How Atlas and Comet are challenging Google’s browser hegemony?

"For more than a decade, Google Chrome has been the primary door to the web for most of the world. Independent trackers place Chrome at roughly seventy to seventy two percent of global browser share in September twenty twenty five. Safari sits a distant second and Microsoft Edge is further behind. This level of concentration shapes everything from advertising economics to how developers build sites and apps.

A new class of AI native browsers is now attacking Chrome’s advantages. The most prominent names are ChatGPT Atlas from OpenAI and Comet from Perplexity. Both ship an assistant inside the browser rather than bolting a chatbot onto a traditional interface. They promise research that feels guided, pages that become conversations and tasks that can be completed with a single instruction. Atlas arrived publicly on macOS in October twenty twenty five. Comet opened broadly and is now free to download for everyone after a staged rollout. "

I’ve written a LinkedIn article post on this; it might be a bit controversial right now since a lot of users haven’t shifted to Comet or Atlas yet.

Personally, as someone who uses Comet, I really like it. It’s easy to use and helps automate a lot of tasks. I haven’t explored Atlas yet, though.

The user base is still small for now, but I’m guessing it’ll expand soon given the marketing push and the existing popularity of ChatGPT and Perplexity. Also, I have a feeling Google might roll out some major changes to counter these AI-based browsers… maybe by introducing more integrated AI features of its own.

lemme know what you guys think
also lmk if you guys are interested in the linkedin post to read