The recent gain represents one of the biggest month-to-month leaps in the past year. It also ascends Windows 11 to its highest market share yet, eclipsing the previous high set in October 2024.

Microsoft MSFT continues to dominate the desktop operating system market through Windows. The ongoing transition to Windows ...

Linux hits 5% of desktop OSes in the US, Apple's share grows — and Windows slowly falls, according to StatCounter.

Windows overall, which includes Windows 11, 64-bit Windows 10, and 64-bit Windows 7, runs on 96.56% of all Steam users. 52.98% of them use Windows 11, and last month, that number increased by 4.18 ...

Statcounter data shows that 52% of global Windows users are now using Windows 11, compared with 44.59% who are using its predecessor.

Meanwhile, Windows 11's market share dropped slightly from 35.58 percent (in October) to 34.94 percent. Windows 7 is still in use on millions of internet-facing PCs, holding a 2.47 percent market ...

The new data pointing in the wrong direction is even more worrying, with December proving to be another month when Windows 10’s market share increased as Windows 11’s decreased, despite this ...