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Apr 02, 2020

Great news: Microsoft Edge becomes second largest desktop browser!

Great news for Edge team and fellow Insiders, Microsoft Edge becomes second largest Desktop browser surpassing Mozilla Firefox! Though the difference between the share of Edge and Firefox is not mu...

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Apr 02, 2020

Rohit Yadav
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Apr 02, 2020
The share increase is only for Desktop platform.
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Apr 02, 2020
  Rohit Yadav wrote:
  The share increase is only for Desktop platform.
  I know but Edge is a multi platform browser for desktop/tablets/mobile. so when comparing, should remove all the filters to see the true stats.
  an increase on desktop can mean anything, maybe Windows update that automatically installs new Edge stable on Windows 10 computers caused that, and Edge browser which is installed through Windows update can't be uninstalled.
  - Rohit Yadav
    Bronze Contributor
    Apr 03, 2020
    HotCakeX Comparing the share on Desktoo/Tablet/Mobile separately makes sense. Atleast we know that people are preferring Edge over other browsers.
    It's not that they collect the share just by the browser being installed on a device, they have a network where the user actually access the site from the browser for that to be counted.
    Read this: https://www.netmarketshare.com/faq.aspx
    
    As they introduce the features on mobile, we hope that the share increases on mobile as well, plus the availability of additonal sync options will make people switch to it.

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