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    Windows 11 has seemingly burst through the wall — market share skyrockets as OS passes 1 billion users

    Karlston

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    Statcounter reports a 12% jump in market share for the OS, but is this a permanent shift or a one-month blip?

    Windows 11 adoption appears to have changed direction, at least according to a single month of figures from Statcounter. The latest stats from the tool states that Windows 11 now has a 62.41% market share — a whopping increase of almost 12 percentage points compared to last month.

     

    While that jump is noteworthy, it's important to place the figure in context. Statcounter does not have access to official figures from Microsoft. It tracks billions of page views across more than 1.5 million websites each month. The company explains its methodology on its website.

     

     

     

     

    StatCounter data graph for Windows Desktop Windows Version Marketshare through Jan 2026.

     

    Desktop Windows Version Market Share WorldwideDec 2024 - Jan 2026. (Image credit: StatCounter)

     

    Officially, Windows 11 passed 1 billion users recently. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared that milestone in the earnings call for the quarter that just wrapped up.

     

    Adoption of Windows 11 outpaced that of Windows 10 by hitting 1 billion users in 1,576 days rather than 1,706 days.

     

    Of course, market share is only one way to measure the success of an operating system. Even the total user count is not a measure of quality.

     

    Windows 11 is still in a state of flux. Following negative feedback and a disastrous start to the year, Microsoft has committed to improving its operating system.

     

    The tech giant shared it will "focus on addressing pain points" it receives negative feedback on and improve the performance, reliability, and overall experience of Windows.

     

    Microsoft is also pausing its push to integrate Copilot into in-box apps and reviewing the controversial Windows Recall feature.

     

    It will take time for Microsoft to make meaningful changes — assuming its leaders choose to go in that direction. I gave them a pat on the back over the weekend for listening, but we won't know if that results in improvements for a while.

     

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    Posted Tuesday 3 February 2026 at 5:14 am AEST (my time).

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    Mutton

    Amazing what can be achieved when one has an almost complete monopoly, controlling deals with third parties to limit what they will write drivers for and supply with their hardware, and can leave a previous OS vulnerable by stopping updates when it's still perfectly usable. Oh, and not forgetting no scruples or regard for the users of the product.

     

    Amazing, I tell you.

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