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Microsoft Edge is #1... to download Google Chrome

This is a sarcastic edited meme featuring Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella presenting at an official Microsoft event. He is smiling and pointing at a presentation slide next to him, which has been altered to display a joke statistic. The slide claims Microsoft Edge is the number 1 browser used to download Google Chrome, with a bar graph showing 38.6% of Chrome downloads originate from Edge, compared to 17.2% from Mozilla Firefox and 13.0% from Apple Safari. The joke references the widely common user behavior of using the pre-installed Edge browser on new Windows devices exclusively to download the more popular Google Chrome browser, framing a supposed product win as a self-deprecating punchline about Edge's low user preference.
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NEW DATA
Microsoft Edge is the #1 browser to download Google Chrome
% of Google Chrome downloads that started from another browser
38.6% for Microsoft Edge
17.2% for Mozilla Firefox
13.0% for Apple Safari
Source: Microsoft internal analysis of Google Chrome download referrals, Cohort Windows 10 and 11, Worldwide, Jan - March 2024

Overview

This is a sarcastic edited meme featuring Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella presenting at an official Microsoft event. He is smiling and pointing at a presentation slide next to him, which has been altered to display a joke statistic. The slide claims Microsoft Edge is the number 1 browser used to download Google Chrome, with a bar graph showing 38.6% of Chrome downloads originate from Edge, compared to 17.2% from Mozilla Firefox and 13.0% from Apple Safari. The joke references the widely common user behavior of using the pre-installed Edge browser on new Windows devices exclusively to download the more popular Google Chrome browser, framing a supposed product win as a self-deprecating punchline about Edge's low user preference.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit's meme communities, as stated in the provided source information. It is a remixed edit of a real, publicly available photograph of Satya Nadella giving a Microsoft product presentation, with the content of the presentation slide digitally altered to add the joke. It gained widespread circulation on tech forums, social media, and meme platforms in 2024 for its relatable take on common browser usage habits.

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