Mobile Browsers

A number of mobile browsers are currently available. The figure on the right shows the mobile browser market share in April 2022.

Some companies also provide mobile browser emulators/simulators such as MobileTest.me that enable developers to test their products on desktop computers because small devices are not convenient for mobile application development. The following table compares these five mobile browsers.

Mobile Browser Chrome Safari UC Browser Android Browser Opera Mini Internet Explorer Samsung Internet
Developer Google Safari Alibaba Google Opera Microsoft Samsung
Market Share as of April 2022 1st (63.57%) 2nd (24.82%) 5th (1.41%) — 4th (1.88%) — 3rd (4.90%)
Market Share as of April 2021 1st (60.04%) 2nd (24.85%) 4th (2.43%) — 5th (1.84%) — 3rd (6.04%)
Market Share as of April 2020 1st (60.39%) 2nd (26.56%) 4th (3.49%) — 5th (1.29%) — 3rd (6.33%)
Market Share as of March 2018 1st (52.53%) 2nd (19.24%) 3rd (13.49%) 6th (2.17%) 5th (5.05%) — 4th (5.27%)
Rendering Engine WebKit WebKit WebKit WebKit Presto Trident WebKit
Host Operating Systems Android and iOS OS X and iOS Android and iOS Android Android, Windows Phone, iOS, etc. Windows Phone Android
Latest Release 49.0 9.1 11.0 6.0 36.0 11.0 6.2
License Freeware Freeware Freeware Freeware Proprietary Proprietary Freeware

Due to the limited resources of handheld devices, mobile browsers differ from traditional desktop browsers in the following ways: For better quality, many companies have developed two versions of their websites, one for desktops like www.cnn.com and one for handheld devices like m.cnn.com.

Review: Mobile Browsers
    Which mobile browser has the highest market share worldwide?

      Alibaba
      Chrome
      Safari
      Samsung Internet
Result:        




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