Key players controlling the internet

Going online to catch-up on news, or a host of other casual interactions, requires access to a computer, an operating system and some form of browser – all controlled by a handful of corporations

PARENT COMPANY
Alphabet
Apple
Microsoft
Meta 
Other

Mobile device market share (%)
Apple: 57 
Samsung: 26

PC shipments market share (%)
Dell: 27 HP: 27  Lenovo: 17 Apple: 13

Operating system market share (%)
Windows: 39 OS X: 21 iOS: 19 Android: 14

Internet browser market share (%)
Chrome: 52 Safari: 31 Edge: 8

Search engine market share (%)
Google: 89%  Bing: 6%

Most viewed websites*
Google: 19   YouTube: 6  Facebook: 3

Ten most popular social networks (%)†
Facebook: 74 Messenger: 53 iMessage: 37 Snapchat: 31

Instagram: 54
TikTok: 40
X: 36
Pinterest: 34
Reddit:  25
LinkedIn: 28

Note: All data U.S. only 
                                         
Source: Bloomberg
*Average monthly page views, billions
†Share of internet users who visit them monthly
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