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Google Chrome continues to maintain its dominant position in the Web browser market, despite increased competition from Microsoft's Edge.
Google Chrome continues to maintain its dominant position in the Web browser market, despite increased competition from Microsoft's Edge browser and ongoing antitrust scrutiny.
According to recent data from Web analytics firm Statcounter, Chrome held a 66.88% market share of desktop browsers at the start of 2025, up 1.65 percentage points year-over-year. This comes even as Microsoft has aggressively promoted Edge to Windows users through pop-up notifications and ads within the operating system itself.
While Edge has grown its market share to 13% of desktop browsers, up over 2% from the previous year, Chrome's growth rate outpaced it in late 2024. Industry analysts say this indicates Microsoft's efforts to convert Chrome users have had limited success so far.
Microsoft has particularly emphasized Edge's security features in its marketing, especially for enterprise users. However, Google has countered by promoting Chrome's own security and AI capabilities.
The browser competition is expected to intensify in 2025 as both companies integrate more AI features. Google is reportedly working on adding its Gemini AI assistant to Chrome's sidebar and potentially the Windows taskbar. Microsoft is developing similar AI integrations for Edge and Windows 11.
This AI push comes amid broader antitrust scrutiny of major tech companies. The U.S. Department of Justice has an ongoing antitrust case against Google that includes its Chrome browser business. Some advocacy groups have also called for European regulators to investigate Microsoft's promotion of Edge within Windows. Copilot AI push seems central to the Windows 11 push, and one can assume Copilot versus Gemini will take Edge versus Chrome to new heights.
Despite these challenges, analysts say Chrome's large existing user base gives Google a strong foundation to build on as the browser landscape evolves.
Both Google and Microsoft declined to comment on the latest market share figures or their future browser strategies when contacted.
