Although it remains the world's leading desktop browser, Google Chrome slipped slightly in November, having previously reached a historic market share of 66.43%.
According to market analysis firm NetMarketShare, the three dominant browsers have all seen market share losses over the past 30 days.
First in losses comes Google Chrome, Google's browser, which fell to 65.57% last month, but still runs on almost 7 out of 10 desktop computers.
Mozilla Firefox is next, which also fell from 9.25% to 8.96% in just one month. Microsoft Edge , which fell from 4.28% to 4.22%, while Internet Explorer, the browser that no longer receives feature updates but only security patches, reached 7.42%.
While the decline of Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox is undoubtedly good news for Microsoft, it means nothing in practice unless Microsoft Edge starts to increase its market share. Edge is struggling to improve its global market share, as most PC users prefer the two aforementioned browsers.
This is not surprising, however, given Microsoft's aggressive approach to promoting its Edge browser. The company has repeatedly resorted to controversial tactics that have not been well received by users, and it seems that this strategy is having negative results.
What is surprising, on the other hand, is that Microsoft Edge lost market share within a month, when Microsoft introduced a new Windows 10 update with improvements for the browser. Windows 10 with version number 1809 was re-released in November, but users are not very impressed with Microsoft's browser at the moment.
