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Let’s find the BEST browser for 2025 | Ultimate browser tier list
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I've spent the whole of 2024 browsing the internet
with different browsers, trying to find the one.
Some of them were a total drag, but others left me pleasantly surprised.
Today, I'll be ranking 10 popular browsers in a tier list
based on speed, features, privacy, all that good stuff.
We shall find out once and for all which is the best browser of the year.
I think you can tell a lot about a man based on how well they rate Chrome.
For me, Chrome goes straight to F-tier.
Don't come at me, all right? I know Chrome has a lot of good qualities.
It's a fast browser. It carries a lot of extensions,
and it's available on literally everything.
Features-wise, Chrome is pretty decent, too,
like the memory or energy savers.
However, all that very quickly goes out the window
when you realize just exactly how questionable and invasive
Google's privacy policies are.
Chrome tracks your location, collects and sells data to third-parties,
and earns even more money with targeted ads,
or just look at the Incognito browsing lawsuit.
We can do better. Much, much better.
Like with Firefox, browser privacy is so much better with this one.
It's open-source and managed by a nonprofit,
so it's not greedy for your data or money.
Firefox has enhanced tracking protection to block trackers and cookies,
preventing data collection by default.
You can also customize many privacy settings, adjust features,
or the look of your browser.
Yet the best thing for me is that Firefox can block autoplay videos on websites.
Those drive me nuts.
Their performance is pretty good, though this best browser candidate
can sometimes freeze if you have a few too many tabs open.
But overall, the Firefox browser earned a solid spot in the A-tier.
Moving on, let's look at Safari.
It's the default Mac, iPad, and iPhone browser, but is it good?
It's simplistic, fast, and uses minimal resources.
It also has some cool features like the Highlights,
so that summarizes the key info of web pages or private relay
for greater privacy when browsing.
It's like a VPN since it encrypts your traffic and hides your IP,
but it only protects traffic from Safari.
It doesn't hide your region
and does not let you access content abroad.
If you want true privacy and content unlocking capabilities,
you'll have to combine your browser with VPN software.
I'll leave links to my top picks in the description.
Back to Safari.
Be aware that it doesn't support
as many extensions as some of the other browsers.
Also, the fact that Safari is only available for Apple still bugs me.
On top of that, it is not open-source,
so you can't really know what they're doing with your data.
That's not ideal, especially since there have been
some issues in the past from Safari hoarding people's deleted browser history
to a private mode that wasn't actually private.
Considering all that, the best I can do for Safari is C-tier.
Next up, we got Opera, a popular choice,
and that's likely due to a nice-looking UI,
both on regular Opera and Opera GX, if you're into a hardcore gamer esthetic.
Opera also has built-in ad blocking, which is not on by default?
Come on. Why?
Maybe it's because the ad blocker isn't actually all that good.
It often triggers the ad blocker-detected pop-ups,
but instead of hiding the feature, they could just improve it.
Opera is a pretty fast browser with low resource consumption.
While it doesn't have an abundance of features,
there is some nice stuff in there, like the Lucid Mode,
which sharpens the quality of videos.
Yet, Opera is going into detail. Why?
For one, their privacy policy isn't very transparent.
Then there was an outrage about Opera owning a few predatory loan applications
with horrible terms.
Moreover, I have personal beef with their VPN.
It only protects the Opera browser.
It doesn't even have a Kill Switch to safeguard your IP from leaking.
Guys, where's your no-logs policy?
Get one, and then maybe we'll talk about moving you up a tier.
All right, what's next? Brave browser.
I have done so many reviews and comparisons with this one,
and I have to put it in A-tier for sure.
It's likely the best private browser you can get
with enhanced privacy and security features.
There's an ad and tracker blocker, too,
and their own search engine, without the bullshit sponsored answers
spamming the top of your results.
Brave's pretty fast, too. Why isn't it S-tier, you ask?
It could have more customization options,
and I keep noticing some extension limitations.
Plus, I don't like Brave BATs.
They're a whole cryptocurrency that you get for watching ads thing.
