The Norwegian company Opera Software has just announced excellent results for the year 2019. Its browser recorded a significant increase in its user base: + 16% in desktop and + 18% in mobile, over a period of one year, according to figures released on January 21. Opera now claims 300 million users worldwide.
If Chrome remains a big step ahead of its European competitor, Opera has recorded constant growth for several years, especially on mobile. 232 million users would surf on their smartphones with the Opera application.
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- Opera (@opera) January 22, 2020An emphasis on data protection
The Norwegian company explains its success by the emphasis placed on the protection of personal data, a strong argument against the giant Google, and the use of direct wi-fi via its mobile application, for transferring files offline, a feature that would appeal to an increasing number of users.
Despite its excellent results, Opera, however, remains a small Thumb next to Google. Last year, its market share reached 3.5%, against 59.2% for Chrome, according to W3Counter. Opera is however gradually catching up with Firefox, whose market share reached 6.1% last year.
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