Modern Browsers (2025-11-26)

Browser First release (year) Approx. global desktop share (2025)
Google Chrome 2008 (Wikipedia) ~ 73% (StatCounter Global Stats)
Microsoft Edge 2015 (legacy), rebuilt 2020 on Chromium (Wikipedia) ~ 5% globally / ~ 11-13% desktops depending on region (Backlinko)
Mozilla Firefox 2004 (Wikipedia) ~ 2–5% (≈ 2.4% global) (Electro IQ)
Opera 1996 (Wikipedia) ~ 1–2% (Visual Capitalist)
Brave 2019 stable release (Wikipedia) < 1% (niche) (Efficient)
Vivaldi 2015 (Browser Update) < 1% (niche) — no major published global share figure
Chromium (open-source build) 2008 (Wikipedia) < 1% (mostly developer / niche users) — no reliable global figure
Tor Browser ~2008 (first bundle) (Wikipedia) < 1% — niche privacy-focused user base
Yandex Browser 2012 (Browser Update) < 1% globally — some regional use