The company said that this is a browsing mode in Microsoft Edge where browser security takes priority, giving users an extra layer of protection when browsing the web.Īdministrators can apply group policies to end-user desktops (Windows, macOS, and Linux) to help protect against in-the-wild exploits (also referred to 0-days), Microsoft said in a blogpost. 43 of its Edge browser that brings a host of new features, including a new browsing mode that prioritises security. In Asia Safari's 5.41 percent market share trails behind Edge's 7.46 per cent. Meanwhile in Europe, Edge has already surpassed Safari, taking 10.9 per cent of the market compared to Safari's 9.95 per cent. While Edge appears to be set to overtake Safari on a global scale, in North America, Safari is in a stronger position, being used on 16.87 per cent of desktops compared to Edge's 11.93 per cent market share. Google Chrome still holds the top spot at 65.38 per cent, with fellow challenger Mozilla Firefox now trailing with 9.18 per cent. Microsoft finally switched the browser to the Chromium enginewhich made the application more popular, faster, but above all compatible with most Chrome extensions.Microsoft's Edge browser is on the verge of surpassing Apple's Safari as the world's second most popular desktop browserĪccording to data from web analytics service StatCounter, Microsoft Edge is now used on 9.54 per cent of desktops worldwide, a mere 0.3 per cent behind Apple's Safari, which stands at 9.84 per cent. When launched, the original Microsoft Edge browser, built on its own EdgeHTML engine and released in 2015, was not popular due to various compatibility and performance issues. How to explain the impressive growth of Microsoft Edge? It is therefore likely that its market share will increase in the coming months. Mozilla Firefox has also recently upgraded to version 100, and it has added many interesting new features such as HDR or an improved Pincure-in-Picture mode. The browsers that follow in fourth, fifth and sixth position are Firefox with 7.86%, Opera with 2.43% and Internet Explorer with 0.97% of the desktop browser share.
The top spot is still occupied by Google’s Chrome browser, which dominates the Internet with a market share of 66.64%. With a market share of 10.07%, Microsoft Edge managed to overtake Safari and its 9.61%.
However, it is still very far from the market leader: Google Chrome.Īccording to the latest data from Statcounter, Microsoft Edge has finally become the second most popular web browser in the world after Google Chrome. Microsoft Edge is slowly climbing the ranks and has now snatched second place as the most popular desktop browser from Safari.
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