Traditionally, many dislike Microsoft’s newest OS, and it also traditionally continues to steadily grow its user base. Windows 10 is still far from losing its lead, although Microsoft has recently been actively encouraging the transition to Windows 11.
According to the latest data from Statcounter, in January, Windows 11 collected 18.1% of users in the global market. This is a share among Microsoft OS. At the same time, the share of Windows 10 fell from 82.4% in December 2021 to 68.8% in January 2023.
Statcounter data means that Windows 11 is still installed on less than 1 in 5 computers, but the operating system is slowly and surely increasing the number of users every month. According to Steam statistics, more than 30% of users of the service switched to Windows 11, while the number of Windows 10 users decreased by 1.96%.
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Windows 10 usage is still growing slightly, peaking at 70.6% in January, according to Firefox, which is based on the user base of the desktop version of the browser. At the same time, Windows 11 does not even have its own position in the rating, being part of the “Other Windows” category, the share of which is only 1.3%.
According to Statcounter, Windows 7 remains the third most popular Windows operating system at 9.55%, followed by Windows 8.1 at 2.28% and still afloat, twenty-year-old Windows XP at 0.45%. If for all desktop operating systems, the share of Windows is 74.14%. They are followed by Mac OS with a share of 15.3%.
Windows does not have the largest market share when it comes to operating systems for all devices. Its share of 29.2% puts it behind Android (42.99%), but ahead of iOS (17.2%).
Last month it became known that Microsoft will stop selling licenses and distributing copies of Windows 10 Home, Pro and Workstation on its website from January 31, 2023. The other day there were reports of full-screen messages popping up on Windows 10 insisting on a free upgrade to Windows 11. However, the company stressed that Windows 10 will continue to receive security updates, protection against viruses, spyware and other malware until October 14, 2025.
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Sources: TechSpot, Windows Latest
