Crypto Browser Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active Users

The company launched search, wallet and video products in 2021.

AccessTimeIconJan 5, 2022 at 7:20 p.m. UTC
Updated May 11, 2023 at 5:49 p.m. UTC
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Crypto-centric browser firm Brave announced it had passed 50 million monthly active users, doubling growth on a year-over-year basis for the fifth year in a row. Daily active users averaged 15.5 million during December.

Brave Search, the privacy-preserving search engine launched last year, had 2.3 billion annualized queries. Other products launched in 2021 were crypto wallet Brave Wallet and private video call offering Brave Talk.

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  • Brave’s market share is still small. For comparison, Firefox has about 211 million monthly active users, not to mention Google’s industry-leading Chrome.

    “We’ve spent a successful year expanding our product range and our ecosystem, engaging with partners who share our vision for a Web free from Big Tech’s shackles,” said Brave CEO and co-founder Brendan Eich in the announcement post.

    “We aim to double this growth again in 2022 and engage with even more users who seek a privacy-conscious way to browse the web that rewards them instead of punishes them with tracking, and helps them directly support creators,” he continued.

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