IE continues to lead the browser market share, far behind Firefox and Chrome

According to News Softpedia, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is the most popular Internet browser today.

Based on the statistics provided by market researcher Net Applications in July 2013, Internet Explorer continues to be the top choice of computer users worldwide.

Microsoft software magnate browser currently holds 55.98% market share. Mozilla Firefox held second place with 20.63% , followed by Google Chrome with 15.74% market share.

According to browser versions, IE8 version is the most popular version with 23.52% market share, but IE10 has grown very fast and is currently in second place with 15.36% market share. Meanwhile, Firefox 22 ranked third with 11.67% and IE9 ranked fourth with 9.69% market share.

An interesting thing is that Internet Explorer 6 "antiques" is still one of the most popular browsers on the market, with a market share of 6.1%.

These numbers indicate that Microsoft's browser is constantly increasing market share. Internet Explorer already owned a market share of 54.13% in October 2012 when Windows 8 officially hit the shelves and constantly increased each month thanks to the noticeable improvements of Internet Explorer 10. By January of the year Now, Microsoft's browser has accounted for 55.14% market share.

July 2013 brought a new record for Microsoft's browser, but growth will be even greater when Internet Explorer 11 is released. At this point, IE11 is available for testing on Windows 8.1 Preview and is expected to be officially released in a few months.