combined. DAP Safari includes “Safari (in-app)”. Country leaders exclude “Other” and “Unknown”. The distortion window (Jul 2025 to Aug 2026) is the run of months in which StatCounter’s unidentified desktop operating system share stayed above 9.5%.

Coverage. September 2026 is the latest complete month; October 2026 was partial at retrieval and is excluded. Brave appears in StatCounter’s data from Mar 2025. Sample sizes are from StatCounter’s July 2022 country list.

Limitations. StatCounter measures page views on sites running its tracker, without weighting, and says it may revise data for 45 days. StatCounter says it removes bot activity and adjusts for prerendering in Chrome; browsers are classified from what they report about themselves. DAP is subject to Google Analytics sampling and covers only visits to US government websites.

Not advice. This is an analysis of public usage data, not a software recommendation.

Cite as:The Uptime Report. "Browser Market Share 2026: Chrome 66.5%, Safari 18.2%, and a Year of Chrome Gains Gone in One Month." October 2026. https://theuptimereport.com/browser-market-share/

References

  1. StatCounter Global Stats, Browser Market Share Worldwide (platform, regional and country pages via the chart CSV export). Accessed October 2026.
  2. StatCounter Global Stats, Desktop Operating System Market Share and Desktop vs Mobile vs Tablet vs Console. Accessed October 2026.
  3. StatCounter Global Stats, FAQ (methodology, bots, revisions, license) and sample size by country, July 2022. Accessed October 2026.
  4. GSA, Digital Analytics Program API documentation, analytics.usa.gov and Digital.gov, Guide to the Digital Analytics Program. Accessed October 2026.
  5. Microsoft Learn, Internet Explorer 11 desktop app retirement. Accessed October 2026.
  6. Microsoft Learn, Microsoft Edge browser policy documentation. Accessed October 2026.
  7. Google, Chrome Enterprise policy list. Accessed October 2026.

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