Windows 10 suddenly gained popularity – there is less than a year left until the end of support for the OS

The Statcounter service continues to collect various statistical information, including the level of distribution of operating systems on a global scale. According to the platform, in November of this year, different versions of Windows were used on more than 72% of computers worldwide. What’s more interesting about the Statcounter report is that Windows 10 is more popular than it was in October. This fact is surprising, since the OS support period is coming to an end.

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As of the end of November 2024, the share of Windows 10 among all versions of the Microsoft software platform increased to 61.83%, while a month earlier it was 60.95%. Windows 10 is almost ten years old, and next year the official support period for the OS will end, after which Microsoft will stop releasing functional updates for it, and security patches will be available for a fee. All this does not prevent the OS from demonstrating unexpected, albeit modest growth.

At the same time, the share of Windows 11 decreased from 35.58% in October to 34.94% in November. Interestingly, from May to October this year, Windows 11’s market share rose steadily from 27.67% to 35.58%. At the same time, the share of Windows 10 began to decline in April, and in the period from May to October it decreased from 68.34% to 60.95%.

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Note also that Windows 7 is still used on millions of computers with Internet access. The share of this OS during the reporting period was 2.47%. In terms of older versions of the OS, 0.31% of computers worldwide are still running Windows 8.1, 0.25% of computers are running Windows XP, and 0.16% of computers are running Windows 8.

Let us remind you that the Statcounter service uses a counter installed on more than 1.5 million websites around the world to collect statistical data. The developers of Statcounter claim that the service they created provides independent and objective data on trends in the use of various software products with Internet access.