What is the best web browser?

One browser holds two-thirds of the web and the rest fight over what's left — including two that lost the argument decades ago. Pick the one you'd actually keep.

1

Google Chrome

The browser most of the world uses, built on Google's own Blink engine and tied to a Google account.

2

Safari

Apple's default browser, tuned for battery life and privacy on Macs, iPhones and iPads.

3

Mozilla Firefox

The independent, non-profit browser that kept an alternative rendering engine alive.

4

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft's Chromium-based browser, bundled with Windows and stuffed with Copilot features.

5

Brave

A privacy-first Chromium browser that blocks ads and trackers by default.

6

Opera

The veteran browser that pioneered tabs and speed dial, now with a built-in VPN.

7

Vivaldi

A power-user browser from ex-Opera staff, endlessly configurable down to the tab layout.

8

Arc

The Browser Company's reimagined browser with sidebar tabs and spaces instead of a toolbar.

9

Tor Browser

A hardened Firefox that routes traffic through the Tor network for anonymity.

10

Samsung Internet

Samsung's Android browser, the default on Galaxy phones and a quiet third-place player on mobile.

11

DuckDuckGo Browser

The privacy search company's own browser, with one-tap tracker clearing.

12

Internet Explorer

The browser that won the first browser war and then held the web back for a decade; retired in 2022.

13

Netscape Navigator

The browser that made the web mainstream in the 1990s and lost the war to Internet Explorer.