The most popular mobile browsers

A well thought-out mobile strategy needs to take into account many characteristics of mobile users’ behaviour.

With some analysis of mobile traffic from websites powered by DeviceAtlas, we can shed some light on the most popular mobile browsers in the largest markets.

An effective mobile strategy starts with traffic analytics

The first step when creating a mobile strategy is understanding your existing and future mobile traffic. It’s particularly important before approaching a new market, given different characteristics across countries and territories.

DeviceAtlas’ Data Explorer can provide you with insights into mobile users’ behaviour in countries across the world.

Safari competes with Chrome Mobile in most cases

The two most popular mobile browsers across the globe are Safari and Chrome, by some distance.

Safari ranks first in the US, UK, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Canada and Singapore.
Chrome Mobile is most popular in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Poland.

The Chrome v Safari trend closely follows that of Android v iOS. However, choice of OS isn’t the only factor. For example Chrome Mobile is officially available for both Android and iOS devices, whereas an Android user looking to use Safari is out of luck.

The following charts are based on mobile web traffic (excluding tablet) over Q4 2018 to a global network of partner websites using the DeviceAtlas device detection platform.

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Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Malaysia
Mexico

Netherlands
Nigeria
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Russia
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
UK
US

Argentina

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Argentina	1	Chrome Mobile	63.16%
Argentina	2	Samsung Browser	16.89%
Argentina	3	Safari	14.92%
Argentina	4	IE Mobile	1.73%
Argentina	5	Android Browser	1.12%
Argentina	6	Others	2.17%

Australia

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Australia	1	Safari	57.50%
Australia	2	Chrome Mobile	29.57%
Australia	3	Samsung Browser	11.14%
Australia	4	Firefox	0.61%
Australia	5	IE Mobile	0.31%
Australia	6	Others	0.87%

Brazil

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Brazil	1	Chrome Mobile	53.86%
Brazil	2	Safari	23.34%
Brazil	3	Samsung Browser	16.21%
Brazil	4	Android Browser	1.70%
Brazil	5	IE Mobile	0.99%
Brazil	6	Others	3.91%

Canada

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Canada	1	Safari	57.33%
Canada	2	Chrome Mobile	27.60%
Canada	3	Samsung Browser	13.56%
Canada	4	Firefox	0.62%
Canada	5	Android Browser	0.33%
Canada	6	Others	0.57%

Colombia

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Colombia	1	Chrome Mobile	59.09%
Colombia	2	Safari	23.40%
Colombia	3	Samsung Browser	13.23%
Colombia	4	Android Browser	2.31%
Colombia	5	IE Mobile	0.41%
Colombia	6	Others	1.56%

Denmark

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Denmark	1	Safari	52.06%
Denmark	2	Chrome Mobile	35.88%
Denmark	3	Samsung Browser	8.93%
Denmark	4	Firefox	0.72%
Denmark	5	Opera Mobile	0.64%
Denmark	6	Others	1.76%

Egypt

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Egypt	1	Chrome Mobile	61.96%
Egypt	2	Samsung Browser	19.14%
Egypt	3	Safari	11.05%
Egypt	4	Android Browser	3.49%
Egypt	5	IE Mobile	1.32%
Egypt	6	Others	3.03%

Finland

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Finland	1	Safari	41.23%
Finland	2	Chrome Mobile	40.28%
Finland	3	Samsung Browser	12.41%
Finland	4	Firefox	2.78%
Finland	5	IE Mobile	1.00%
Finland	6	Others	2.30%

France

Country	Position	Browser	Share
France	1	Safari	47.88%
France	2	Chrome Mobile	35.49%
France	3	Samsung Browser	12.76%
France	4	Firefox	1.23%
France	5	Android Browser	0.82%
France	6	Others	1.82%

Germany

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Germany	1	Safari	34.97%
Germany	2	Chrome Mobile	32.91%
Germany	3	Samsung Browser	26.05%
Germany	4	Firefox	3.08%
Germany	5	Android Browser	1.01%
Germany	6	Others	1.98%

India

Country	Position	Browser	Share
India	1	Chrome Mobile	55.87%
India	2	Samsung Browser	11.78%
India	3	MIUI Browser	10.11%
India	4	Safari	8.93%
India	5	UC Browser	5.17%
India	6	Others	8.12%

Indonesia

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Indonesia	1	Chrome Mobile	57.43%
Indonesia	2	Samsung Browser	17.24%
Indonesia	3	Safari	9.99%
Indonesia	4	MIUI Browser	5.74%
Indonesia	5	Android Browser	3.55%
Indonesia	6	Others	6.04%

Ireland

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Ireland	1	Safari	52.34%
Ireland	2	Chrome Mobile	32.30%
Ireland	3	Samsung Browser	10.09%
Ireland	4	Android Browser	3.60%
Ireland	5	Firefox	0.55%
Ireland	6	Others	1.12%

Israel

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Israel	1	Chrome Mobile	45.60%
Israel	2	Safari	33.61%
Israel	3	Samsung Browser	17.66%
Israel	4	MIUI Browser	0.90%
Israel	5	Firefox	0.59%
Israel	6	Others	1.63%

Italy

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Italy	1	Chrome Mobile	48.24%
Italy	2	Safari	33.03%
Italy	3	Samsung Browser	15.18%
Italy	4	Android Mobile	0.90%
Italy	5	Firefox	0.70%
Italy	6	Others	1.97%

Japan

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Japan	1	Safari	66.10%
Japan	2	Chrome Mobile	27.27%
Japan	3	Samsung Browser	3.23%
Japan	4	Android Browser	1.19%
Japan	5	Firefox	0.42%
Japan	6	Others	1.79%

