Mayank Parmar On November 1, 2017, 10:16 pm

Microsoft Edge market share is falling as users jump to Google Chrome

Windows 10’s default browser Microsoft Edge market share has collapsed once again as more and more users switch to Google Chrome. The latest data from NetMarketShare has revealed that Microsoft Edge is collapsing, while we were expecting things to improve. Back in September, Microsoft Edge market share started to collapse and the same trend continued in October.

On the other hand, Google Chrome is growing as more and more users are ditching Microsoft Edge. Last month, Microsoft Edge dropped to 4.58 percent from 5.15 percent. The market share of two months (September and October) shows that Microsoft Edge has lost 1.08 percent.

Google Chrome market share has increased to 59.84 percent from 59.61 percent, Chrome is still the most-used web browser. If the trend continues, Google Chrome will surpass 60 percent market share next year.

Despite the fact Microsoft is committed to the Edge browser, it is not able to attract the users. Windows 10 Fall Creators Update has however improved Microsoft Edge with new features and Fluent Design changes. In terms of look and extension security, the Edge browser is still superior to Google Chrome but it is lagging behind Chrome in the performance section.

As Microsoft has also launched the Edge browser for iOS and Android, the browser’s market share should increase. It remains to be seen whether or not the adoption rate of Microsoft Edge improves in the coming months.

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Mayank Parmar: Mayank Parmar is an entrepreneur who founded Windows Latest. He is the Editor-in-Chief and has written on various topics in his seven years of career, but he is mostly known for his well-researched work on Microsoft's Windows. His articles and research works have been referred to by CNN, Business Insiders, Forbes, Fortune, CBS Interactive, Microsoft and many others over the years.

View Comments (7)

Pablo HP says:

November 1, 2017 at 10:42 pm

Of course, if not even the Microsoft workers use Edge, why should we mortals?
- Farhan Ahmad Tajuddin says:
  
  November 2, 2017 at 3:06 pm
  
  I came from Chrome.
- Jack Smith says:
  
  November 2, 2017 at 5:57 pm
  
  If people unaware what you are referring to. Microsoft employee doing a demo of Azure in front of a big audience and was using Edge. His browser kept crashing and in the middle of the presentation and with the projector still on installed Chrome and finished his demo.
  
  MS then uploaded the video of the demo to YouTube. Now the thing is that is NOT nearly as big of an issue as the security problems with Edge. It is incredible insecure and should be avoided. If not use Chrome just use any other browser but Edge and you will be far more secure.