# Microsoft Edge User Numbers Keep Growing As Firefox Falls 

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-edge-user-numbers-keep-growing-as-firefox-falls/177911>\
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**Tags:** tools, pc-optimization\
**Created:** [April 6, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-edge-user-numbers-keep-growing-as-firefox-falls/177911 "2021-04-06T12:41:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/bluehacker/32/174721_2.png) [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-edge-user-numbers-keep-growing-as-firefox-falls/177911/1 "2021-04-06T12:41:43Z")

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Last year, NetMarketShare [showed](https://news.slashdot.org/story/20/04/05/1727217/edge-overtakes-firefox-to-become-the-second-most-popular-browser) that Edge’s 7.59% desktop market share pushed it past Firefox in March last year. Now, StatCounter [reports](https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worldwide) that Edge has been [adding users over the last few months as Firefox’s userbase shrinks](https://www.techspot.com/news/89180-mircosoft-edge-user-numbers-keep-growing-firefox-falls.html). TechSpot reports:

_While the data doesn’t prove Firefox users have been leaving for Edge, we see that Microsoft’s browser has seen its market share jump from 7.81% to 8.03% this year, while Mozilla’s product declined from 8.1% to 7.95%. That’s an all-time high for Edge, according to StatCounter. Edge’s gain in users hasn’t secured it the second position. That honor goes to Safari, which now has a 10.11% share, though its numbers have been falling since December, so Edge could overtake it soon enough._

 

_Like Windows 7, it seems some people are having trouble letting go of the now-discontinued Internet Explorer. It has a 1.7% share that is declining very slowly. The data is only for the desktop market. Looking at all platforms – desktop, tablet, and mobile – iPhones and iPads make Safari’s second spot more secure with a 19.03% share, while Firefox moves ahead of Edge, albeit by just 0.23%._

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**Author:** ![Jared](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/jared/32/38087_2.png) [@Jared](https://onehack.st/u/Jared)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-edge-user-numbers-keep-growing-as-firefox-falls/177911/2 "2021-04-06T18:08:15Z")

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How masochistic do you have to be to still be using Internet Explorer in 2021? 🤣 🤣 🤣 Some people are really dedicated to not experiencing change in their lives.

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**Author:** ![Time\_Traveller](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/time_traveller/32/40358_2.png) [@Time\_Traveller](https://onehack.st/u/Time_Traveller)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 2:40am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-edge-user-numbers-keep-growing-as-firefox-falls/177911/3 "2021-04-07T02:40:35Z")

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Edge has been so much better ever since it switched to Chromium. I prefer it to Chrome and any other browsers.