If you’re an Internet Explorer fan, the chances are that you’ll soon be the only one, as more and more users are moving away from Microsoft’s old browser and replacing it with more modern alternatives.



This isn’t at all surprising given the fact that Microsoft itself has abandoned the browser, but new market share figures provided by StatCounter show just how fast the world is switching to more powerful alternatives.
Microsoft’s plan was to move users from Internet Explorer to Edge, the new Windows 10 default browser, and while some are indeed doing this, the majority of customers are actually switching to a third-party alternative.
Google Chrome, the dominant leader Google Chrome is currently dominating the browser market and StatCounter’s data for the month of March 2016 put this browser at the top of the charts with a share of no less than 60.1 percent. This means that more than one in two PCs are running Google Chrome, which is quite an impressive achievement given the fact that Google’s browser needs to be manually downloaded on Windows PCs (whereas Internet Explorer and Edge are pre-installed).
Internet Explorer is not even the second option, as Firefox has already become the runner-up with a share of 15.69 percent, so the difference between the first two places is huge to say the least.
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is not far behind Firefox (but continuously going down) with 13.67 percent. As far as Microsoft Edge is concerned, it’s one of the least used browsers currently on desktop computers, with a share of 2.15 percent.
Adoption of Edge should improve in the coming months as Microsoft completes work on some exciting updates including support for extensions. These new features are projected to arrive in the summer with the so-called Windows 10 Anniversary Update, so until then, expect Internet Explorer to continue its collapse, while Edge’s market share should remain largely the same.