Privacy-focused Brave browser surpasses 40M downloads

Privacy-focused browser Brave has surpassed 40 million downloads.

While it still has a long way to go before it overtakes competitors Mozilla and Google Chrome, Brave is by far the most downloaded crypto-related app on Android, having 4 times more downloads than crypto exchange Coinbase.

Few companies in the crypto industry have seen the kind of growth Brave Browser has had throughout 2019.

The number of downloads isn't the only record Brave broke, either.

The overwhelming sentiment on Reddit, Twitter, and other social media remains extremely positive, as many are more focused on Brave as a service than Brave's as a coin issuer.

Back in May this year, Brave was the second most popular browser after Google Chrome for two whole weeks.

Back in October, the company celebrated 8 million active monthly users and a huge increase in the number of publishers on Brave.

Data from Brave analytics website BATGrowth listed 293,699 verified publishers in mid-October.

More than 40,000 new publishers joined Brave since then, with most of them being YouTube creators.

In line with its aggressively user-centric model, Brave also launched a page where it showcased the number of advertising campaigns, content creators, and "Brave-initiated BAT purchases," in real-time.