Most popular browsers on PCs and smartphones

4 January 2018

Google Chrome remains the most popular Internet browser, according to data from NetMarketShare for December 2017.

Chrome dominates the mobile and desktop market, with over 60% market share across both platforms.

Safari is the main competitor to Chrome across mobile devices, with other mobile browsers trailing far behind.

The mobile market share numbers include data collected from smartphones and tablets.

Internet Explorer and Firefox compete for second place on PC, with Internet Explorer leading by a narrow margin.

The most popular Internet browsers across mobile and desktop for December 2017 are listed below.

Desktop browser share

Google Chrome

Desktop Browser Share
Chrome 60.57%
Internet Explorer 12.36%
Firefox 11.02%
Microsoft Edge 4.61%
Safari 4.00%
Sogou Explorer 1.79%
Opera 1.56%
QQ 1.47%
UC Browser 0.76%
Yandex 0.58%

Mobile Browser Share

Mobile data

Mobile Browser Share
Chrome 61.35%
Safari 29.03%
UC Browser 2.55%
Opera Mini 2.16%
Android Browser 1.66%
QQ 1.21%
Firefox 0.88%
Baidu 0.56%
Opera 0.30%
Edge 0.10%

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