Here are the results of my “What is your favorite browser?” survey, here on Mastodon. These are some very interesting results.

It is clear that the incumbents are not getting a lot of love. Edge gets 2% and Chrome gets 5%. These browsers are widely used, but not very popular, based on this survey.

Safari does a lot better at 16%, the same as Vivaldi. The enthusiasm level from those that use Vivaldi is high and plenty of people also mention Vivaldi as a secondary option.

Opera gets just 1%.

Firefox gets 60%, so clearly a strong showing here in the Fediverse, although many say they use Firefox only because they do not want to use a Chromium based browser.

The cool part is then that 13% say they prefer another browser. Plenty of smaller browsers getting a mention, which is nice.

If you notice that the total is higher than 100%, then that is because I allowed people to select more than one browser, although most did not.

If you are still using Chrome or Edge, maybe it is time to try something new? You have a choice!

#Vivaldi #browser #Firefox #Edge #Chrome #Safari #Opera #Windows #Linux #macos #iOS #Android

    • @accideath
      3•16 hours ago

      It’s not a metadata based survey but a vote based one, so those 16% say they like Safari. Which I personally do not find hard to believe, since I feel very similar. On Apple devices I use Safari, on anything else it’s Firefox. It’s a choice, not because of lack of alternatives.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetEnglish
        1•15 hours ago

        I meant that Firefox doesn’t really work the same way on iOS, so Safari is a better choice.

  • ingolftopf :vivaldi_gray:
    2•17 hours ago

    @[email protected]
    Thank you for your interesting survey.

    Of course, such surveys cannot be representative, but they do show trends.

    5027 participants are not exactly a small number.

    Perhaps we will be able to recruit even more people from the ‘Fediverse’ for further surveys. ;-)

    At least ‘Vivaldi’ has caught up with Apple’s Safari.
    But I would have liked to see a lot more in favour of Vivaldi.

    Even if this can only ever be a snapshot.

    I confess that I have “mobilised” something for Vivaldi. :tony_laughing:
    Maybe it has made a difference.

    I would have found it rather stupid if Vivaldi had been left behind Apple’s Safari, especially on ‘Mastodon’. :tony_smiling:

    Further surveys will remain exciting.

  • EcksDy
    10•2 days ago

    @[email protected]
    > only because they do not want to use a Chromium based browser.

    Completely legit, this was the reason I switched 5 years ago. Didn’t want a chromium based browser, that will eventually turn off manifest v2.
    Luckily forks with workarounds were made, but I got so used to firefox that I see no reason to go back!

  • David Delgado Vendrell
    1•2 days ago

    @[email protected] I’ve been with @ArcBrowser for some weeks (2-3months) and my experience was mixed. Suffering the Windows side of things, and surprised by the efficient UI. I decided to switch finally for Firefox, setting the Vertical Tab Flag feature. Not perfect, but still feeling on the edge.