Which Browsers Should Your Website Support?

The question: "which browsers should my website/app support?" is often raised by clients and developers. The simple answer is a list of the top N mainstream applications. But has that policy become irrelevant?

What are the Most-Used Browsers?

The top ten desktop browsers according to StatCounter for May 2017 are:

1. Chrome -- 59.37% market share
2. Firefox -- 12.76%
3. Safari -- 10.55%
4. IE -- 8.32%
5. Edge -- 3.42%
6. Opera -- 1.99%
7. Android (tablet) -- 1.24%
8. Yandex Browser -- 0.48%
9. UC Browser -- 0.41%
10. Coc Coc -- 0.33%

Mobile now accounts for 54.25% of all web use so we also need to examine the top ten phone browsers:

1. Chrome -- 49.23%
2. Safari -- 17.73%
3. UC Browser -- 15.89%
4. Samsung Internet -- 6.58%
5. Opera -- 5.03%
6. Android -- 3.75%
7. IEMobile -- 0.68%
8. BlackBerry -- 0.26%
9. Edge -- 0.15%
10. Nokia -- 0.12%

The worldwide statistics don't tell the whole story:

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by Craig Buckler via SitePoint