According to market share figures from Statcounter, the gap between Windows 11 and Windows 10 usage is slightly growing, and not in a way we imagine M

Has Windows 11 really lost marketshare to Windows 10?

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2024-05-06 13:00:03

According to market share figures from Statcounter, the gap between Windows 11 and Windows 10 usage is slightly growing, and not in a way we imagine Microsoft wants.

Windows 11's global desktop market share dipped between February 2024 and April 2024 from 28.16 percent to 25.65 percent, while Windows 10's share grew to 70.03 percent from 67.26 percent. Things were slightly closer a few months ago, but the gap has since widened. (We assume these Statcounter figures are legit; the outfit acknowledged on Friday there was a blip in its Google numbers.)

Over the past year, Microsoft has struggled to move the needle on Windows 11 adoption as Windows 10 users look at the flagship OS and its hardware requirements and think... nah.

Microsoft has not provided any official figures on Windows 11 usage compared to its predecessor - we've asked, and will update this article if Redmond provides some. However, it is not hard to imagine some distinctly sweaty palms at Microsoft as managers play a game of update chicken with the looming Windows 10 end-of-support date of October 14 next year.

Statcounter is a web analytics service, and its tracking code is installed on more than 1.5 million sites. While its figures are unlikely to be as accurate as those held within Microsoft's walls, they indicate how things are going. And they are clearly continuing to not go well in terms of operating system adoption.