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Edge has a higher usage share of the desktop market than Firefox.
by gilrain 6y ago
Edge has a higher usage share of the desktop market than Firefox.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- loeg 6y agoDo you have a source? The first example I found is a bit dated (2016), but contradicts that claim: https://zdnet1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/06/18/77931904-cbea-4980-be7d-cbee99144130/resize/770xauto/a4fca9ac833659dfb91ec665c50600c7/browser-share-june-2016-osx.jpg https://zdnet1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/06/18/77931904-cb... This source (2020) also claims that global Firefox use is about 4% while Edge is under 3%, contradicting the claim (even including non-MacOS devices): https://gs.statcounter.com/ https://gs.statcounter.com/ Another 2020 source gives 5.5% to Firefox and 0.5% to Edge on MacOS, also contradicting the claim: https://netmarketshare.com/?options=%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%22%24and%22%3A%5B%7B%22platform%22%3A%7B%22%24in%22%3A%5B%22Mac%20OS%22%5D%7D%7D%5D%7D%2C%22dateLabel%22%3A%22Trend%22%2C%22attributes%22%3A%22share%22%2C%22group%22%3A%22browser%22%2C%22sort%22%3A%7B%22share%22%3A-1%7D%2C%22id%22%3A%22browsersDesktop%22%2C%22dateInterval%22%3A%22Monthly%22%2C%22dateStart%22%3A%222019-11%22%2C%22dateEnd%22%3A%222020-10%22%2C%22segments%22%3A%22-1000%22%7D https://netmarketshare.com/?options=%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%22...
- mabedan 6y agoOn the Mac? Sounds unlikely
- rconti 6y agoYeah, I hate to throw anecdata around, but I didn't even know it existed for the Mac. Is Edge 'built in' to some other product, so it scores points on a technicality?
- apsdsm 6y agoOn mac? No. https://netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?options=%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%22%24and%22%3A%5B%7B%22platform%22%3A%7B%22%24in%22%3A%5B%22Mac%20OS%22%5D%7D%7D%5D%7D%2C%22dateLabel%22%3A%22Custom%22%2C%22attributes%22%3A%22share%22%2C%22group%22%3A%22browser%22%2C%22sort%22%3A%7B%22share%22%3A-1%7D%2C%22id%22%3A%22browsersDesktop%22%2C%22dateInterval%22%3A%22Monthly%22%2C%22dateStart%22%3A%222019-05%22%2C%22dateEnd%22%3A%222019-05%22%2C%22hiddenSeries%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22segments%22%3A%22-1000%22%7D https://netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?options...
- dsissitka 6y agoThat's for May 2019. Here's October 2020: https://bit.ly/2IQgrix https://bit.ly/2IQgrix In the last month Edge went from 0.67% to 2.09%. May 2019 Firefox 6.52% Edge 0.03% September 2020 Firefox 5.89% Edge 0.67% October 2020 Firefox 5.75% Edge 2.09%
- GordonS 6y agoHuh, I had no idea Edge was even available on non-Windows platforms!
- wayneftw 6y agoIt's coming for Linux too [0]. Unfortunately, they'll be removing the webRequest API [1] which was the only reason I would have wanted to use it. This will happen probably whenever Google deprecates Manifest v2 and Manifest v3 becomes the only interface for extensions, which will stop uBlock Origin from working. Other than that, when I tried Edge it didn't work perfectly on every site. But, it will be nice to have another non-Google browser to choose from. [0] https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2020/10/20/microsoft-edge-dev-linux/ https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2020/10/20/microsoft-edg... [1] https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/15/microsoft_adopting_google_chromes_controversial/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/15/microsoft_adopting_go...
- waheoo 6y agoIsn't edge a Google browser?
- jki275 6y agoEdge? As a Mac user for many years, I can't recall any time I might have even considered using Edge for anything. I guess they ported it to Mac not too long ago, but who cares?