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Cốc Cốc
Developer(s)Cốc Cốc
Initial release14 May 2013 (2013-05-14)
Stable release(s)
; Windows

123.0.168 (November 24, 2023; 18 months ago (2023-11-24)[1])

macOS

95.0.4638.88 (December 12, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-12-12)[2])

iOS

102.0.34 (December 24, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-12-24)[3])

Android

(varies with device) (December 25, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-12-25)[4])

Microsoft Store (Xbox One, Windows 10, Windows 8 Mobile)

95.0.214 (May 1, 2021; 4 years ago (2021-05-01)[5]) [±]

Written inC++, Assembly, Python, JavaScript, Java
EngineChromium open source code
Operating system
PlatformIA-32, X86-64
Included with
Available inVietnamese, English
TypeWeb browser, mobile browser
LicenseFreeware
Websitecoccoc.com

Cốc Cốc browser (Vietnamese: [kəwk˧˥ kəwk˧˥]; meaning "knock knock"[6] and previously Cờ Rôm+ Vietnamese: [kə̀ː rōm kəwŋ˨˩˨]; lit. 'Chrome+') is a freeware web browser focused on the Vietnamese market, developed by Vietnamese company Coc Coc Company Ltd and based on Chromium open source code.[7] Cốc Cốc is available for Windows, Windows Phone, Android, and macOS operating systems and supports both English and Vietnamese. Cốc Cốc also has its own search engine service.[8]

History

Cốc Cốc was founded in 2008[9] as iTim Technologies LLC[10] by Victor Lavrenko, a Soviet-born Israeli entrepreneur, the founding CTO of Mail.ru, and founder and CEO of the Russian search engine Nigma, along with Vietnamese co-founders Lê Văn Thanh, Nguyễn Thanh Bình, and Nguyễn Đức Ngọc. Lavrenko leveraged his experience from Mail.ru and Nigma, with the initial ambition of dominating the Vietnamese market as a search engine. The Vietnamese co-founders concentrated on developing Vietnamese language-related features, including algorithm improvements, product management, and operational functions.[11][12][13]

Two months after the official release, the number of Cốc Cốc users in Vietnam surpassed Opera[14] and later Safari and Internet Explorer.[15]

On 2 April 2014, Cờ Rôm+ was officially re-branded as the Cốc Cốc browser to unify the company's brands under that name: Cốc Cốc Search Engine, Cốc Cốc browser and Nhà Nhà mobile app.[16]

In October 2017, Cốc Cốc reached more than 22 million users and ranked as the second most popular browser in Vietnam after Google Chrome.[17]

Features

Automatically add accents

When users type a text without accents, Coc Coc will give Vietnamese suggestions with corresponding accents with high accuracy, thanks to the intelligent analysis system installed on Coc Coc's servers. Because this feature is only installed for normal input boxes, users do not have to worry about the risk of their passwords being leaked.

The Cốc Cốc development team hopes that the automatic accent addition solution will help Vietnamese users significantly speed up common tasks using the browser such as: composing E-mail, chatting, writing articles on blogs, forums, social networks... According to the development team's calculations, this feature will help increase text typing speed by up to 50% for normal users (who are not capable of typing with 10 fingers) and 20% for advanced users.[18]

Go to Facebook

To support stable access to Facebook, Coc Coc is equipped with a special domain name resolution reserve mechanism, allowing automatic processing of domain name resolution system (DNS), to resolve common website access obstacles in other browsers. Thanks to that, Coc Coc users will have unlimited web surfing experiences like when they use regular browsers with additional software such as Hotspot Shield or Ultrasulf.[19]

Download Media feature

Coc Coc has the ability to automatically capture links, allowing users to download audio and video files when listening to music, watching movies,... on multimedia entertainment websites. For sites that offer more than one format, such as YouTube, you can choose the download option with full HD or HD, FLV, 3GP,... quality. Another convenience is the ability to download entire music albums on the spot. Users of the regular download feature can choose to download quickly with just one click.[20][21]

