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Google Chrome

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Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was launched in September 2008 for Microsoft Windows and was built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox.1 Versions for Linux, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Android were later released, becoming the default browser on Android devices.2 The browser is also the main component of ChromeOS, on which it serves as the platform for web applications.

Most of Chrome’s source code comes from Google’s free and open-source software project known as Chromium, but Chrome is licensed as a proprietary freeware.[^15] WebKit was the original rendering engine for chrome, but Google eventually forked it to create the Blink engine;3 every version of Chrome uses Blink as of 2017, except for the version on IOS.4

As of March 2026, StatCounter estimates that Chrome has a 75.23% worldwide browser market share on personal computers.5 It is the most used browser on tablets having an estimated 48% market share. Chrome is also dominant on smartphones with around 67% market share.6 With a market share of 71.22% across all platforms combined as of December 2025, Chrome is the most used web browser in the world.7 Chrome has approximately 3.62 billion users as of March 2026.8

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt was previously involved in the “browser wars” (a part of U.S. corporate history) and was against the expansion of the company into such a new area. However, Google co-founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, spearheaded a software demonstration that pushed Schmidt into making Chrome a core business priority, which resulted in it becoming a commercial success.9 Because of the proliferation of Chrome, Google has expanded the “Chrome” brand name to other products. This includes ChromeOS, Chromecast, Chromebook, Chromebit, Chromebox, and Chromebase.10

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Footnotes

  1. Ashford, Warwick (September 2, 2008). “Google launches beta version of Chrome web browser”. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. ↩

  2. “Google Chrome for Android”. developer.chrome.com. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020. ↩

  3. Bright, Peter (April 3, 2013). “Google going its own way, forking WebKit rendering engine”. Ars Technica. Conde Nast. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2017. ↩

  4. “Open-sourcing Chrome on iOS!”. 2017. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021. ↩

  5. “Desktop Browser Market Share Worldwide”. StatCounter Global Stats. Retrieved April 11, 2024. ↩

  6. “Tablet Browser Market Share Worldwide”. StatCounter Global Stats. Retrieved October 13, 2021. ↩

  7. “Browser Market Share Worldwide”. StatCounter Global Stats. Retrieved October 12, 2025. ↩

  8. Kumar, Naveen (November 14, 2025). “How Many People Use Google Chrome (Updated 2026 Data)”. DemandSage. Retrieved March 20, 2026. ↩

  9. Angwin, Julia (July 9, 2009). “Sun Valley: Schmidt Didn’t Want to Build Chrome Initially, He Says”. WSJ Digits Blog. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2010. ↩

  10. Hildenbrand, Jerry (September 30, 2016). “Chromebox vs Chromebit — Which should you buy?”. Android Central. Retrieved March 20, 2026. ↩

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