New figures suggest Chrome will top off Microsoft in the coming months as the world’s most popular web browser

Microsoft could be about to lose its status as the most used web browser, with Google Chrome set to replace it among desktop computer users.

According to the latest round of statistics from analytics firm Net Applications and Net Marketshare, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, as well as its new Edge web browser, saw numbers drop by around 1.4% in March to 43.4% of the market share.

According to the figures, even those who have moved to Windows 10 aren’t all using Edge as the default browser. The stats show that only around 30.4% of Windows 10 users use  Edge, despite it being the pre-installed browser for the software.

All in all, Google Chrome is undeniably the most user-friendly web browser, and a lot of developers have moved to the platform to build new apps and extensions for it, which is not the case for Internet Explorer. This alone should explain how and why Chrome will eventually outdo its competition in the months that follow.