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Firefox 12.58% for Desktop Browser Market Share in North America June 2026

39 points by speckx 4mo ago

panny 4mo ago
Why was this auto [flagged] by HN? I had to vouch this. Edit: Aaaaand, [flagged] again in 26 minutes with no explanation. Edit2: Since I'm "posting too fast" once again, I'll just have to reply to you here. "flagged by users" in four minutes? I don't think so. Besides if hacking statscounter was so easy that it happens monthly as you claim (despite that not being proven out on the chart), it seems like a relevant discussion for a site named "Hacker News."
- 27183 4mo ago
  broken link maybe?
- jsnell 4mo ago
  [flagged] means flagged by users; if it was done by the system, it'd be [dead]. I can't speak for others, but the reason I flagged it is that the number is untrustworthy and absurd. This is not an isolated case, Statcounter has these ridiculous errors on a monthly basis on one stat or another, before they silently fix whatever was wrong and the numbers swing wildly the other way. A discussion of a Statcounter spike is as fruitful as a discussion about the output of an RNG.
- gilrain 4mo ago
  Because it’s BS. Firefox usage telemetry is public. There is no such increase.
- zenethian 4mo ago
  I can’t even open it because the domain is blocked in my dns as being an analytics collection system.
stephen_cagle 4mo ago
Wait, is this correct? Firefox moved from 5% to 12% in one month? That seems unlikely...
- goda90 4mo ago
  Didn't Google recently remove the flag that let Manifest V2 ad blockers work from Chrome?
  - wmf 4mo ago
    There aren't millions of people who care about that.
    - Markoff 4mo ago
      and those who care use Vivaldi it other alternatives anyway I recently switched phone (Pixel 6a with swollen battery to Xiaomi 13 (Shizuku solves most of the issues without installing custom ROM, which they made impossible through bootloader unlocking process)) and for now decided to not install Cromite yet, but keep Firefox which was offered in browser choice at beginning, still feel very annoyed by the new (not customizable) context menu, but they keep making it even more annoying like with blue persistent for telling you you had downloaded something as if regular notification wouldn't be enough and of course there is no way to get rid off the blue dot besides deleting download (record), just another annoyance or now they finally semi fixed home page with 8 pinned shortcuts, but despite not having anything else on home page you must still tap Show all, to see other shortcuts, why can't I show all the shortcuts directly on home page is beyond me, so much for Firefox customization
- echelon 4mo ago
  Chrome has enshittified so much that I don't know how anyone uses it. It actively violates users and shoves trackers and malware up their wazoo. And you're stuck in the cage with the abuser. There's no way to turn off the fucking ads. The Google Chrome team ought to be ashamed for what they've done. I'm hoping the AI era serves Google a much-needed comeuppance.
- echoangle 4mo ago
  Yeah, really looks like some sort of data error
- smallerize 4mo ago
promiseofbeans 4mo ago
Not sure about this. See Firefox’s internal stats: https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activity https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activity
alexforster 4mo ago
It's much more likely to be a methodology issue than that Firefox's install base suddenly grew 240% in such a short period of time. Maybe some AI scraper juicing the numbers? Mozilla's telemetry could confirm this, so if they don't start bragging about a huge MAU increase, I'd assume this is wrong.
dxxvi 4mo ago
When Firefox has an internal adblock like Brave, I will come back.
- snowe2010 4mo ago
  They have internal tracker blocking. Also, using brave and caring about privacy is rich.
- Markoff 4mo ago
  TBH uBlock Origin is better, so why bother
- LargoLasskhyfv 4mo ago
  It sort of has, if you're willing to use a fork called https://librewolf.net https://librewolf.net Not perfect, but much less work than to try to bend normal FF to your preferences. Works for me.
  - Itoldmyselfso 4mo ago
    That's ublock origin preinstalled, not internal/built-in adblocking.
- VCFundedGenYer 4mo ago
  Waterfox has one built in, as does LibreWolf. Regular Firefox is bloated and contains poor decisions made by Mozilla. The best way to use it is to use the aforementioned forks which remove the excess and add sensible conventional features for security and privacy.
Markoff 4mo ago
I recently switched phone (Pixel 6a with swollen battery to Xiaomi 13 (Shizuku solves most of the issues without installing custom ROM, which they made impossible through bootloader unlocking process)) and for now decided to not install Cromite yet, but keep Firefox which was offered in browser choice at beginning, still feel very annoyed by the new (not customizable) context menu, but they keep making it even more annoying like with blue persistent for telling you you had downloaded something as if regular notification wouldn't be enough and of course there is no way to get rid off the blue dot besides deleting download (record), just another annoyance or now they finally semi fixed home page with 8 pinned shortcuts, but despite not having anything else on home page you must still tap Show all, to see other shortcuts, why can't I show all the shortcuts directly on home page is beyond me so much for Firefox customization...

