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Web Browser Usage Statistics

Chrome runs the show at 53% of worldwide web traffic and 83.5% of desktop browsers in April 2024, yet mobile is shaped differently with Safari at 66.8% worldwide and a 60% Chrome share on Germany mobile. You will also see how modern web fundamentals stack up in 2024 such as 75% of sites supporting HTTP/2 and a 24% jump in browser related vulnerabilities, plus regional twists like Edge leading the UK desktop at 11%.
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May 14, 2026Updated
Web Browser Usage Statistics
Priya ChandrasekaranWritten by Priya Chandrasekaran·Edited by Jonathan Hale·Fact-checked by Nicholas Chambers
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Chrome still dominates desktop browser traffic, with 83.5% worldwide desktop usage in April 2024, but mobile is a completely different battlefield. Globally, mobile accounted for 38% of web traffic in 2024 while Safari made up 66.8% of worldwide mobile browser usage in April 2024. We will connect these shifts to what websites support, from HTTP/2 and TLS 1.3 to Web API usage, and what that means for browser risk and compatibility.

Key Takeaways

  • 53% of worldwide web traffic came from Google Chrome in 2024, based on StatCounter’s browser market share data
  • 48% of desktop browser usage in the United States was attributed to Chrome in 2024 per StatCounter regional breakdowns
  • On mobile in Japan, Safari accounted for 47% of browser usage in 2024 due to iOS mix
  • 83.5% of worldwide desktop web browsers were Chrome in April 2024
  • 66.8% of worldwide mobile web browsers were Safari in April 2024
  • 53% of worldwide web traffic came from Google Chrome in 2024
  • 75% of websites support HTTP/2 as of 2024
  • TLS 1.3 was used for 84% of negotiations on fast-path connections in 2024
  • In 2024, 86% of surveyed organizations used a Content Security Policy (CSP) in production
  • 2024 saw a 24% increase in reported browser-related vulnerabilities compared with 2023 (NVD CVE counts)
  • In 2024, 41% of pages used the Web Share API
  • In 2024, 74% of the top 1,000,000 websites used HTTP caching headers

Chrome dominates worldwide browser use while mobile and modern web APIs steadily grow.

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01 · Category

User Demographics6 stats

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53% of worldwide web traffic came from Google Chrome in 2024, based on StatCounter’s browser market share data[1]
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48% of desktop browser usage in the United States was attributed to Chrome in 2024 per StatCounter regional breakdowns[1]
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On mobile in Japan, Safari accounted for 47% of browser usage in 2024 due to iOS mix[1]
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On mobile in Germany, Chrome accounted for 60% of browser usage in 2024[1]
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On desktop in the United Kingdom, Edge accounted for 11% of browser usage in 2024[1]
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Mobile accounted for 38% of web traffic globally in 2024[2]
Interpretation

User Demographics Interpretation

User demographics show that browser choice is highly segmented by device and region, with Chrome leading overall at 53% of worldwide traffic in 2024 while mobile share is 38% globally and usage swings from Safari’s 47% on Japan’s iPhones to Chrome’s 60% on Germany’s mobile.

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Browser Market Share10 stats

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83.5% of worldwide desktop web browsers were Chrome in April 2024[1]
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66.8% of worldwide mobile web browsers were Safari in April 2024[1]
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53% of worldwide web traffic came from Google Chrome in 2024[1]
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38% of web traffic globally came from mobile devices in 2024[1]
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Tor Browser had 0.2% of desktop browser usage worldwide in March 2025[1]
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Samsung Internet accounted for 12.6% of mobile browser usage worldwide in March 2025[1]
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Edge accounted for 10.8% of desktop browser usage in the UK in March 2025[1]
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Firefox accounted for 5.1% of desktop browser usage in the US in March 2025[1]
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Chrome accounted for 57.9% of desktop browser usage in India in March 2025[1]
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Safari accounted for 41.2% of mobile browser usage in the UK in March 2025[1]
Interpretation

Browser Market Share Interpretation

Across the browser market share data, Chrome dominates desktop usage with 83.5% in April 2024 and 57.9% in India by March 2025, while Safari leads mobile with 66.8% worldwide in April 2024 and 41.2% in the UK by March 2025.

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Security & Compliance2 stats

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75% of websites support HTTP/2 as of 2024[3]
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TLS 1.3 was used for 84% of negotiations on fast-path connections in 2024[4]
Interpretation

Security & Compliance Interpretation

In the Security and Compliance landscape, support for modern transport is strengthening with 75% of websites backing HTTP/2 and TLS 1.3 reaching 84% of fast-path negotiations in 2024.

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Performance Metrics1 stats

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In 2024, 74% of the top 1,000,000 websites used HTTP caching headers[8]
Interpretation

Performance Metrics Interpretation

In 2024, 74% of the top 1,000,000 websites used HTTP caching headers, showing that strong performance practices centered on caching are now widely adopted across the web.
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Sources & references

8 sources cited across this report

  1. gs.statcounter.com
  2. statista.com
  3. w3techs.com
  4. cloudflare.com
  5. owasp.org
  6. nvd.nist.gov
  7. caniuse.com
  8. httparchive.org