Download Fast

Coc Coc allows users to download files faster thanks to the integration of a multi-threaded file download solution, similar to the popular data download acceleration software today, IDM. With 8 parallel threads, Coc Coc's file download speed can be 8 times faster than normal. This is one of the outstanding improvements of Coc Coc since the launch of the first version [21]. However, it should be noted that the actual speed will depend on the connection speed and bandwidth limit of the file hosting server.[22]

Download Torrent

Cốc Cốc can download torrent files directly on the browser without the need for third-party software such as BitTorrent or MTorrent.[23][24] In addition, users can also transfer files from a computer with Coc Coc installed to a phone using Coc Coc Mobile browser.[25][26]

Spelling

In order to enhance Vietnamese support, when users compose any text on the browser, Coc Coc will automatically detect spelling errors, underline them in red, and suggest ways to write correct, with 94% accuracy. Users can edit themselves, or double-click on the misspelled word to have the browser automatically correct it. Tests showed that every

Market share

Further information: Usage share of web browsers

In November 2014, Cốc Cốc surpassed the Firefox browser in desktop usage, becoming the second most popular browser in Vietnam with a market share of 18.25%.[27]

On August 2017, Cốc Cốc reached its peak market share in desktop usage, achieving 32.54%.[28] However, its market share began to decline thereafter. By August 2020, its share had dropped to 16.42%.[29]

As of August 2024, the desktop market share of Cốc Cốc was recorded at 11.41%.[30]

By November 2024, the combined market share of Cốc Cốc across all platforms (desktop, mobile, and others) had fallen to 3.67%, while Google Chrome dominated the Vietnamese browser market with a 64.44% share.[31].Coc Coc has captured 0.1% of the world's web mobile browser market share in 2024.

User feedback and issues

In 2021, the ex-CEO of Cốc Cốc confessed that at least from 2017, the company was engaged in selling advertising to illegal gambling websites and other activities suspected to have criminal nature.[32]

References

  1. ^ "Cốc Cốc Browser". web site. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Cốc Cốc Browser". web site. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Cốc Cốc Browser on the App Store". iTunes Store. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Cốc Cốc Browser for Android". Google Play Store. 25 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Get Cốc Cốc Browser - Microsoft Store". Microsoft Store. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  6. ^ Moed, Jonathan. "This Vietnamese Browser & Search Engine Is Daring Google To Step-Up Its Game". Forbes. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Cốc Cốc ra mắt trình duyệt Internet riêng cho thị trường Việt Nam". Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  8. ^ Anh-Minh, Do (13 February 2013). "CocCoc, Another Big Vietnamese Search Engine is Here". techinasia.com.
  9. ^ "Cốc Cốc Company Profile". Tracxn. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Free Download Coc Coc Browser". File.org. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Cốc Cốc: Leading search engine in Vietnam". Demystify Asia. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  12. ^ "This Vietnamese Browser & Search Engine Is Daring Google To Step-Up Its Game". Forbes. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Viktor Lavrenko — о первых днях Mail.ru". VC.ru (in Russian). 20 March 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  14. ^ "StatCounter Global Stats - Browser, OS, Search Engine including Mobile Usage Share".
  15. ^ "Top 5 browsers in Vietnam on Feb 2014". StatCounter. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  16. ^ "Cờ Rôm+ trở thành trình duyệt Cốc Cốc". Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  17. ^ Truong, Loc (31 October 2017). "Vietnamese search engine Coc Coc attracts 23 million users". Vietnam Insider. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
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  27. ^ "Browser Market Share in Vietnam - November 2014". StatCounter. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  28. ^ "Browser Market Share in Vietnam - August 2017". StatCounter. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  29. ^ "Browser Market Share in Vietnam - August 2020". StatCounter. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  30. ^ "Browser Market Share in Vietnam - August 2024". StatCounter. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  31. ^ "Browser Market Share in Vietnam - November 2024". StatCounter. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  32. ^ ""Confession of Cốc Cốc ex-CEO on voting about gambling"". Facebook. 24 June 2021.
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