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Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge is a web browser developed by Microsoft, released in July 2015.

Microsoft Edge replaced Internet Explorer 11 as the default browser in Windows 10. Edge was also released for Android and iOS in 2017, and for macOS in 2019.

Edge uses the Blink rendering engine (from version 79). Read more about Edge.

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Edge Statistics

The values below are in percentages and are extracted from our W3Schools' Statistics.

2021 Total 90 89 88 87 18 IE11 Older
April 5.6 1.7 3.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.3
March 5.5   3.7 1.3 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1
February 5.4     4.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3
January 5.3     1.1 3.3 0.3 0.2 0.4
2020 Total 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 18 IE11 Older
December 5.2 4.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2
November 5.3 1.4 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.0
October 5.2   2.9 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.1
September 4.9     3.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.3
August 4.6     0.3 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.2
July 4.3       1.3 1.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.5 0.1
June 3.9       0.1 1.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.2 0.6 0.1
May 3.5         0.4 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.4 0.6 0.1
April 3.4             0.7 0.4 1.6 0.5 0.2
March 3.5               0.6 1.7 0.7 0.5
February 3.4               0.3 1.6 0.7 0.8
January 3.0                 1.9 0.8 0.3
2019 Total Edge 18 Edge17 Edge16 Older
Edge		 IE11 Older
IE
December 2.9 1.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.0
November 3.2 1.7 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.0
October 3.3 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.0 1.0 0.0
September 3.3 1.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 1.1 0.0
August 3.3 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.1 1.1 0.2
July 3.3 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.1 1.1 0.1
June 3.6 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.2 1.4 0.0
May 3.6 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.1 1.3 0.1
April 3.6 0.7 1.3 0.5 0.1 1.4 -0.4
March 3.8 0.7 1.3 0.5 0.1 1.5 -0.3
February 4.0 0.3 1.5 0.5 0.2 1.5 0.0
January 4.0 0.2 1.6 0.4 0.2 1.5 0.1
2018 Total Edge 18 Edge17 Edge16 Older
Edge		 IE11 Older
IE
December 3.8 0.2 1.6 0.2 0.2 1.5 0.1
November 4.1 0.1 1.5 0.3 0.2 1.6 0.4
October 4.0 0.1 1.5 0.3 0.3 1.7 0.2
September 3.9   1.3 0.3 0.4 1.6 0.2
August 3.7   1.0 0.4 0.3 1.7 0.2
July 3.5   0.9 0.5 0.2 1.8 0.1
June 3.8   0.8 0.5 0.4 2.0 0.1
May 3.9   0.3 1.0 0.4 1.9 0.1
April 3.9     1.4 0.4 1.9 0.2
March 4.0     1.4 0.6 2.0 0.0
February 4.1     1.2 0.7 2.1 0.1
January 4.1     1.1 0.9 2.0 0.1
2017 Total Edge 16 Edge15 Edge14 Edge13 Edge12 IE11 Older
December 3.9 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 2.0 0.1
