How Many Registered Users Of Mozilla Firefox

Firefox is great, so why has it lost almost fifty one thousand thousand users?

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Reddit user nixcraft noticed in Mozilla's ain Public data Written report that Firefox has lost 46 meg users over the last three years. As PC Gamer reports, Firefox is still sitting pretty with 198 million agile monthly users, but this number was much higher at the terminate of 2018 at effectually 244 million.

The net is an e'er-evolving beast of class, so while Firefox accounted for around 30% of all browser usage back in 2008 (trailing behind Internet Explorer's impressive sixty%), Mozilla'southward in one case-pop browser now sits at under three%. We currently have Firefox ranked in offset place on our list of the all-time web browsers, just if it's and then much better than the competition, why are people moving away from it?

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Out-muscled past Google

At that place are a few reasons why the migration is happening, and why Chrome is mostly benefitting. Many websites are best optimized for Google'south web browser, with faster loading times and allows for easier access to other products within its ecosystem such equally Google Sheets and Google Run into.

Many businesses apply Thou Suite besides, which makes downloading Chrome preferable over other available browsers. Chrome also has the advantage of existence the default browser across Android devices, and of course Google is happy to nag yous to download Chrome if it catches you using its services on another browser similar Border.

Speaking of which, Border is now based on Chromium and offers more compelling benefits than Microsoft'southward now-retired Internet Explorer, with instant web compatibility and support for Chrome extensions.

Firefox has its own Add-ons of grade and long-fourth dimension users will often reference its advantage in privacy protection, but recent updates have felt a tad lackluster and it's noticeably slower than Chromium-based browsers. Many users will also have the path of least resistance, and given Google and Microsoft'southward annoying ad campaigns that push button y'all towards using their products it'south understandable that folk will eventually concede to get some peace.

The anti-competitive arroyo that Google has over browsers is cause for business organization, simply Firefox isn't going to disappear overnight, fifty-fifty with it existence strangled past rivals based on Chromium. ItsFoss, who originally reported on nixcraft's Reddit thread recommends downloading Firefox for apply equally a secondary browser in a bid to endeavor and fight dorsum against Google's quest for domination, and it's hard to debate against simply nosotros doubt that this will work in practice.

Mozilla needs to ameliorate its operation to match that of Chromium if information technology wants to remain a feasible alternative because all the enhanced security and customization in the globe won't help if it takes forever to load your favorite websites.

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Jess is TechRadar's Calculating writer (@Zombie_Wretch on Twitter), where she covers all aspects of Mac and PC hardware, including PC gaming and peripherals. She has been interviewed equally an industry expert for the BBC, and while her educational background was in prosthetics and model-making, her true love is in tech and she has built numerous desktop computers over the last 10 years for gaming and content cosmos. She besides likes to dabble in digital art and 3D printing, and can often be found playing games of both the Video and Tabletop variety, occasionally streaming to the disappointment of everyone.