Windows 11 Market Share Surges, Narrowing Gap with Windows 10
As of June 2025, Windows 11 has made significant strides in the operating system market, achieving a market share closely aligned with Windows 10. Recent figures from StatCounter reveal that Windows 11’s adoption has surged, effectively mirroring its predecessor.
Notable Growth in June 2025
In a remarkable monthly leap, Windows 11’s market share surged from 43.22% to 47.98%, marking an increase of 4.76 percentage points. This surge is among the largest since its debut, reminiscent of the early adoption phase in January 2022, when the OS transitioned from 2.6% to 7.89% (a +5.29 point increase).Over the past year, Windows 11 has seen a year-over-year growth of +18.23 points, demonstrating its rising popularity.
Windows 10 Sees Decline
Concurrently, as Windows 11’s share rises, Windows 10 is experiencing a decline. In the last month alone, Windows 10’s market share dropped by 4.43 points, falling from 53.19% to 48.76%.While it remains more widely used than Windows 11, the gap is now less than 1% globally. Notably, in various nations, Windows 11 has already become the leading version. Current statistics show that it commands 54.72% in the United States, 59.01% in the United Kingdom, and 51.58% in Canada.
Implications of End of Support for Windows 10
With the impending end of support for Windows 10, scheduled just three months from now, Microsoft is offering users an additional year of complimentary security updates. However, this does not imply Windows 10 will decline to the levels of Windows 7, which currently stands at 2.19%.Enterprise clients can obtain extended security updates for three additional years, whereas regular consumers will receive them for only one year. Due to Microsoft’s ongoing stringent hardware requirements for Windows 11, many users might remain tethered to Windows 10 for the foreseeable future. Additionally, it’s noteworthy that there is still a demographic of users utilizing older systems like Windows XP, which surprisingly maintains a market share of 0.43%, indicating the vast number of Windows users worldwide—over 1.4 billion—which even a fraction of a percentage represents a considerable volume of devices.
Further Insights
For more in-depth statistics and insights into the shifting landscape of Windows operating systems, visit StatCounter’s official site.
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