The web traffic analysis site StatCounter released this Wednesday (1st) its report on the use of the operating system of the Microsoft on PCs in February 2023. The data shows growth in Windows 11 and maintaining leadership of the Windows 10.
Windows 11 reached 19.13% in February this year, that is, it has not yet reached the fateful 20% mark. Therefore, the software is present on 1 out of 5 computers among those equipped with an operating system produced by Microsoft.
Windows 10 has also risen and with greater intensity. In previous surveys, the software was just below 70%, but now the penultimate OS made by the Redmond company reached the remarkable percentage of 73.25% of participation.
The growth of Windows 10 can be explained by the end of official Microsoft support for Windows 7 and 8.1which occurred in January with the end of the extended security update release program.
Source: StatCounter Global Stats – Windows Version Market Share
However, Windows 7 remains the third most popular version of the system, although it has lost a large amount of users, going from 9.55% to 5.39%. Windows 8.1’s market share also halved, from 2.28% to 1.15%.
Check out the Windows adoption ranking in February 2023 below:
- Windows 10 – 73.25% (+4.39);
- Windows 11 – 19.13% (+1.01);
- Windows 7 – 5.39% (-4.16);
- Windows 8.1 – 1.15% (-1.13);
- Windows 8 – 0.52% (-0.1).
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