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A '''web browser''', often shortened to '''browser''', is an [[Application software|application]] for accessing [[web pages]] and [[web navigation|navigating the Internet]]. When a [[User (computing)|user]] visits a [[website]], the browser requests the web page from a [[web server]] and displays it. Browsers can also be used to access web pages [[hosts (file)|hosted]] on the local [[filesystem]] (often called [[localhost]]) or [[Computer network|network]] configuration pages.
Browsers are used on a range of devices, including [[desktop computer|desktops]], [[laptop]]s, [[tablet computer|tablets]], [[smartphone]]s and [[Video game console|consoles]]. As of 2024, the most used browsers worldwide are [[Google Chrome]] (65–66% [[market share]]), [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] (15–17%), [[Microsoft Edge|Edge]] (5.2–6.6%), [[Firefox]] (2.5–3.9%), [[Samsung Internet]] (2.2–2.7%), and [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] (1.5–2.1%).<ref name="statcounter">{{cite web |title=Browser Market Share Worldwide |url=https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share |access-date=21 March 2025 |publisher=[[StatCounter]]}}</ref><ref name="cloudflare">{{cite web|last=|first=|title=Browser Market Share Report for 2024 Q1|website=cloudflare.com|publisher=Cloudflare, Inc.|date=May 3, 2024|url=https://radar.cloudflare.com/reports/browser-market-share-2024-q1|access-date=March 22, 2025}}</ref> As of 2023, an estimated 5.4 billion people had used a browser.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Internet Users Statistics and 2023 World Population Stats|url=https://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523140912/https://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm|access-date=21 March 2025 |website=www.internetworldstats.com|archive-date=23 May 2024|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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The other two browsers in the top four are made from different [[codebase]]s. [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]], based on [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[WebKit]] code, is the second most popular web browser and is dominant on Apple devices, resulting in an 18% global share.<ref name="statcounter"/> [[Firefox]], in fourth place, with about 3% market share,<ref name="statcounter"/> is based on [[Mozilla]]'s code. Both of these codebases are open-source, so a number of small niche browsers are also made from them.
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! Web browser !! Market share !! Reference
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| Chrome
| 65–66%
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| Safari
| 15–17%
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| Edge
| 5.2–6.6%
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| Firefox
| 2.5–3.9%
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| Samsung Internet
| 2.2–2.7%
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| Opera
| 1.5–2.1%
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| [[Yandex Browser|Yandex]]
| 0.38–1.16%
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| [[UC Browser]]
| 0.41–0.82%
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| [[Huawei#Huawei_Browser|Huawei Browser]]
| 0.19%
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| [[DuckDuckGo Private Browser]]
| 0.17%
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| [[QQ Browser]]
| 0.15%
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| [[Mi Browser]]
| 0.15%
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| [[Naver Whale]]
| 0.08%
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| [[Aloha Browser]]
| 0.06%
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| [[Avast Secure Browser]]
| 0.05%
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| [[Vivaldi (web browser)|Vivaldi]]
| 0.02%
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| [[AVG (web browser)|AVG]]
| 0.02%
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| others
| 0.06%
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