Windows still leads the pack when it comes to operating systems for laptops and desktops.
Microsoft’s OS is found on 88.14% of computers accessing the Internet. This, according to numbers from NetMarketShare. How do other operating systems stack up?
- Windows – 88.14%
- Mac OS – 9.38%
- Linux – 1.89%
- Chrome OS – .42%
Despite the popularity of Chromebooks in schools, they haven’t caught on for most users outside of an educational setting.
When you take a deeper dive into those numbers, you’ll see that a lot of folks are still using Windows 7, despite the fact that security and bug support ended back in January.
Here’s how the top 10 Operating systems ranked.
- Windows 10 – 52.58%
- Windows 7 – 29.34%
- Mac OS X – 4.10%
- Windows 8.1 – 3.74%
- Mac OS X 10.15 – 1.97%
- Mac OS X 10.13 – 1.60%
- Windows XP – 1.60%
- Linux – 1.27 %
- Mac OS X 10.120 – .71%
- Windows 8.0 -.63%
When it comes to the mobile market, Android is the clear leader at 70% compared to 21% for Apple’s iOS.
But the mobile market is much more fragmented in terms of which version people are running on their devices.
- Android 9.0 – 17.14%
- Android 8.1 – 12.18%
- iOS 13.3 – 8.48%
- Android 8.0 – 7.63%
- Android 7.0 – 6.33%
- Android 6.0 – 5.99%
- Android 6.05.99%
- iOS 12.4 – 4.90%
- Android – 4.78
- Android 7.1 – 4.51%
- iOS 12.3 – 4.45%