The ULTIMATE Browser Tier List (Based Tier to Spyware Tier)

With the amount of web browsers out there, how are you supposed to know which one to use? In this video, I'll rank every popular browser out there from the best to the worst. You want a browser that respects your privacy but is still easy enough to use for normal people. Will Google Chrome come out on top? Find out in this video...

0:00 Intro
2:16 Brave
5:15 Firefox
6:48 Hardened Firefox
10:28 GNOME Web (Epiphany)
11:48 Google Chrome
12:48 GNU IceCat
16:54 LibreWolf
20:24 Microsoft Edge
20:50 Opera
21:47 Pale Moon
24:31 Qutebrowser
28:41 Ungoogled Chromium
30:55 Vivaldi
35:03 Waterfox
38:08 My recommendations
39:02 Conclusion

[adamn]

Google's already collecting everything on my phone because of android I don't think leaving chrome unused does anything meaningful

[JennyTheNerdBat]

I find it baffling that Vivaldi gets shafted merely for not being fully open source, while Brave passes with flying colors depite promoting its weird crypto wallet and being caught red-handed on hardcoding referal links.

[mikeyangyang]

I think Brave has a great sustainable business that is open source and privacy-respecting. In order for an actively maintained software to keep working they need some type of monetary compensation that is not just donations. Brave runs non-fingerprinting ads, though they can't earn as much as fingerprinting ads, it doesn't track any users. I would recommend to turn the ads on just to show them support, and since the ads' algorithm literally cannot track you, you would not compromise your security.

[fibra]

One thing you didnt mention is lightness. Chrome will use an absurd amount of ram increasing exponentially with each tab. For people who play a lot and don't like closing their browser every single time, or have 100 yt videos stacked to watch later, vivaldi is probably the best one. It doesnt increase ram for each tab nearly as much because the idle ones are either frozen or kept in another workplace, and in case you need to close it for the extra space it's very easy to save all tabs.

[MichaelAmen]

"Waterfox is a browser which is focused on privacy and boasting “No Telemetry”. It has been sold to Marketing / Tracking company System1 who also own Startpage."

[cacheworks-tweetendehollander]

Brave got caught adding their own referrals to crypto sites within their browser. I think that shows how much they really care about transparency.

[Stanley-rqvv]

The thing I value the most about Vivaldi is not necessarily the features (although there's loads of stuff that other browsers don't have), but the customization. It feels overwhelming at first, and honestly compared to Firefox or Chrome the first experience is meh af, but you can really change almost everything to your liking. Now you can sync settings too and there's a phone version of it (which is one of few mobile browsers that blocks ads too).

[yavuzs]

Well, I have to admit that when I installed Windows 11 Pro Explorer it worked much, much better, as did Opera Mini and Farifox.

[akagordon]

Vivaldi was launched after the developers of Opera realized that the company they sold out to wiggled out of previous agreements.

[KyzerSusie]

I've been using browsers since the beginning of the WWW. I've tried numerous browsers over a span of many years including Opera, Chrome, Vivaldi, Brave, LibreWolf, Firefox, etc. I have to have a browser that combines a high degree of privacy with the ability to configure the browser the way I want it, not the way the company 'thinks' I want it. I gave both Vivaldi and Brave a whirl, but became frustrated when I couldn't configure them to my satisfaction. I currently have Firefox, LibreWolf, and Tor installed on my desktop, but use Firefox the vast majority of the time, and so far no other browser has convinced me to abandon it.

[Case_]

Even though Vivaldi's UI is indeed not open source (which I frankly couldn't care less about), I think it should be pointed out that people behind Vivaldi, starting with the CEO himself, have a long and proven track record of caring about and fighting for internet privacy, and Vivaldi's default settings generally reflect that.
Also, something I think is really cool about Vivaldi the company behind the browser, is the fact that it is technically owned by the employees - even though the CEO owns the majority share, every employee also has a share.

[Zwaremedia]

I don't block ads to steal from creators I block ads that way Google doesn't get any more money

[luiscorralmorales]

I’ve been using LibreWolf as my daily driver for more than a year ago and it’s great for me, that sweet spot between privacy and not compromising your experience with crashed web sites all over the place.

[km-jsws]

Digital privacy is a big bag of copium
No matter how many hoops you jump through to keep yourself hidden, you'll only stand out like a sore thumb.
If you want real privacy, then get off the grid entirely

[electronpie]

Honestly, Waterfox is much more than just preconfigured Firefox, it also has some _really_ neat features like being able to open private tabs in the same window as your other regular tabs if you want to, or having support for (some) Chromium extensions, which is insane for how fast that browser actually works! Features like these really do make the bargain for me, personally.

[SirSean]

Vivaldi should be much higher imo, customisation is overkill which is nice. Syncing is great too

[Homiloko]

Hardened Firefox is the way to go. Took me about a week tweaking the settings to improve some quality of life stuff, but after I was done I never looked back.
I really wanted to try Vivaldi, it looks amazing, but I also tend to avoid closed source when an open source option is available.

[lamebubblesflysohigh]

Vivaldi also has lightweight version without all features that nobody would think about using in a browser.... and if you want, you can activate them without having to reinstall

[retroman]

God I hate that most people just ignore that every chromium based browser just isnt cutting it, as google has the ultimate control over the future development of the underlying engine meaning that if they want to cripple their competition they easily can

[Caydos]

Brave being open source is what caught my attention. Been 8 months of use and loving it! Hopefully it stays the same so I don’t have to get used to another interface.