[German]It's October 2025, and Statcounter has released its latest figures on desktop operating system distribution for the end of September 2025. With Windows 10 support ending in October 2025, Windows 11 is really the only option for many users. So what exactly do the market shares look like?
Operating system share across all platforms
The website statcounter.com has published the market shares of various operating systems (desktop, mobile devices). At the end of August 2025, Android had a market share of 43.32%—a slight decline from the previous month. Windows rose to 30.28% (27.45%), while iOS also fell slightly in user popularity to 14.55% (15.94%). OS X remained virtually unchanged at 3.28% (3.42%) and macOS at 1.882% (1.88%). This could be due to normal fluctuations in the "measurement."
Operating system market share across all platforms at the end of 2025, source: statcounter
Desktop operating system share
For desktop systems, the website statcounter.com lists the market shares of various operating systems as follows: Windows with 72.3% (69.75%) (slight increase). OS X stands at 7.84% (8.69%), macOS is reported at 4.37% (4.79%), while Linux comes in at 3.17% (3.39%).
(OS Market Share 9.2025)
Not much has changed—only the share of unknown operating systems on desktops has risen slightly.
Operating system shares of Windows
The list of Windows operating system shares on the desktop paints an interesting picture: Compared to the previous month, Windows 11 has not really gained any market share, and Windows 10 has continued to decline. Windows 11 stands at 49.05% (49.02%), while Windows 10 is almost unchanged at 40.88% (45.65%). Incidentally, the figures in the header do not match the values in the curve.
Windows market share 9.2025
You can now juggle the figures and relate them to North America or Europe. I am amazed that Windows 10 still has a 40.48% share and Windows 7 has even risen to 9.15%. With another year of ESU support for private users, Windows 10 will continue to retain market share.
Browsers: Chrome dominates
I found the browser share on this Statcounter page interesting. The Google Chrome browser is the undisputed leader with a market share of 71.77%. Apple's Safari browser has 13.9%, while Microsoft's Edge is languishing at 4.67%. Firefox has a meager 2.17%.
