Linux hits 5% of desktop OSes in the US, Apple's share grows — and Windows slowly falls, according to StatCounter.

With just 8 percent market share, Apple has significant work to do if it wants to catch up to Microsoft and solidify Mac OS X as a major force in the software business.

Microsoft bled a lot of market share to Chromebooks in 2020, and analysts don't expect things to slow down in 2021. ... with Chrome OS claiming 10.8 percent and Apple up to 7.5 percent.

Linux hits 5% US market share, its highest yet, potentially due to Microsoft's push for Windows 10 upgrades. Windows 10 users are exploring Linux due to the cost of extending support or paying for ...

According to StatCounter's Global Stats for June 2025, Windows remains the clear leader, commanding 63.2 percent of the ...

While Microsoft remains on top of the desktop OS market with Windows 10, Apple’s long running role as the lead challenger in second place is no more. During 2020, sales of Google’s Chrome OS ...

For years upon years, the easiest way to hush a Mac loyalist was to point to market share. For nearly as long as the two operating systems (the two being Apple's OS and Microsoft's OS) have been ...

Apple is the next closest competitior with a market share of just under 10 percent, per Net Applications. Google’s Chrome OS, which dominates the education market , had a market share of less ...

Kantar's data provides clear takeaways for Google's Android, Apple's iOS, and Microsoft's Windows Phone. Who's at the Head of the OS Market Share Class, Apple Inc. or Google Inc? | The Motley Fool ...

According to the data obtained by Statcounter, Microsoft Edge’s market share globally has now reached 10.84-percent. The Edge’s growth in the month leading up to June has been 0.52-percent.