With the help of a web browser, users can access a huge variety of content including entertainment sites, social media, and online shopping retailers. Web browsers serve as the platform through which users from across the globe access the contents of the internet. In the United States, the average adult spends hours per day online, once again showing the large importance of internet in peoples’ daily lives. In countries like Japan, the United Kingdom, and Germany, a big majority of citizens access the internet on a daily basis, whether it be for work or personal entertainment.
With billions of people around the world having some form of access to the technology, around half of the world’s population can be classified as internet users. Apart from these two, no other browser controlled more than five percent of the overall market share. Apple’s Safari browser was the second most popular internet browser around the world, accounting for 21 percent of market share. As of May 2023, the Google Chrome browser accounted for 63 percent of global market share for internet browsers.
