mastergadget: Internet Explorer does less than 50 percent of world's web surfing, Chrome on the come-up

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Internet Explorer does less than 50 percent of world's web surfing, Chrome on the come-up

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It's been a long and winding road for Internet Explorer, Microsoft's venerable web browser, and for over a decade it's been the browser of choice for most netizens. According to Net Marketshare's latest numbers, however, IE now enables just under half of the world's total -- meaning mobile and desktop combined -- web traffic after owning 95 percent of the browsing market seven years ago. The decline is at least partially due to a rise in mobile web browsing and an increasing Chrome user base. Of course, Microsoft's finest still has a healthy 52.63 percent desktop market share, which gives it a sizable lead over the competition from Firefox (23 percent), Chrome (18 percent), and Safari (five percent). There's plenty more graphs and charts to show you exactly how the browser war is going, so hit the links below for the full pie-chart treatment.

Internet Explorer does less than 50 percent of world's web surfing, Chrome on the come-up originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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