Internet browsers: market share in Europe 2009-2024| Statista

Chrome has over the past decade overtaken IE and Firefox to become the most widely used internet browser (desktop, tablet, mobile and console) in Europe. It's market share reached about 60 percent in 2024. IE's decline in the browser market in Europe is dramatic: from more than 46 percent in 2009 to just over 0.1 percent in 2024.

Market share held by the leading internet browsers in Europe from 2009 to 2024

Characteristic	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Edge Legacy	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.43%	2.32%	3.12%	3.09%	3.06%	1.91%	0.26%	-	-	0.02%
Others	1.24%	1.31%	1.37%	1.54%	1.88%	2.32%	2.49%	2.45%	1.83%	1.26%	0.92%	0.73%	0.56%	0.79%	0.33%	0.06%
IE	46.84%	41.22%	33.8%	26.51%	20.73%	13.63%	11.82%	7.4%	5.2%	3.97%	2.69%	1.41%	0.58%	-	0.1%	0.06%
Android	0.01%	0.13%	0.68%	2.16%	4.2%	6.7%	5.22%	3.37%	1.86%	1.16%	0.73%	0.5%	0.4%	0.41%	0.34%	0.35%
Yandex Browser	0%	0%	0%	0.01%	0.15%	0.21%	0.36%	0.53%	0.62%	0.71%	0.72%	0.74%	0.67%	0.88%	0.88%	1.08%
Opera	6.62%	4.5%	4.2%	3.66%	2.69%	2.64%	2.93%	2.66%	2.62%	2.64%	2.21%	2.31%	2.76%	3.36%	2.97%	2.8%
Samsung Internet	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2.34%	3.34%	2.94%	4.06%	3.86%	3.71%	3.38%	3.2%	3.23%
Firefox	39%	37.9%	34.08%	28.43%	24.39%	19.55%	17.41%	13.81%	11.55%	9.2%	7.61%	6.97%	6.3%	5.22%	5.26%	4.56%
Edge	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1.76%	4.81%	5.82%	6.09%	6.79%
Safari	3.18%	4.76%	6.34%	9.04%	11.51%	15.43%	14.7%	15.43%	17.15%	16.85%	17.38%	18.62%	19.85%	21.66%	19.8%	20.02%
Chrome	3.11%	10.18%	19.53%	28.65%	34.45%	39.52%	44.64%	49.69%	52.71%	58.18%	60.62%	61.19%	60.1%	58.48%	60.91%	60.63%

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March 2025

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2009 to 2024

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