[German]It's the beginning of February 2025 and Statcounter's figures on operating system distribution on the desktop are available for January 2025. So what about the figures for Microsoft Windows distribution on the desktop? Windows 10 will no longer be supported in October 2025, so for many users, Windows 11 is the only option.
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Operating system share all platforms
The website statcounter.com has published the market shares of various operating systems (desktop, mobile devices). Android had 46.18% at the end of January 2025 (47.21% at the beginning of January), a slight decline. Windows has fallen from 25.73% (beginning of January) to 25.46% market share. Apple has risen slightly in user favorability with 18.1% (previously 17.4%) for iOS, while macOS has risen from 4.96% to 5.32%. Linux has a meagre 1.32% market share (previously 1.46% ). These seem to be the normal fluctuations of the "measurement".
Operating system shares for all platforms at the end of January 2025, source: statcounter
Operating system share desktop
For desktop systems, the website statcounter.com gives the market share of various operating systems for Windows at 71.91% (slightly healthy). macOS is at 15.02% (rising), while Linux runs on 4.71% (rising) of systems. ChromeOS from Google reaches 1.92% of desktop systems.
(OS Market Share 1.2025)
The list of Windows operating system shares on the desktop then shows this picture: Windows 10 comes in at 60.37% (previous month 62.7%) and has now dropped significantly, while Windows 11 has improved to 36.6% (previously 34.12%). People seem to be switching from Windows 10 to Windows 11 after recurring announcements that support for Windows 10 will end in October 2025. Windows 7 still runs on 2.24% (previously 2.41%) of systems, while Windows 8.1 hardly plays a role anymore with 0.3% (up from 0.18%).
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Windows market share 1.2025
Windows 10 is probably still the workhorse on desktop systems and is likely to remain so in the coming months. As for the "big run" on Copilot+PC AI systems, I can't say at the moment – The Register looks at market outlooks here. Microsoft has seen a slight increase in revenue from Windows licenses, but the PC market doesn't seem to have really taken off with Windows 11 yet.
Browsers: Chrome still kills everything
It was interesting for me to look at the browser share on this Statcounter page. The Google Chrome browser is the undisputed leader with a market share of 67.08% (previously 68.3%). Apple's Safari browser has a 17.95% share (previously 17.12%), while Microsoft's Edge has a 5.2% share (previously 4.93%). Firefox even comes in at a meagre 2.24% (previously 2.47%).
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