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Google Chrome Statistics

Brian Dean

Written by Brian Dean

Google Chrome Statistics

The Google Chrome web browser was publicly released in 2008.

Originally only available for Microsoft Windows, support for macOS, Linux, and mobile platforms quickly followed.

By mid-2012, Chrome was the most popular browser worldwide. It has been the dominant player in the category ever since.

Read on to discover all of the important Google Chrome statistics for 2024. Here’s a summary of what we’ll cover:

Chrome Stats (Top Picks)

  • Chrome is used by 3.45 billion internet users. That’s up from 2.74 billion in 2019.
  • Chrome has a worldwide browser market share of 63.87%.
  • In the US, the Chrome share of browser usage is 49.45%.
  • 130,445 extensions are available for Chrome.

Chrome Market Share Worldwide

Google Chrome has a global browser market share of 64.86% across all device types. A slight decrease from the 63.87% share registered in 2023.

Chrome Market Share Worldwide

For comparison, the second most popular browser worldwide (Safari) has a market share of 18.59%.

Here’s a table showing the Google Chrome browser market share (across all device types) since 2009:

Note: Table includes incomplete data for 2024.
Year Market share
2009 3.23%
2010 9.95%
2011 19.79%
2012 29.3%
2013 34.67%
2014 38.94%
2015 44.87%
2016 49.08%
2017 53.96%
2018 59.12%
2019 63.31%
2020 64.6%
2021 64.45%
2022 64.78%
2023 63.87%
2024 64.86%

Among mobile users, Chrome has a slightly higher market share of 65.33%. Chrome’s presence in the mobile browser market has grown significantly in recent years.

Chrome Mobile Browser Market Share

We’ve charted the growth in Chrome’s mobile browser market share since 2012:

Note: Table includes incomplete data for 2024.
Year Market share
2012 0.35%
2013 3.98%
2014 21.25%
2015 33.58%
2016 38.38%
2017 48.86%
2018 54.14%
2019 60.14%
2020 62.5%
2021 63.3%
2022 64.39%
2023 64.12%
2024 65.33%

Chrome has a tablet browser market share of 47.72%, which is the lowest among all device types (excluding games consoles).

Chrome Tablet Browser Market Share

Even so, Chrome is still the most popular browser among tablet users. Safari currently ranks as the second most used browser among tablet users with a market share of 36.15%.

We’ve prepared a table showing the growth in Chrome browser market share among tablet users:

Note: Table includes incomplete data for 2024.
Year Market share
2012 3.96%
2013 6.87%
2014 11.8%
2015 16.8%
2016 19.41%
2017 23.73%
2018 23.46%
2019 23.82%
2020 37.21%
2021 44.56%
2022 47.99%
2023 49.24%
2024 47.72%

Source: Statcounter GlobalStats

Chrome Market Share in the US

Chrome has a 49.45% share of the US browser market. The US share is significantly lower than the 63.87% cut Chrome enjoys worldwide.

Chrome Market Share in the US

The second most used browser in the US is Safari, which has a 32.4% market share.

Chrome’s US presence has been consistent over the past few years with nearly 50% market share of the US browser market.

Here’s the historical data on Chrome’s market share in the US since 2009:

Note: Table includes incomplete data for 2024.
Year Market share
2009 2.99%
2010 8.58%
2011 14.92%
2012 20.81%
2013 26.65%
2014 31.36%
2015 38.38%
2016 43.4%
2017 45.27%
2018 49.4%
2019 49.39%
2020 46.93%
2021 48.48%
2022 49.78%
2023 49.97%
2024 49.45%

Chrome holds a majority of the US desktop search market (59.43%). Edge, the closest competitor, has a market share nearly 4 times smaller (15.7%), while Safari ranks 3rd (13.61%) among desktop users in the US.

