Internet Explorer was once the most widely used web browser, attaining a peak of 95% usage share by 2003.[10] This came after Microsoft used bundling to win the first browser war against Netscape, which was the dominant browser in the 1990s. Its usage share has since declined with the launches of Firefox (2004) and Google Chrome (2008) and with the growing popularity of mobile operating systems such as Android and iOS that do not support Internet Explorer. Estimates for Internet Explorer's market share in 2022 are about 0.3% across all platforms, or, by StatCounter's numbers, ranked 9th after UC Browser.[11] On traditional PCs, the only platform on which it has ever had a significant share, it is ranked 6th at 0.84%, after Opera.[12] Microsoft Edge, IE's successor, first overtook Internet Explorer in terms of market share in November 2019. Versions of Internet Explorer for other operating systems have also been produced, including an Xbox 360 version called Internet Explorer for Xbox and for platforms Microsoft no longer supports: Internet Explorer for Mac and Internet Explorer for UNIX (Solaris and HP-UX), and an embedded OEM version called Pocket Internet Explorer, later rebranded Internet Explorer Mobile, made for Windows CE, Windows Phone, and, previously, based on Internet Explorer 7, for Windows Phone 7.
According to StatCounter Internet Explorer's market share fell below 50% in September 2010.[117] In May 2012, Google Chrome overtook Internet Explorer as the most used browser worldwide, according to StatCounter.[118]
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