Internet Browser Marketshare for April 2016: Chrome vs. IE vs. Firefox vs. Safari

By Jude Abastar, Christian Post Contributor Wednesday, May 11, 2016

April is one memorable month for Google as it finally took over Microsoft as leader in the battle of internet browsers. Google's Chrome and Microsoft's Internet Explorer have been battling it out for years now, with another popular browser, Mozilla Firefox close behind. And while Internet Explorer has been the king in the previous months of this year, Chrome finally took the driver's seat.

According to web tracker Net Market Share, Google's internet browser got 41.6 percent of the share for browser traffic in desktops, while Microsoft's browser obtained an almost similar percentage of 41.3. Though the difference seems to be irrelevant, the key factor to look into is the growth in their respective numbers. For instance, Internet Explorer's share went down from almost 43 percent before to barely 41 percent, while Chrome owns the biggest leap, coming from 39 percent back in March, to almost 42 percent.

Per report from CNet, Microsoft isn't really concerned about the fate of its old browser since it already is advocating the switch to a new one it calls "Edge." As a matter of fact, this new browser is already pre-installed for Windows 10.

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Meanwhile, Firefox hasn't been that great as of late, which is really sad considering that Mozilla took the internet world by storm when it first unveiled its browser back in 2004. Its April market share is listed at 9.7 percent, which also happens to be down from 10.5 percent a month before.

Aside from top three browsers, two other ones have a significant share of the market, but their numbers haven't really gone up due to the dominance of the three. After Chrome, IE, and Firefox, the next most dominant internet browser is Safari, which owns exactly 4.47 percent, according to the same web tracker report, while Opera sits last with 2.01 percent.

This is indeed a memorable win for Google, especially if one considers the fact that IE from Microsoft has been the industry leader for more than a decade.