Microsoft’s Edge browser is in trouble.

That’s the conclusion drawn from data published Friday by a U.S. analytics company, which portrayed a plummeting user share — a measurement of unique visitors to websites, and one of the few proxies for real-world adoption — of the browser amongst Windows 10 users last month.

According to Net Applications, Edge’s share of the global Windows 10 user base fell to 23% in December, dropping eight percentage points from the month before.

metrics vendors have mixed message
Net Applications, StatCounter, Digital Analytics Program

One of three analytics sources report that Microsoft’s Edge lost a big chunk of share in December, but the remaining two say the default browser in Windows 10 held steady or gained a small amount of ground.

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Source: COMPUTER WORLD