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

  • EcksDy@techtoots.com
    11·
    2 months ago

    @jon@vivaldi.net
    > 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!

    • accideath@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months 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.

  • ingolftopf :vivaldi_gray:@social.vivaldi.net
    2·
    2 months ago

    @jon@vivaldi.net
    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.

  • Cristian Rasch 🇦🇷 🇺🇾@fosstodon.org
    2·
    2 months ago

    @jon@vivaldi.net Yet another web dev here. Just wanted to say (and thank you for) that I firmly believe that @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net is, hands down, the absolute best browser out there, for most people at least, despite having voted for Firefox, which I still use as my daily driver (despite Mozilla’s best efforts to the contrary) simply to avoid ending with a browser engine mono-culture. We all know how well things went the last time we ended with one (circa IE6 era) but I do love Vivaldi to pieces, truth be told.

  • Delmariano@mastodon.social
    1·
    2 months ago

    @jon@vivaldi.net Next time, please you add Brave browser. It’s pretty cool. But, if you repair adblock in Vivaldi, then Your browser is the Best in my opinion.

    • melroy@kbin.melroy.org
      2·
      2 months ago

      @Delmariano@mastodon.social @jon@vivaldi.net Brave is still based on Chrome(ium) : ( :(… Try a Firefox fork instead please.

  • David Delgado Vendrell@pkm.social
    1·
    2 months ago

    @jon@vivaldi.net 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.

  • gumbario@mastodon.social
    1·
    2 months ago

    @jon@vivaldi.net Are more smaller, lesser-known browsers really a good choice? I always have doubts when people switch to the latest new shiny browser that nobody knows about. Browsers have access to a lot of sensitive data, like passwords. The next shiny new browser could always also be a scam.

    • Jon S. von Tetzchner@social.vivaldi.netOP
      1·
      2 months ago

      @gumbario@mastodon.social

      I think it is always prudent to be careful with your choice of software. On the other hand, if you know that the browser you use is collecting your data, maybe it is OK to look at alternatives?

      Overall I think competition is a good thing. It brings progress. Think about how the browser market would be if the only choice was IE/Edge?

      • gumbario@mastodon.social
        1·
        2 months ago

        @jon@vivaldi.net Competition is great, I wouldn’t be a happy Vivaldi user if we only have Chrome and Edge. But when Arc gained popularity, I wondered if we should trust it so soon. Same with all the forks of Firefox. While competition is good, security awareness is often lacking with new browsers, in my opinion.

  • Marcus The Board Gamer@brettspiel.space
    1·
    2 months ago

    @jon@vivaldi.net Fascinating. I selected two! Firefox (should have gone other as I use Waterfox on Windows and Linux) but my main browser has and will be Safari as I daily drive a Mac to get stuff done.