The payouts are tiny. It's barely worth anything.
Thank God it's fully optional.
Overall, Brave is my personal best browser for PC.
Its shortcomings don't really interfere with my everyday browsing.
But there's room to improve, there's no denying that.
Moving on, I also pretty recently tried the Arc Internet browser.
I got to say, the UI is clean, and they nailed the customization options.
I also think that it's cool that Arc lets you create different profiles,
so you won't be mixing your meetings tabs with Netflix binges.
It's built partly on Chromium, but Arc made sure to keep Google
at an arm's length by adding their own code,
so no data leaching here.
But it is not perfect.
I ran into some funny moments when one of my profiles just poof
and disappeared on me.
Also, you need to make an account to get started with Arc,
which feels a little bit pushy for a browser.
Plus, availability is still limited. But hey, at least they're working on it.
With a few more patches,
Arc might just push itself further up my list,
but for now, it's a solid B.
Now let's talk about Microsoft Edge.
Right, Hold on. Hold on.
This one's also going in to beat it.
If you're already using Microsoft products,
Edge integrates pretty smoothly.
I promise it doesn't induce Internet Explorer lag PTSD.
In fact, Edge is quite a fast browser now,
but it doesn't exhaust my resources either.
Plus, with the Startup boost feature,
it can open faster than you can smash that Subscribe button.
Go on, try it. I dare you.
But they seem to be running behind with extensions.
Also, while the Edge browser security is solid,
the privacy is up for debate.
Edge does collect slightly less data than Chrome,
and I haven't seen any data scandals from them,
but it still belongs to a big corporation.
Up next is the Vivaldi browser,
and oh, boy, this one is a customization lover's dream.
You can tweak just about anything.
It's like a builder bear. More like build a browser, but hey.
You don't have to start with maximum features either.
You can ease into it and add more stuff as you go.
Similarly to Brave, Vivaldi runs on Chromium,
but they've done some tinkering to keep the browser private.
It's also packed with productivity tools,
and of course, there's an ad and tracker blocker already built in.
On top of that, Vivaldi remains fast, even when handling all the features.
There's one weird thing that bugs me, though,
and it's the unique ID Vivaldi assigns to users.
I get they claim it's used to count users, but why?
Surely there is a less sus way to do that.
But with that aside, though, Vivaldi is A-tier.
You know what? Maybe even S-tier material.
I also wanted to introduce, you guys, to the Zen browser.
It's a Firefox fork, one of many.
Basically, it has the base of Firefox, but it was tweaked by other developers.
Zen remained open-source, though, and I appreciate the transparency.
The browser itself looks like Arc browser,
but without any Chromium particles hanging around.
Performance-wise, it's pretty fast and lightweight,
but as it's still in development, you might experience occasional crashes.
If you are hoping to use this as your new bench browser for Android,
you are completely out of luck for now.
But come on, this project is handled by a one-man army with some contributors.
It's a work in progress, and who knows, with some time,
it might just level up to B-tier.
For now, it's going to C. It is joined by DuckDuckGo.
I know before I used to say
that it's one of the best private browser options for me,
but these days it feels like a bit disappointing.
DuckDuckGo started as a safe search engine,
and it was one of the best things about it.
But recently, I noticed people are disappointed with the results
and often move away to a different browser.
Besides that, I still think DDG is pretty solid.
It has some additional security features that block trackers,
and I like the Fire button that instantly burns all my search history.
This browser isn't stuffed with features or customizations,
which can deliver a nice minimal experience,
though it can also feel lacking.
The extension library isn't that big either.
But my biggest pet peeve is that ads are the main source of DuckDuckGo revenue,
so you cannot avoid them.
But hey, at least they're based on solely what you're searching for at the moment.
There we have it. The best browser tier list.
It's still mostly my own experience and opinion.
Picking a browser is highly subjective,
so feel free to share what you agree with and what you don't agree on.
I will meet you in the comments. Thanks for sticking around.
Drop a Like and subscribe to support the channel,
and I will see you in the next one.
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