After that, Wikipedia stopped reporting on the market share of Internet Explorer separately.Īs of March 2022, Stetic shows the latest market share of Internet Explorer as 0.49%. If we look at the browser’s market share, Wikipedia reports Internet Explorer market share as 4.45% in October 2019. But when Microsoft created Edge and selected it as its flagship browser to counter Chrome, it was evident that Internet Explorer would reach its end of life pretty soon.Īlthough the Edge browser is Chromium based, like Chrome, Microsoft has introduced IE mode built into Edge to open sites that require Internet Explorer for their processing. System apps would stop working without Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer has been an integral part of the Windows Operating System since the beginning.
After this date, Internet Explorer will probably be removed from the latest versions of Windows 11 and Windows 10 (although you can download and install Internet Explorer separately). Microsoft finally decided to retire Internet Explorer on June 15, 2022.
