In addition to covering recent changes in the browser market (desktop and mobile), Statcounter’s January 2023 report covers operating systems for computers and mobile devices. And since Microsoft rarely provides accurate numbers and performance data for its OS, Statcounter, Valve and other companies are the only way to analyze how different versions of Windows progress or decline. .
According to Statcounter, in January 2023, Windows 11 increased its market share by 1.16 points, effectively reaching 18.13%. This is a relatively small number, but it is consistent over the months. Slow but steady, Windows 11 continues to take away users from Windows 10 and other operating systems.
Windows 10, the king of the hill, isn’t giving up easily. The soon-to-be eight-year-old operating system grew its customer base from 67.95 percent in December 2022 to 68.75 percent in January 2023. sudden increase. As expected, Windows 7 and 8.1 experienced significant declines in their market shares. Windows 7 moved from 11.2% to 9.62% (-1.58), and Windows 8.1 lost 0.29 points.
Windows 8 closes out the list of top 5 Windows versions with 0.62% (-0.03), and Windows XP is sixth with 0.45% (-0.04).
- Windows 10: 68.75% (+0.8)
- Windows 11: 18.13% (+1.16)
- Windows 7: 9.62% (-1.58)
- Windows 8.1: 2.331% (-0.29)
- Windows 8: 0.62% (-0.03)
Overall, Windows has a 74.14 percent share of the desktop operating system market. In January 2023, the price decreased by 1.2 points, which is not unusual compared to previous months. Windows’ closest competitor, Apple’s MacOS, is second with 15.33% (+0.67).
- Windows: 74.14% (-1.2)
- macOS: 15.33% (+0.67)
- Unknown: 5.27% (+0.49)
- Linux: 2.91% (-0.02)
- ChromeOS: 2.34% (+0.06)
Finally, when considering the entire mobile and desktop operating systems market, Windows is the second most popular OS that only Android manages to beat. iOS and macOS are third and fourth.
- Android: 43.01% (-1.59)
- Windows: 29.18% (+0.77)
- iOS: 17.24% (-0.05)
- macOS: 6.03% (+0.5)
- Unknown: 2.15% (+0.73)
You can learn more about the desktop operating system market. On the official Statcounter website. Keep in mind that such reports are not 100% accurate and leave a margin for errors and mistakes.
