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Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but from the graphs it seems like there's been barely a change in the last few years? I wouldn't call that fast.

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Yes the title has been editorialized.

"Firefox user activity" would be better.

I might be reading something wrong, but in 2019 the number is about 250 million. In 2022 the number is about 200 million. Losing a 5th of their users in a couple years seems like a big change to me?

Hmm I suppose. Got me wondering if this is just a general trend towards mobile browsers instead, so I looked into Chrome statistics:

2014: 1.29 billion

2015: 1.54 billion

2016: 1.88 billion

2017: 2.07 billion

2018: 2.40 billion

2019: 2.64 billion

2020: 2.65 billion

https://backlinko.com/chrome-users

Not that much gained recently it seems. Can't find a good source for 2021 and 2022, but looking at some it may have actually decreased too during that time.

That comparison is between early 2019 and summer 2022. The page mentions usage drops in the summer, and comparing July 2019 to July 2022 is quite close. However, the charts show United States usage has dropped much more significantly.

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