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Browser race: sources and credits

Data and scope

Statcounter Global Stats, downloaded 21 October 2026. Worldwide desktop, mobile, tablet and console page views; 1,491 source-reported monthly values. Usage activity, not people, installs or a census of the whole internet. Seven selected brands; omitted browsers are not added to them and displayed values do not sum to 100%. No cumulative sum or missing-value fill. Edge is separate from Edge Legacy. Source-reported pre-launch zeros retained. September 2026 can be revised within the provider’s 45-day window. Video rounds to one decimal and interpolates monthly observations; intermediate frames are not additional measurements. Full sources, method and image credits: /examples/browser-wars-20261022/sources.html

Statcounter Global Stats, exact all-platform period · Methodology and reuse terms · Selected monthly figures (CSV).

The statistical chart and selected dataset adapt Statcounter data under CC BY-SA 3.0. Selection, rounding and animated interpolation are disclosed above; images retain their separate rights.

The May 2012 crossing

In our all-platform download: Chrome 29.15%, Internet Explorer 28.87% in May 2012; the first full month where Chrome leads the tracked browser categories. The original 1 June 2012 press release quotes desktop figures, Chrome 32.43% versus IE 32.12%. These are different platform scopes, not interchangeable percentages.

Images

• Chrome: Google — Public domain. Source and rights. Unmodified source; scaled by native renderer. Persistent identification marker, not historical logo chronology.
• Internet Explorer: Microsoft — Public domain. Source and rights. Unmodified source; scaled by native renderer. Persistent identification marker, not historical logo chronology.
• Firefox: Mozilla Corporation — MPL 2. Source and rights. Unmodified source; scaled by native renderer. Persistent identification marker, not historical logo chronology.
• Safari: — CC0. Source and rights. Unmodified source; scaled by native renderer. Persistent identification marker, not historical logo chronology.
• Opera: Opera — Public domain. Source and rights. Unmodified source; scaled by native renderer. Persistent identification marker, not historical logo chronology.
• Edge: Microsoft Corporation — MIT. Source and rights. Unmodified source; scaled by native renderer. Persistent identification marker, not historical logo chronology.
• Samsung Internet: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung" class="extiw" title="w:Samsung">Samsung</a> — Public domain. Source and rights. Unmodified source; scaled by native renderer. Persistent identification marker, not historical logo chronology.
• background: 2H Media — Unsplash License. Source and rights. Native crop, scale and fading. Illustrative keyboard, no private screen or person.

The Firefox artwork is unmodified and available as SVG source, by Mozilla Corporation under MPL 2.0. Its current identifying mark does not represent the logo used in every historical month.

Safari is represented by a CC0 compass illustration, rather than an official contemporary Apple mark. Keyboard photograph is illustrative and does not encode browser performance. All marks identify the products discussed; no endorsement or affiliation is implied.

Microsoft Edge artwork notice

Unmodified SVG source · MIT license:

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