How To : Understanding Browser Market Shares
Clients use a wide variety of Internet browsers on a bunch of different devices so it’s important to know who uses what in order to have your website function for your target demographic. In this article, we’ll go over the most used browsers and devices and their compatibilities so your next project can function for your desired clients use cases.
Browser Market Shares
Percentage of users using web browser
In 2025, Google Chrome continues to dominate the global market, followed by Apple Safari Specifically on Apple devices while only being 10% on desktop. Microsoft Edge secures the third spot, while Samsung Internet and Firefox hold modest shares.
Mobile VS Desktop: What to Design For
Although almost every site can be made responsive to work on both mobile and desktop, but it is better to have the design reflect the device the majority of your users will use. For example, if your campaign is being shared through a QR, your clients will be seeing your website on a mobile device. On the other hand if you are sharing the campaign for a LinkedIn banner ad, your clients will be majorly on desktop.
WebGL Compatibility
Interactive experiences requiring higher amounts of graphics processing capabilities or heavily featuring transparent video are currently not supported on Safari for Mac. Safari is the only major browser on the market that does not support loading WebGL content using the device’s internal graphics chip. Though we are hoping that Safari will add this functionality in the future, and previous experimental (beta) builds of Safari have featured this functionality, no official support in public versions has been communicated by Apple.
Conclusion
Google Chrome takes the overwhelming majority of desktop users so desktop functionality is the upmost importance on chrome. Chrome still takes the majority on mobile but due to safari being the default browser on apple devices, their usage is enough to accommodate for when releasing a mobile-ready product.
Sources
https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/north-america
https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/mobile/north-america
https://www.browserstack.com/guide/understanding-browser-market-share
https://www.similarweb.com/browsers/worldwide/desktop/
https://www.similarweb.com/browsers/worldwide/mobile-phone/