That’s for desktop use, but if you add in mobile, Chrome is still king, with a share of over 60 percent. The same company that serves more web content than any other (according to comScore), also claims nearly 70 percent of the browser market with Chrome (based on NetMarketShare and StatCounter numbers). With new competitors in the fray and longtime entries spinning up new technologies, conveniences, protections, and features, your choice of browser software is just as important as it ever was.įor the last several years, the browser landscape has been dominated by Google. Microsoft announced that the once-indisputable leader in browser market share, and the one that paved the way for interactive web applications, would go out of support on June 15, 2022. The browser wars continue to rage, but one competitor is gone forever: Internet Explorer.