New data shows that IE is losing users very fast

Apr 1, 2016 08:31 GMT  ·  By

The latest set of browser market share figures provided by Net Applications indicate that Microsoft’s strategy of replacing Internet Explorer with Edge is partially working because the 20-year-old browser is quickly losing ground these days.

Google Chrome, on the other hand, is growing very fast and is expected to dethrone Internet Explorer as the world’s leading browser as soon as next month.

With Windows 10, Microsoft has pledged to no longer release improvements to Internet Explorer, as the operating system comes with Edge browser set as default on both PCs and mobile devices. Since the company’s pushing so hard for everyone to adopt Edge, it was just a matter of time until Internet Explorer started losing users, and it appears that this is already happening.

Current market share figures

At this point, Internet Explorer continues to hold the top spot with 43.40 percent, but Google Chrome is very close behind with 39.09 percent, up from 36.56 percent the month before. Internet Explorer dropped 1.39 percent in the last 30 days, so if the same trend is maintained, Google Chrome is set to become the world’s leading browser in April.

Version-wise, Internet Explorer 11 continues to be the preferred choice for desktop users around the world with a share of 23.18 percent while Chrome 49 and 48 come on the next two positions with 13.67 percent and 11.33 percent, respectively.

Microsoft Edge has also improved a lot during the last month, growing to 3.55 percent for version 13 and to 0.75 percent for 12.

A bigger growth is expected for Microsoft Edge in the coming months, as Redmond is already planning some pretty improvements to the app, including extension support, which is already in beta testing as part of the Windows Insider program. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update coming in the summer should bring many more enhancements to Edge browser and thus help boost its adoption.