Chrome Desktop Market Share in the US

Here’s a table showing Chrome’s desktop browser market share in the US since 2009:

Note: Table includes incomplete data for 2024.
Year Market share
2009 3.03%
2010 8.95%
2011 16.09%
2012 23.54%
2013 32.08%
2014 36.87%
2015 42.1%
2016 51.4%
2017 55.66%
2018 61.99%
2019 63.17%
2020 58.84%
2021 59.46%
2022 59.89%
2023 56.64%
2024 59.43%

Within the mobile category, Chrome has a usage share of 38.69% in the US, making it the second most popular mobile browser in the country.

Chrome Mobile Market Share in the US

Safari leads the way on mobile, with a market share of 54.41%.

Here’s a breakdown of Chrome’s mobile browser market share in the US since 2012:

Note: Table includes incomplete data for 2024.
Year Market share
2012 0.44%
2013 5.48%
2014 24.22%
2015 38.7%
2016 36.56%
2017 39.13%
2018 40.56%
2019 40.09%
2020 37.24%
2021 38.64%
2022 41.43%
2023 40.68%
2024 38.69%

Source: Statcounter GlobalStats

Number of Chrome Users

An estimated 3.45 billion internet users globally use Chrome as their browser. The user base has grown by 4.5% compared to last year.

Chrome is used by 3.45 billion internet users

In fact, Chrome has added 1.06 billion new users in the last 5 years. As a result, the Chrome user base has grown by 44.35% since 2018.

Number of Chrome Users

Here’s a table with Chrome user growth since 2014:

Note: Data for 2022-2023 based on estimates using ITU data on number of internet users and StatCounter data for Chrome market share. Data for earlier years was used from Statista analysis.
Year Number of users
2014 1.25 billion
2015 1.5 billion
2016 1.84 billion
2017 2.04 billion
2018 2.39 billion
2019 2.74 billion
2020 3.06 billion
2021 3.23 billion
2022* 3.3 billion
2023* 3.45 billion

Sources: Statista, ITU, StatCounter

Chrome App Importance for Americans

Chrome is ranked as the 6th most important mobile app among American users, according to an AudienceProject survey. A 6% share of respondents agreed that Chrome is the app they could least do without.

Chrome is ranked as the 6th most important mobile app among American users

To put it in perspective, Facebook, which finished first in the survey, was named the most essential app by 17% of respondents.

Source: AudienceProject

Number of Chrome Extensions

There are 130,445 Chrome extensions (based on data collected in June 2021). That’s down from 137,345 Chrome extensions in May 2020.

An additional 39,263 themes are available for download.

86.3% (118,526) of Chrome extensions have less than 1,000 users. Only 1.79% (2,459) have more than 100,000 users.

Here’s a complete breakdown of Chrome extensions by number of users (as of May 2020):

Number of users Number of Chrome extensions
Less than 100 95,492 (69.53% of total)
Between 100 and 1,000 22,584 (16.44% of total)
More than 1,000 10,523 (7.66% of total)
More than 10,000 5,950 (4.33% of total)
More than 100,000 2,459 (1.79% of total)
More than 1 million 337 (0.24% of total)

Sources: DebugBear 1, DebugBear 2

Number of Chrome Extensions Developed by Google

There are 16 Chrome extensions developed by Google available for download as of February 2024.

A total of 5 extensions developed by Google (31.25%) have more than 1 million users.

Source: Chrome Web Store

Chrome App Downloads

The Google Chrome mobile app was downloaded 8.86 million times across iOS & Android platforms in September 2023.

The Google Chrome mobile app was downloaded 8.86 million times

Google Chrome has more than 10 billion lifetime downloads on Google Play, a milestone it passed in December 2021.

Sources: Statista, Android Rank

Conclusion

You made it! That’s it for my Google Chrome stats roundup.

Hopefully, you’ve learned something new about Chrome from these facts and figures. The browser has an incredible growth story and continues to be the top player in the market. It will be interesting to see whether it can sustain its position of dominance in years to come.