This is an update to this popular video with additional browsers and information. It starts with the second web browser ever created, Line Mode, and includes the most popular browsers from those first few years. Note that no browser ever really drops to zero since there's always a hobbyist trying to use it. Data for the first half of the video is sourced from Wikipedia and many articles from that time while the data for the second half of the video comes from StatCounter. Here's the text about the first browsers in the video: 1992, **Line Mode**, Second web browser ever created 1992, **MacWWW**, First Mac web browser 1992, **ViolaWWW**, First browser to support scripting and stylesheets 1993, **Mosaic**, First to be widely available on most OS 1993, **Cello**, First Windows web browser 1994, **Lynx**, Oldest web browser still maintained today 1995, **Netscape**, Launched at $49 with a 90 day trial 1995, **IE**, Launched as part of Windows 95 1996, **Opera**, Launched to the public as trialware 1997, **Netscape**, Held 70% of the market but IE being part of Windows was gaining fast 1998, **Netscape**, Acquired by America Online for $4.2 billion 1999, **IE**, Microsoft was taken to court for violating antitrust laws 2000, **Netscape**, Version 6 launched with AOL Instant Messenger 2001, **IE**, Microsoft was found guilty of unlawful monopolization and decided to split IE from Windows 2002, *IE**, Crowned the official winner of the first browser war So anyway, what is your favorite browser?