New data shows that Google Chrome keeps growing

Oct 2, 2019 11:42 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft is putting a lot of effort into getting its Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser right, but by the looks of things, nothing can really stop Google Chrome from becoming the king of the world.

And as a matter of fact, Google Chrome pretty much is the king of the world already given its market share, with statistics provided by NetMarketShare showing that Google’s browser is getting closer to setting a new record.

Last month, Google Chrome reached a market share of 68.47%, up from 67.22% in August, setting a new personal record and moving one step closer to the 70% market share threshold.

Mozilla’s Firefox continues to be the runner-up but at huge distance. However, Firefox too managed to increase its market share in September from 8.43% in the previous month to 8.72%.

As far as Microsoft’s browsers are concerned, there is no good news here.

Microsoft browsers going down

Microsoft Edge is currently at 5.87%, down from 6.34% in August, while Internet Explorer, the browser that no longer receives new features and improvements, dropped to 6.14%.

While Internet Explorer going down is by no means a surprise, what’s more worrying for Microsoft isn’t only that Microsoft Edge fails to grow, but that Google Chrome does it at a super-fast pace.

With another Microsoft Edge version just around the corner, it’s very clear that Windows 10 adopters do not stick with the default browser integrated into the operating system, so the company will have the difficult mission of convincing these users that the new Edge is worth a chance.

Previously, all these attempts failed to make an impact, so once the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge is ready, Microsoft needs to find an effective way to tell people that the native Windows 10 browser is just as good as Google Chrome.

At this point, however, it all looks like mission impossible, so it’ll certainly be interesting to see how Microsoft wants to make its browser successful despite Chrome’s obvious dominance.