Windows 11 user share growth rate is not what you would expect, and this is something that surely weighs heavily on Microsoft. However, there are reasons that explain it, and that make the medium-term prospects more positive. And it is that, since its launch, it has gone through moments of practically flat growth, and now it seems to be gaining a little more traction, although the numbers are still low.
We have already said on multiple occasions that, at the launch date, Windows 11 didn’t feel like a finished product. Not in terms of operation, because in this respect, except for some problems, everything seemed to be going well. The problem is that, for many, it did not reach the level of what is expected of a new version of an operating system. If instead of being called Windows 11 it had been called Windows 10.5, many people would have found it more true.
In Redmond they have taken good note and, consequently, During the last few months we have seen how many novelties have begun to arrive, already announced, to Windows 11. The clearest example is found in support for using Android apps, but we have also seen other movements, such as improvements to the Microsoft Store and the arrival of DirectStorage. Elements that were announced in the presentation of June of last year, but that at the arrival of Windows 11 to the first users were not yet available.
Even more, now we are not talking about what has already arrived, but about what is yet to come. A little over a week ago we had confirmation that the RTM version of Windows 11 22H2 is ready, and there is a fairly widespread opinion that with the arrival of this first major update to the operating system, Windows 11 will already be ready. complete enough, and proven, to make it a good time to jump.
Meanwhile, and as we can see in the results of the monthly Steam survey, Windows 11 continues to grow in user share, although it is true that at a much lower rate than that seen the previous month. And it is that if in April its growth was 2.22%, in May it has to settle for just over a quarter, with 0.65%. Less than 1%, a fairly humble jump that, however, continues to add up little by little.
We will no longer have to wait too long for the arrival of Windows 11 22H2 And while the first few weeks many people wait to see if upgrading is safe, we can expect to see those numbers grow from then on. Should Microsoft have waited until everything included in the 22H2 update was ready before releasing Windows 11? Good question, since perhaps in this way its growth would have been much faster. But, on the other hand, in this way they have had practically a year to receive feedback and polish many elements of the system.