39 points by speckx 4mo ago

panny 4mo ago

Why was this auto [flagged] by HN? I had to vouch this. Edit: Aaaaand, [flagged] again in 26 minutes with no explanation. Edit2: Since I'm "posting too fast" once again, I'll just have to reply to you here. "flagged by users" in four minutes? I don't think so. Besides if hacking statscounter was so easy that it happens monthly as you claim (despite that not being proven out on the chart), it seems like a relevant discussion for a site named "Hacker News."

27183 4mo ago
broken link maybe?
jsnell 4mo ago
[flagged] means flagged by users; if it was done by the system, it'd be [dead]. I can't speak for others, but the reason I flagged it is that the number is untrustworthy and absurd. This is not an isolated case, Statcounter has these ridiculous errors on a monthly basis on one stat or another, before they silently fix whatever was wrong and the numbers swing wildly the other way. A discussion of a Statcounter spike is as fruitful as a discussion about the output of an RNG.
gilrain 4mo ago
Because it’s BS. Firefox usage telemetry is public. There is no such increase.
zenethian 4mo ago
I can’t even open it because the domain is blocked in my dns as being an analytics collection system.

stephen_cagle 4mo ago

Wait, is this correct? Firefox moved from 5% to 12% in one month? That seems unlikely...

goda90 4mo ago
Didn't Google recently remove the flag that let Manifest V2 ad blockers work from Chrome?
- wmf 4mo ago
  There aren't millions of people who care about that.
  - Markoff 4mo ago
    and those who care use Vivaldi it other alternatives anyway I recently switched phone (Pixel 6a with swollen battery to Xiaomi 13 (Shizuku solves most of the issues without installing custom ROM, which they made impossible through bootloader unlocking process)) and for now decided to not install Cromite yet, but keep Firefox which was offered in browser choice at beginning, still feel very annoyed by the new (not customizable) context menu, but they keep making it even more annoying like with blue persistent for telling you you had downloaded something as if regular notification wouldn't be enough and of course there is no way to get rid off the blue dot besides deleting download (record), just another annoyance or now they finally semi fixed home page with 8 pinned shortcuts, but despite not having anything else on home page you must still tap Show all, to see other shortcuts, why can't I show all the shortcuts directly on home page is beyond me, so much for Firefox customization
echelon 4mo ago
Chrome has enshittified so much that I don't know how anyone uses it. It actively violates users and shoves trackers and malware up their wazoo. And you're stuck in the cage with the abuser. There's no way to turn off the fucking ads. The Google Chrome team ought to be ashamed for what they've done. I'm hoping the AI era serves Google a much-needed comeuppance.
echoangle 4mo ago
Yeah, really looks like some sort of data error
smallerize 4mo ago

promiseofbeans 4mo ago

Not sure about this. See Firefox’s internal stats: https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activity https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activity

alexforster 4mo ago

It's much more likely to be a methodology issue than that Firefox's install base suddenly grew 240% in such a short period of time. Maybe some AI scraper juicing the numbers? Mozilla's telemetry could confirm this, so if they don't start bragging about a huge MAU increase, I'd assume this is wrong.

dxxvi 4mo ago

When Firefox has an internal adblock like Brave, I will come back.

snowe2010 4mo ago
They have internal tracker blocking. Also, using brave and caring about privacy is rich.
Markoff 4mo ago
TBH uBlock Origin is better, so why bother
LargoLasskhyfv 4mo ago
It sort of has, if you're willing to use a fork called https://librewolf.net https://librewolf.net Not perfect, but much less work than to try to bend normal FF to your preferences. Works for me.
- Itoldmyselfso 4mo ago
  That's ublock origin preinstalled, not internal/built-in adblocking.
VCFundedGenYer 4mo ago
Waterfox has one built in, as does LibreWolf. Regular Firefox is bloated and contains poor decisions made by Mozilla. The best way to use it is to use the aforementioned forks which remove the excess and add sensible conventional features for security and privacy.

Markoff 4mo ago

I recently switched phone (Pixel 6a with swollen battery to Xiaomi 13 (Shizuku solves most of the issues without installing custom ROM, which they made impossible through bootloader unlocking process)) and for now decided to not install Cromite yet, but keep Firefox which was offered in browser choice at beginning, still feel very annoyed by the new (not customizable) context menu, but they keep making it even more annoying like with blue persistent for telling you you had downloaded something as if regular notification wouldn't be enough and of course there is no way to get rid off the blue dot besides deleting download (record), just another annoyance or now they finally semi fixed home page with 8 pinned shortcuts, but despite not having anything else on home page you must still tap Show all, to see other shortcuts, why can't I show all the shortcuts directly on home page is beyond me so much for Firefox customization...