Microsoft Edge has zero chances to become a rival to Google Chrome, as its the new browser barely grows

Jul 3, 2017 05:18 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft launched its Edge browser with much fanfare, describing it as an alternative to Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, with the company even turning to benchmarks and other comparisons to show that its Internet Explorer successor provides longer battery life and better security.

But in terms of adoption, Microsoft Edge has nearly zero chances to ever become a rival to Google Chrome, with figures provided by NetMarketShare for the month of June confirming that Microsoft has a huge app problem.

Last month, Google Chrome was obviously the top PC browser with a share of no less than 59.49 percent, while Internet Explorer, which is rapidly losing ground because no new feature updates are being released, was the runner-up with 16.84 percent. Mozilla’s Firefox was third in the charts with 12.2 percent.

Microsoft Edge, including here all the versions of the browser since it made it to production builds of Windows 10, reached 5.65 percent share, only 0.02 percent from the previous month. In May, Edge improved only 0.01 percent, after posting the exact same increase in April.

Chrome running on 6 in 10 PCs

The growth of Google Chrome is also slowing down, mostly because it’s already running on the majority of PCs out there. Last month, Chrome improved from 59.36 percent to 59.49 percent.

The performance of Microsoft Edge is below expectations also when taking into account that it comes at a time when Microsoft is rolling out the Windows 10 Creators Update, which is considered the most advanced and secure version of its OS. The new update also brings a long list of improvements for Microsoft Edge, including new usability and security tools, as well as new extensions.

But as it turns out, users aren’t very impressed with the work Microsoft is doing in the browser market, and most of them prefer to stick with Google’s solution for the time being.

For what it’s worth, Microsoft Edge has pretty big chances to become the world’s third most used desktop browser. But only after Internet Explorer goes dark, that is.

Google Chrome remains the top desktop browser in June
Google Chrome remains the top desktop browser in June

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