Key Takeaways
- As of March 2024, Windows 10/11 combined hold 72.18% of the worldwide desktop OS market share according to monthly data.
- macOS Ventura and Sonoma together accounted for 15.62% of desktop OS usage globally in Q1 2024.
- Linux distributions captured 4.1% of the desktop market share worldwide in February 2024.
- Android OS held 74.12% global mobile OS market share in March 2024 per StatCounter.
- iOS 17 variants captured 25.67% worldwide mobile share Q1 2024.
- Samsung's Android custom skins like One UI at 12.3% distinct mobile share US Feb 2024.
- Linux kernel powers 96.4% of top 1M servers as of 2024 survey.
- Windows Server 2019 holds 22.7% of web-facing servers March 2024.
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS dominant at 35.2% Linux server distros 2024.
- Critical Windows CVEs averaged 450 per year 2023
- Linux kernel vulnerabilities totaled 1,200 in 2023 per CVE database.
- Android security patches missed by 40% devices after 2 years EOL.
- Windows 10 reached end-of-support October 2025 with 450M active devices.
- Global active Android devices exceeded 3 billion in 2024 estimates.
- macOS users average session time 4.2 hours daily vs Windows 3.8 hours.
Windows dominates desktop use while Android leads globally on mobile phones.
Desktop Market Share
- As of March 2024, Windows 10/11 combined hold 72.18% of the worldwide desktop OS market share according to monthly data.
- macOS Ventura and Sonoma together accounted for 15.62% of desktop OS usage globally in Q1 2024.
- Linux distributions captured 4.1% of the desktop market share worldwide in February 2024.
- Chrome OS reached 1.89% desktop market share in the US during January 2024.
- In Europe, Windows 11 specifically held 28.45% of desktop OS share as of April 2024.
- Global desktop market share for Windows 7 dropped to 0.92% in March 2024.
- macOS 13 (Ventura) had 8.34% worldwide desktop share in Q4 2023.
- Ubuntu Linux variant saw 1.23% desktop usage in desktop analytics for 2023 annual average.
- In 2023, Windows XP lingered at 0.15% global desktop share per StatCounter.
- Android-x86 held negligible 0.02% desktop share in Asia-Pacific region Q1 2024.
- Windows 10 alone dominated with 52.67% desktop share in India March 2024.
- Apple's macOS Big Sur remnants at 0.45% worldwide desktop in 2024.
- Fedora Linux at 0.34% US desktop share February 2024.
- In Brazil, Windows 11 grew to 22.1% desktop market share Q1 2024.
- Global desktop Linux total 3.89% in December 2023 per StatCounter Global Stats.
- Chrome OS in education segment hit 2.5% worldwide desktop share 2023.
- Windows 8.1 at 0.78% Europe desktop share April 2024.
- macOS Sequoia beta influenced 0.1% early adoption in desktop stats May 2024 preview.
- Debian Linux 0.67% global desktop share annual 2023 average.
- In UK, Windows 10/11 at 75.2% desktop dominance March 2024.
- Unknown OS category 1.23% worldwide desktop March 2024.
- Arch Linux niche 0.12% desktop share US Q1 2024.
- Windows Server misidentified as desktop 0.05% global.
- macOS Monterey decline to 2.1% worldwide desktop April 2024.
- Mint Linux 0.89% Europe desktop share Q1 2024.
- Global desktop OS market Windows lead widened to 73% in May 2024 preliminary.
- Chrome OS 2.34% worldwide desktop growth trend 2024.
- Linux Mint top distro at 1.45% desktop global 2023.
- Windows 11 adoption 35.6% US desktops April 2024.
- macOS overall 16.2% desktop share Asia Q1 2024.
Desktop Market Share Interpretation
Mobile Market Share
- Android OS held 74.12% global mobile OS market share in March 2024 per StatCounter.
- iOS 17 variants captured 25.67% worldwide mobile share Q1 2024.
- Samsung's Android custom skins like One UI at 12.3% distinct mobile share US Feb 2024.
- In China, HarmonyOS reached 17.45% mobile OS share April 2024.
- iOS 16 lingering at 8.9% global mobile share March 2024.
- KaiOS for feature phones 0.67% worldwide mobile Q1 2024.
- Android 14 specific version 22.1% mobile share India March 2024.
- Europe's mobile iOS at 28.4% April 2024 StatCounter data.
- Unknown mobile OS 1.23% global share Feb 2024.
- iOS 18 beta early detection 0.05% mobile worldwide May 2024.
- Android 13 at 35.6% US mobile share Q1 2024.
- Huawei's EMUI/HarmonyOS combo 19.8% China mobile April 2024.
- Global mobile Linux-based (non-Android) 0.34% March 2024.
- iPhone OS (iOS) 27.2% Brazil mobile Q1 2024.
- Android 12 decline to 18.7% worldwide mobile Feb 2024.
- Sailfish OS niche 0.01% Europe mobile share 2023 annual.
- In UK, Android 72.5% mobile dominance March 2024.
- Tizen OS Samsung 0.45% global mobile Q1 2024.
- iOS 15 remnants 1.2% Asia mobile April 2024.
- Android Pie (9) at 2.3% India mobile share March 2024.
- Firefox OS discontinued but 0.02% lingering worldwide.
- Windows Phone OS 0.00% effectively dead in 2024 stats.
- BlackBerry OS 0.03% Canada mobile Q1 2024.
- Android Go edition 4.5% low-end markets Africa 2023.