Malaysia

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Malaysia	1	Chrome Mobile	51.93%
Malaysia	2	Safari	25.40%
Malaysia	3	Samsung Browser	15.59%
Malaysia	4	Opera Mobile	2.39%
Malaysia	5	MIUI Browser	2.27%
Malaysia	6	Others	2.43%

Mexico

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Mexico	1	Chrome Mobile	52.12%
Mexico	2	Safari	33.04%
Mexico	3	Samsung Browser	11.08%
Mexico	4	Android Browser	1.67%
Mexico	5	IE Mobile	0.37%
Mexico	6	Others	1.72%

Netherlands

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Netherlands	1	Safari	45.45%
Netherlands	2	Chrome Mobile	31.14%
Netherlands	3	Samsung Browser	21.25%
Netherlands	4	Firefox	0.68%
Netherlands	5	Android Browser	0.55%
Netherlands	6	Others	0.94%

Nigeria

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Nigeria	1	Chrome Mobile	51.48%
Nigeria	2	Safari	20.62%
Nigeria	3	Samsung Browser	11.61%
Nigeria	4	Nokia S40 Browser	3.43%
Nigeria	5	Opera Mobile	2.79%
Nigeria	6	Others	10.08%

Norway

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Norway	1	Safari	54.47%
Norway	2	Chrome Mobile	25.47%
Norway	3	Samsung Browser	15.21%
Norway	4	Firefox	1.25%
Norway	5	Opera Mobile	1.22%
Norway	6	Others	2.37%

Philippines

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Philippines	1	Chrome Mobile	49.40%
Philippines	2	Safari	36.70%
Philippines	3	Samsung Browser	10.34%
Philippines	4	Opera Mobile	1.35%
Philippines	5	Android Browser	1.00%
Philippines	6	Others	1.21%

Poland

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Poland	1	Chrome Mobile	64.18%
Poland	2	Safari	18.38%
Poland	3	Samsung Browser	11.79%
Poland	4	MIUI Browser	1.65%
Poland	5	Firefox	1.43%
Poland	6	Others	2.57%

Romania

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Romania	1	Chrome Mobile	56.89%
Romania	2	Samsung Browser	19.69%
Romania	3	Safari	19.51%
Romania	4	Android Browser	1.21%
Romania	5	Firefox	0.59%
Romania	6	Others	2.11%

Russia

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Russia	1	Safari	36.23%
Russia	2	Chrome Mobile	34.85%
Russia	3	Samsung Browser	10.47%
Russia	4	Yandex Browser	8.47%
Russia	5	MIUI Browser	3.68%
Russia	6	Others	6.30%

Singapore

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Singapore	1	Safari	50.88%
Singapore	2	Chrome Mobile	30.57%
Singapore	3	Samsung Browser	13.96%
Singapore	4	Android Browser	1.44%
Singapore	5	Opera Mobile	0.72%
Singapore	6	Others	2.42%

South Africa

Country	Position	Browser	Share
South Africa	1	Chrome Mobile	37.31%
South Africa	2	Safari	30.51%
South Africa	3	Samsung Browser	21.80%
South Africa	4	Opera Mobile	3.06%
South Africa	5	Firefox	2.93%
South Africa	6	Others	4.38%

South Korea

Country	Position	Browser	Share
South Korea	1	Chrome Mobile	36.51%
South Korea	2	Safari	32.71%
South Korea	3	Samsung Browser	19.41%
South Korea	4	Firefox	2.69%
South Korea	5	Android Browser	2.09%
South Korea	6	Others	6.59%

Spain

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Spain	1	Chrome Mobile	55.50%
Spain	2	Safari	29.34%
Spain	3	Samsung Browser	11.48%
Spain	4	MIUI Browser	1.06%
Spain	5	Android Browser	0.76%
Spain	6	Others	1.86%

Sweden

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Sweden	1	Safari	55.56%
Sweden	2	Chrome Mobile	29.04%
Sweden	3	Samsung Browser	11.47%
Sweden	4	Firefox	1.61%
Sweden	5	Android Browser	0.97%
Sweden	6	Others	1.36%

Thailand

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Thailand	1	Safari	48.75%
Thailand	2	Chrome Mobile	34.20%
Thailand	3	Samsung Browser	13.55%
Thailand	4	Opera Mobile	1.07%
Thailand	5	Samsung Browser	0.61%
Thailand	6	Others	1.84%

Turkey

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Turkey	1	Chrome Mobile	48.53%
Turkey	2	Safari	33.02%
Turkey	3	Samsung Browser	16.09%
Turkey	4	Android Browser	1.03%
Turkey	5	MIUI Browser	0.26%
Turkey	6	Others	1.06%

Ukraine

Country	Position	Browser	Share
Ukraine	1	Chrome Mobile	54.78%
Ukraine	2	Safari	21.32%
Ukraine	3	Samsung Browser	9.10%
Ukraine	4	MIUI Browser	4.91%
Ukraine	5	Opera Mobile	2.28%
Ukraine	6	Others	7.63%

United Kingdom

Country	Position	Browser	Share
United Kingdom	1	Safari	56.91%
United Kingdom	2	Chrome Mobile	26.28%
United Kingdom	3	Samsung Browser	13.69%
United Kingdom	4	Firefox	0.62%
United Kingdom	5	Android Browser	0.55%
United Kingdom	6	Others	1.96%

United States

Country	Position	Browser	Share
United States	1	Safari	61.62%
United States	2	Chrome Mobile	27.76%
United States	3	Samsung Browser	8.11%
United States	4	Android Browser	1.21%
United States	5	Firefox	0.53%
United States	6	Others	0.77%

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