StatCounter’s June 2026 report shows Linux at one of its strongest recent positions, while Windows falls to 56.55%.
This graph compares the desktop OS market share split between Microsoft (Windows), Apple (OS X, iOS, macOS), Google (Chrome OS, Android), and what’s being reported as “Linux”. Notably, it removes the “Other”, “Playstation”, and “Unknown” values, and re-normalises the rest to 100 (percent). Made by downloading the data from StatCounter
Windows only share of the above.
Apple, Google, Linux shares of the above.If you guys want to check the numbers and my maths here’s the spreadsheet.
Idk why everyone is always looking at statcounter. I still feel like Cloudflare probably has better data.
It feels like macOS is somehow over represented there. Specially for a global statistic. In many countries macs are completely residual, where I live I almost know more people using linux than mac.
Anecdotally, I’m seeing a lot of bot traffic masquerading with a macOS user agent
“Unknown” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
It looks like Windows computers is going to unknown. So they are just bad at detecting OS.
Incoming rename to Copilot OS.
Okay, but StatCounter’s graph (edit: here) clearly shows that “unknown” is what’s cannibalizing most of that – and this is specifically measuring web traffic.
“Lemmy celebrates the rise of bots polluting web traffic stats because they didn’t bother to read the article beyond a misleading headline that reaffirms their biases.”
Hell yeah! bots polluting web traffic in a way that reaffirms my biases! 🥳
Looking at the included chart (below), I don’t think the growth in “unknown” is the primary factor of Window’s decline in market share. The chart does show, over the last two data points, that Mac OS and Linux have increased at the same time that Windows has decreased.
This is all but one data point anyway, so it’s not fair to draw a long-term conclusion based on that regardless.
Those “last two data points” are two months. For OS X, there’s some upward movement the last two months (about 3%, which isn’t a lot given it spiked late last year from 8.3% to 14.07% to 8.2% in a span of three points), while Linux is practically flatlined with a very light upward incline just the last month.
To the extent StatCounter is useful to begin with, the Linux point is functionally meaningless while the OS X increase of a few percentage points may or may not be significant; trying to divine a trend from twitches in those two points is reading noise. Look at the “unknown” line, meanwhile, and see how it begins mirroring Windows’ decline around mid–late 2025. It rose from 11.3% in September 2025 to 21.5% in June 2026. That represents actual, meaningful, lasting change.
Yes, that’s pretty much what I said in the line of text under the graph.
You completely debunk the idea that “I don’t think the growth in “unknown” is the primary factor of Window’s decline in market share.” in the same comment you said it? Because what you said makes absolutely no sense in the face of the actual numbers.
I expound on the two points because you can’t just rest your argument on them and then limply, vaguely disclaim that it’s terrible methodology.
Bruh people on Lemmy say the most mind-numbing things
Thank you for demonstrating.
Well I can’t speak for the whole world but by my Windows usage dropped 100% from 2025 to 2026.
What Microsoft does not seem to understand is that you don’t even have to make a GOOD product, you just have to make it better than eating broken glass.
I’m not sure they’ve even cleared that bar, to be honest
“better than eating broken glass”
Oh, you mean better than Windows Vista Aero.
Quick add more dogshit unwanted features and spyware to extract the maximum value out of customers over the short term!
StatCounter lists OS X at 11.89% and macOS at 4.48% for June 2026
What?
Wow, breaking 15%. :blinking-guy:
In the chart “unknown “ has an impressive share is it any good?
Nobody knows, hence the name.
Oh no… anyways.
Now I run windows on my surfing machine and my gaming machine. Otherwise I have no use for it, and what a boondoggle 11 was
Browsers and most games run on linux. Why keep using an OS with a profit motive behind it that’s often against your best interests as a user?
Mostly laziness. Moving all my links/games is a time sink I will eventually have to do. But that time I just don’t have atm.
If I were to build a new machine there is no way I’m buying a windows license. I doubt I’ll ever buy or need on personally.
Work is another nightmare, but I think many of us know that pain.
Hope you can find the time. Not sure why you’re getting downvoted. These are reasonable reasons.
I’ll do my best, I think this winter will be when I can make time.
