Embarrassing.. But not surprising.
WTF? Windows 10 now actually losing market share
In September, according to NetMarketShare, Windows 10 didn’t just show slower growth, it actually went into reverse gear and lost usage share. Yes, you read that right.
According to the figures, Windows 10 went from 22.99 percent globally, to 22.53 percent, a drop of 0.46 percentage points. It’s important to remember that NetMarketShare measures usage (people actually using the operating system, rather than having it installed), and that isn’t a precise science. Even so, Windows 10 losing share is a big surprise. [...] rival usage share monitoring firm StatCounter has similar findings.
[...] last month was a good one for Windows 7, which grew 1.02 percentage points to go from 47.25 percent to 48.27 percent.
Windows 8.1 dropped 0.09 percentage points, from 7.92 percent to 7.83 percent, and Windows 8 fell 0.04 percentage points from 1.82 percent to 1.78 percent. Combined, Windows 8.x dropped 0.13 percentage points and now has 9.61 percent of the market.
Windows XP brings up the rear and sits on 9.11 percent, having fallen 0.25 percentage points in September.
WTF? Windows 10 now actually losing market share
In September, according to NetMarketShare, Windows 10 didn’t just show slower growth, it actually went into reverse gear and lost usage share. Yes, you read that right.
According to the figures, Windows 10 went from 22.99 percent globally, to 22.53 percent, a drop of 0.46 percentage points. It’s important to remember that NetMarketShare measures usage (people actually using the operating system, rather than having it installed), and that isn’t a precise science. Even so, Windows 10 losing share is a big surprise. [...] rival usage share monitoring firm StatCounter has similar findings.
[...] last month was a good one for Windows 7, which grew 1.02 percentage points to go from 47.25 percent to 48.27 percent.
Windows 8.1 dropped 0.09 percentage points, from 7.92 percent to 7.83 percent, and Windows 8 fell 0.04 percentage points from 1.82 percent to 1.78 percent. Combined, Windows 8.x dropped 0.13 percentage points and now has 9.61 percent of the market.
Windows XP brings up the rear and sits on 9.11 percent, having fallen 0.25 percentage points in September.