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Chrome Hits All-Time High Market Share on Desktop

Google Chrome has reached a historic milestone in desktop browser market share, according to Statcounter data from September.

Record-Breaking Numbers

Chrome now commands 73.81% of the desktop browser market, marking an impressive increase of 3.5 percentage points from August. This represents the highest market share ever recorded for the browser.

How Competitors Fared

The competition saw notable declines across the board:

  • Microsoft Edge held second place but dropped from 11.73% to 10.37%
  • Safari fell from 6.34% to 5.69%
  • Firefox decreased from 4.93% to 4.45%
  • Opera rounded out the top five with a slight gain, moving from 2.06% to 2.11%

What This Means

Chrome's dominance continues to grow, now controlling nearly three-quarters of the desktop browser market. The simultaneous decline of major competitors like Edge, Safari, and Firefox underscores Chrome's strengthening position in the browser wars.

Source: Neowin