November 4.3 0.4 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 2.4 0.0
October 4.1 0.1 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 2.3 0.0
September 4.2   1.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 2.5 0.0
August 4.3   0.8 0.4 0.2 0.1 2.6 0.2
July 4.2   0.7 0.6 0.2 0.1 2.6 0.0
June 4.6   0.6 0.8 0.2 0.1 2.6 0.3
May 4.6   0.3 1.1 0.2 0.1 2.7 0.2
April 4.6   0.1 1.2 0.2 0.1 2.8 0.2
March 4.8     1.4 0.2 0.2 2.9 0.1
February 4.8     1.1 0.2 0.1 3.1 0.3
January 4.9     1.1 0.2 0.1 3.4 0.1
2016 Total Edge14 Edge13 Edge12 IE11 IE10 Older
December 4.8 1.0 0.2 0.1 3.0 0.1 0.4
November 5.2 0.9 0.3 0.1 3.2 0.1 0.6
October 5.2 1.0 0.5 0.1 3.5 0.1 0.0
September 5.3 0.5 0.8 0.2 3.4 0.2 0.2
August 5.2 0.2 1.0 0.2 3.3 0.2 0.3
July 5.2   1.2 0.2 3.4 0.2 0.2
June 5.6   1.0 0.2 4.0 0.2 0.2
May 5.7   1.0 0.2 3.9 0.3 0.3
April 5.8   1.0 0.2 3.9 0.4 0.3
March 6.1   1.0 0.2 4.1 0.3 0.5
February 6.2   0.9 0.2 4.1 0.4 0.6
January 6.2   0.8 0.4 3.8 0.5 0.7
2015 Total Edge12 IE11 IE10 IE9 IE8 IE7
December 6.3 1.0 3.9 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1
November 6.8 1.0 4.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.1
October 6.9 0.9 4.1 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.1
September 7.2 0.8 4.2 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.1
August 6.6 0.3 3.5 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.2
July 6.5   3.4 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.2
June 7.1   4.2 0.8 1.2 0.9 0.1
May 7.1   4.1 1.1 1.2 0.7 0.1
April 8.0   4.5 1.0 1.4 1.0 0.1
March 7.7   4.1 1.0 1.4 1.1 0.1
February 8.0   4.1 1.1 1.5 1.2 0.1
January 7.8   3.7 1.1 1.4 1.2 0.2
2014 Total IE11 IE10 IE9 IE8 IE7 IE6
December 8.0 3.6 1.1 1.6 1.3 0.2 0.0
November 9.8 4.7 1.4 1.8 1.6 0.3 0.0
October 9.5 4.3 1.5 1.8 1.6 0.2 0.0
September 9.9 3.8 1.7 2.4 2.0 0.3 0.0
August 8.3 3.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 0.2 0.0
July 8.5 3.0 1.5 1.8 1.8 0.2 0.0
June 8.8 3.0 1.4 1.2 2.1 0.3 0.1
May 8.9 2.7 1.4 1.9 2.1 0.2 0.0
April 9.4 2.7 1.6 2.0 2.4 0.3 0.1
March 9.7 2.6 1.6 2.1 2.5 0.3 0.1
February 9.8 2.5 1.7 2.1 2.7 0.3 0.1
January 10.2 2.5 1.7 2.3 3.1 0.4 0.1
2013 Total IE11 IE10 IE9 IE8 IE7 IE6
December 9.0 0.8 2.1 2.4 3.2 0.4 0.1
November 10.5   3.5 2.5 3.6 0.5 0.1
October 11.7   4.0 3.0 4.1 0.5 0.1
September 12.1   4.0 2.8 4.6 0.6 0.1
August 11.8   3.6 2.8 4.7 0.6 0.1
July 11.8   3.3 2.8 4.8 0.7 0.1
June 12.0   3.1 3.2 4.9 0.7 0.1
May 12.6   2.6 3.9 5.2 0.8 0.1
April 12.7   2.0 4.4 5.3 0.8 0.1
March 12.9   1.3 5.2 5.5 0.8 0.2
February 13.5   0.9 5.7 5.8 0.9 0.2
January 14.3   0.8 5.9 6.4 1.0 0.3
2012 Total IE10 IE9 IE8 IE7 IE6
December 14.7 0.6 5.9 6.8 1.1 0.3
November 15.1 0.4 6.5 6.8 1.1 0.3
October 16.1 0.2 6.8 7.6 1.2 0.3
September 16.4 0.2 6.6 7.9 1.3 0.4
August 16.2 0.1 6.1 7.8 1.8 0.5
July 16.3 0.1 5.9 7.9 2.0 0.6
June 16.7 0.1 6.1 8.0 1.9 0.6
May 18.1 0.1 6.5 8.8 2.1 0.6
April 18.3 0.1 6.4 8.8 2.3 0.7
March 18.9 0.0 6.1 9.4 2.5 0.9
February 19.5 0.0 5.7 10.2 2.6 1.0
January 20.1 0.1 5.3 10.5 3.1 1.1
2011 Total IE9 IE8 IE7 IE6
December 20.2 5.1 10.7 3.2 1.2
November 21.2 5.1 11.5 3.4 1.2
