{"id":5794,"date":"2018-06-02T06:49:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T04:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=5794"},"modified":"2024-10-01T15:13:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:13:35","slug":"windows-and-os-market-share-in-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2018\/06\/02\/windows-and-os-market-share-in-may-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows and OS market share in May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline\" src=\"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/winb.jpg\" width=\"58\" align=\"left\" height=\"58\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240104021043\/https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/02\/windows-zahlen-und-betriebssystemverteilung-ende-mai-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German<\/a>]Figures for operating system distribution on the desktop for the end of May 2018 are available at the beginning of June 2018. And there are absolute numbers for Windows 10 from Microsoft. Here is an overview. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Windows 10 has more than 700 Million users<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl-vg03.met.vgwort.de\/na\/f47f134651f64073b0d92ae2f776317b\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">First, a water mark about the absolute number of Windows 10 systems. Some time ago, when Terry Myerson announced his departure from Microsoft, the number of 700 million Windows 10 systems was already mentioned. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Windows10?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Windows10<\/a> by the numbers.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InsiderDevTour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#InsiderDevTour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EsSCG6Zc12\">pic.twitter.com\/EsSCG6Zc12<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Gillett | #WIMVP @ #InsiderDevTour (@MichaelGillett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelGillett\/status\/1002472046142656512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">1. Juni 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span id=\"preservebfa1d7cf6df240c9b29d6042d950a635\" class=\"wlWriterPreserve\"><SCRIPT charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async><\/SCRIPT><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>On the Microsoft InsiderDevTour in London, Windows Insider named MVP Michael Gillet again the above number of'more than' 700 million active users. (<a href=\"#InsiderDevTour in London\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h2>Desktop operating system shares <\/h2>\n<p>Looking at the latest figures from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netmarketshare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">netmarketshare.com<\/a> (until the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netmarketshare.com\/operating-system-market-share.aspx?options=%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%22%24and%22%3A%5B%7B%22deviceType%22%3A%7B%22%24in%22%3A%5B%22Desktop%2Flaptop%22%5D%7D%7D%5D%7D%2C%22dateLabel%22%3A%22Trend%22%2C%22attributes%22%3A%22share%22%2C%22group%22%3A%22platform%22%2C%22sort%22%3A%7B%22share%22%3A-1%7D%2C%22id%22%3A%22platformsDesktop%22%2C%22dateInterval%22%3A%22Monthly%22%2C%22dateStart%22%3A%222017-06%22%2C%22dateEnd%22%3A%222018-05%22%2C%22segments%22%3A%22-1000%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">end of May 2018<\/a>), Windows still runs on 88.33% (previous month 88.42%) of desktop systems. Mac OS comes only to 8.98% (previous month 9.19%), while Linux runs on 2.02% (previous month 1.93%) of the system. Chrome OS is represented with 0.31% (previous month 0.29%).  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Operating-System Share 5.2018 Desktop\" alt=\"Operating-System Share 5.2018 Desktop\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/YhMLA2p.jpg\"><br \/>(Source: Netmarketshare.com)  <\/p>\n<p>The data in the table show the averaged values for the presentation period May 2017 to May 2018, i.e. they were not used here. A more detailed picture of the operating system version distribution on the desktop can be found below. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Operating System Market Share by Version 5.2018\" alt=\"Operating System Market Share by Version 5.2018\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2Gsw1ME.jpg\"><br \/>(Source: Netmarketshare.com)  <\/p>\n<p>Windows 7 holds a 'market share' of 41.79% (previous month 43.57%) on the desktop, while Windows 10 is 34.74% (previous month 33.81%). Windows 8.1 rises again to 5.36% (previous month 5.25%) and Windows XP still has 5.04% (previous month 4.36%). Despite statistical fluctuations, people seem to switch from Windows 7 to Windows 10, while part of Windows 10 goes back to Windows 8.1 or Windows XP &#8211; so my interpretation. Windows 10 doesn't overtake (about 1.5 years before Windows 7 support ends) the lead in market share.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Note: During a discussion at German site Dr. Windows I came up against the question, how the situation was with Windows XP about 1.5 years before the end of support (i.e. in summer 2012). I don't know if I had statistics back then. Martin Geu\u00df has published the figures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drwindows.de\/news\/2193-letzten-tage-xp-taeglich-muesste-halbe-million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. On July 10, 2012, Windows XP was still running on 37% of all systems. In comparison, the current figure for Windows 7 is 41.79%. We all know how the story of Windows XP after the end of support in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/3hAteAK.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Windows System Market Share by Version 5.2018\" alt=\"Windows System Market Share by Version 5.2018\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/3hAteAK.jpg\" width=\"613\" height=\"635\"><\/a><br \/>(Source: Statcounter.com) <\/p>\n<p>The above graphic shows the numbers from <a href=\"http:\/\/gs.statcounter.com\/os-version-market-share\/windows\/desktop\/worldwide\">statcounter<\/a> for the desktop. There Windows 10 is at 47.21% (previous month 46.07%), while Windows 7 still comes at 39.44% (previous month 40.08%). If you want to look at the browser distribution (Google Chrome dominates the desktop with 60.98%), Martin Geu\u00df from German site Dr. Windows has the figures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drwindows.de\/news\/verteilung-der-browser-und-betriebssysteme-im-mai-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[German]Figures for operating system distribution on the desktop for the end of May 2018 are available at the beginning of June 2018. And there are absolute numbers for Windows 10 from Microsoft. 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