Internet Explorer is no longer king

Google Chrome has beaten Internet Explorer to claim top spot in NetMarketShare’s Internet browser popularity rankings for April 2016.

Chrome earned 41.71% of the desktop browser share for the past month, followed by Internet Explorer on 41.33%.

Firefox came in third with 10.06%, followed by Safari on 4.47% and Opera on 2.01%.

NetMarketShare’s data showed that Chrome has grown its user base since the beginning of 2016, moving up from 35.05% of international browser market share to its April figure of 41.71%.

Internet Explorer showed a decline during the same period, dropping from 46.90% to 41.33% since January.

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