October 21.7 5.1 11.8 3.5 1.3
September 22.9 4.8 12.4 3.9 1.8
August 22.5 4.2 11.9 4.2 2.0
July 22.0 3.9 11.7 4.1 2.3
June 23.2 3.6 12.9 4.4 2.3
May 24.9 3.1 14.1 5.3 2.4
April 24.3 2.1 14.8 4.9 2.5
March 25.8 1.1 16.3 5.4 3.0
February 26.5 0.6 16.7 5.7 3.5
January 26.6 0.5 16.6 5.7 3.8
2010 Total IE9 IE8 IE7 IE6
December 27.5 0.5 16.5 6.1 4.4
November 28.6 0.4 17.6 6.5 4.1
October 29.7 0.4 17.3 7.2 4.8
September 31.1 0.2 17.3 8.0 5.6
August 30.7   16.2 7.8 6.7
July 30.4   15.6 7.6 7.2
June 31.0   15.7 8.1 7.2
May 32.2   16.0 9.1 7.1
April 33.4   16.2 9.3 7.9
March 34.9   15.3 10.7 8.9
February 35.3   14.7 11.0 9.6
January 36.2   14.3 11.7 10.2
2009 Total IE8 IE7 IE6
December 37.2 13.5 12.8 10.9
November 37.7 13.3 13.3 11.1
October 37.5 12.8 14.1 10.6
September 39.6 12.2 15.3 12.1
August 39.3 10.6 15.1 13.6
July 39.4 9.1 15.9 14.4
June 40.7 7.1 18.7 14.9
May 41.0 5.2 21.3 14.5
April 42.1 3.5 23.2 15.4
March 43.3 1.4 24.9 17.0
February 43.6 0.8 25.4 17.4
January 44.8 0.6 25.7 18.5
2008 Total IE7 IE6 IE5
December 46.0 26.1 19.6 0.3
November 47.0 26.6 20.0 0.4
October 47.4 26.9 20.2 0.3
September 49.0 26.3 22.3 0.4
August 51.0 26.0 24.5 0.5
July 52.4 26.4 25.3 0.7
June 54.2 27.0 26.5 0.7
May 54.4 26.5 27.3 0.6
April 54.8 24.9 28.9 1.0
March 53.9 23.3 29.5 1.1
February 54.7 22.7 30.7 1.3
January 54.7 21.2 32.0 1.5
2007 Total IE7 IE6 IE5
November 56.0 20.8 33.6 1.6
September 57.2 20.8 34.9 1.5
July 58.5 20.1 36.9 1.5
May 58.9 19.2 38.1 1.6
March 58.7 18.0 38.7 2.0
January 58.6 13.3 42.3 3.0
2006 Total IE7 IE6 IE5
November 60.6 7.1 49.9 3.6
September 62.1 2.5 55.6 4.0
July 62.4 1.9 56.3 4.2
May 63.0 1.1 57.4 4.5
March 64.7 0.6 58.8 5.3
January 66.0 0.2 60.3 5.5
2005 Total IE6 IE5
November 68.9 62.7 6.2
September 75.5 69.8 5.7
July 73.8 67.9 5.9
May 71.6 64.8 6.8
March 72.5 63.6 8.9
January 74.5 64.8 9.7
2004 Total IE6 IE5
November 76.2 66.0 10.2
September 79.0 67.8 11.2
July 80.4 67.2 13.2
May 81.9 68.1 13.8
March 82.8 68.2 14.6
January 84.7 68.9 15.8
2003 Total IE6 IE5
November 84.9 71.2 13.7
September 86.6 69.7 16.9
July 87.2 66.9 20.3
May 87.7 65.0 22.7
March 88.0 63.4 24.6
January 84.6 55.3 29.3
2002 Total IE6 IE5 IE4
November 83.4 53.5 29.9  
September 83.5 49.1 34.4  
July 85.0 44.4 40.1 0.5
May 87.4 40.7 46.0 0.7
March 86.8 36.7 49.4 0.7
January 86.8 30.1 55.7 1.0

Microsoft Edge Legacy

Edge was the default browser for Windows 10.

It was built with Microsoft's browser engine EdgeHTML and their Chakra JavaScript engine.

The first versions of Edge (12-18) are now referred to as "Edge Legacy".

Edge Legacy was not available for Windows 7 or Windows 8.

The Microsoft support for Edge Legacy ended on March 9, 2021.

Future Windows updates will replace Edge Legacy with The New Edge.

The New Edge

The new Microsoft Edge is Chromium based with Blink and V8 engines.

It was released in January 2020, and is available for Windows 7, 8, and 10.

It can also be downloaded for macOS, iOS, and Android.

The new Edge follows the Modern Lifecycle Policy (updates are released on an approximate six-week cycle).


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