In Africa's Second-Largest Nation, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Opera 10 Times Bigger Than Firefox (and GNU/Linux Now at 5%)

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2026

It was at 4% for GNU/Linux last month (as statCounter saw it). Earlier this month 6%. Now 5%:

Desktop Operating System Market Share The Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Browser Market Share The Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Is there some mobile platform in D.R. Congo that comes with Opera preloaded? Opera seems to have enjoyed very impressive "market share" there for quite a few years - well over a decade in fact.

Opera has (in recent years) become a Chromium-based 'Chrome clone' and over 90% of the Web requests there seem to be coming from Chrom*isms.

This will become an accessibility problem. █

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