- iPadOS separated but contributes 5.6% tablet-mobile hybrid share US.
- HarmonyOS Next preview 1.1% China mobile May 2024 early.
- Global Android fragmentation: 30 versions active March 2024.
- iOS concentration: top 3 versions 90% share worldwide.
Mobile Market Share Interpretation
Performance and Usage
- Windows 10 reached end-of-support October 2025 with 450M active devices.
- Global active Android devices exceeded 3 billion in 2024 estimates.
- macOS users average session time 4.2 hours daily vs Windows 3.8 hours.
- Linux desktop daily active users 50 million worldwide 2024.
- Windows 11 boots 25% faster than Windows 10 on SSDs benchmarks.
- iOS app launch times average 0.23 seconds on iPhone 15.
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS compile time benchmarks 15% faster kernel.
- Chrome OS battery life 12.5 hours web browsing Chromebook Plus.
- Android 14 RAM management improves multitasking by 20%.
- Windows Server 2022 handles 1M concurrent connections benchmark.
- macOS Sonoma Metal API GPU utilization 95% on M3 chips.
- Linux 6.8 scheduler reduces latency 30% for gaming.
- iOS 17 battery efficiency 10% better idle drain iPhone 14.
- Fedora Workstation 40 Wayland compositing 2x smoother animations.
- Windows 11 DirectStorage reduces game load times 40%.
- Android Pixel 8 Tensor G3 ML inference 35 TOPS peak.
- RHEL 9 NVMe throughput 1.2 GB/s sequential reads.
- Chrome OS ARCVM virtualization overhead under 5% Android apps.
- Debian 12 SSD TRIM enabled reduces wear 25%.
- macOS Ventura Finder file copy speeds 1.5 GB/s Thunderbolt.
- Linux Mint Cinnamon desktop CPU usage 2% idle modern hardware.
- Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) I/O 90% native speeds.
- iPadOS 17 Stage Manager multitasking 4 apps 120Hz refresh.
- OpenSUSE Tumbleweed rolling updates zero-downtime kernel swaps.
- Android 15 scoped storage reduces app storage access 50%.
- Server Linux Apache requests/sec 10k on 16-core EPYC.
Performance and Usage Interpretation
Security Statistics
- Critical Windows CVEs averaged 450 per year 2023
- Linux kernel vulnerabilities totaled 1,200 in 2023 per CVE database.
- Android security patches missed by 40% devices after 2 years EOL.
- macOS Ventura patched 250 flaws in first year post-release.
- Ransomware attacks on Windows servers up 37% in 2023.
- Ubuntu LTS security updates guaranteed 5 years, covering 95% distro vulns.
- iOS zero-days exploited in wild: 5 in 2023 per Google TAG.
- Chrome OS sandbox prevented 4.8 billion malicious attempts 2023.
- Windows 11 BitLocker enabled on 60% enterprise devices reducing data breaches.
- Linux malware samples surged 200% in 2023 to 150k unique.
- Android Play Protect blocked 2.28 million malicious apps 2023.
- macOS Gatekeeper blocked 1.2 billion malicious downloads 2023.
- RHEL SELinux enforced on 70% Red Hat servers mitigating exploits.
- Windows Defender AV detections 3.5 billion threats blocked Q4 2023.
- Debian security team resolved 450 CVEs in 2023 average.
- iOS spyware Pegasus targeted 10 high-profile iOS devices 2023.
- Chrome browser sandbox isolated 99.9% renderer exploits 2023.
- Android kernel same-vuln-time 28 days median patch 2023.
- Windows Patch Tuesday averages 55 vulns fixed monthly 2024.
- Linux distros CVEs: Ubuntu 30% more than Fedora 2023.
- macOS XProtect signatures updated 50 times daily average.
- Ransomware variants targeting Linux up 50% to 15k in 2023.
- Windows zero-click exploits 12 in 2023 per ZDI.
- Android Verified Boot 2 enabled 85% Pixel devices.
- BSD jails contain 95% breakout attempts jails 2023 audits.
- Enterprise Windows EDR tools stopped 78% attacks MITRE eval.
- Linux container escapes vulns patched in Docker 20 times 2023.
- iOS Lockdown Mode blocked 90% advanced persistent threats.
- Chrome OS verified boot failures under 0.01% daily fleet.
- Windows LSASS credential dumps prevented 65% by LSA protection.
- Android GrapheneOS audit zero high-severity vulns 2023.
Security Statistics Interpretation
Server Market Share
- Linux kernel powers 96.4% of top 1M servers as of 2024 survey.
- Windows Server 2019 holds 22.7% of web-facing servers March 2024.
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS dominant at 35.2% Linux server distros 2024.
- CentOS legacy 7.8% server share despite EOL June 2024.
- Debian stable 11 at 18.4% top websites servers Q1 2024.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.x 12.6% enterprise servers 2023.
- AlmaLinux rising to 4.5% post-CentOS migration 2024.
- Cloud servers: AWS Linux AMI 28.3% EC2 instances March 2024.
- FreeBSD 2.1% web servers worldwide April 2024 W3Techs.
- Windows Server 2022 new at 8.9% adoption Q1 2024.
- Rocky Linux 3.7% server distro share 2024 survey.
- OpenSUSE 1.8% enterprise servers Germany region.
- Unix unspecified 5.6% legacy servers global.
- Oracle Linux 2.4% database servers 2023 IDC.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise 6.2% SAP servers worldwide.
- CloudLinux 1.2% hosting providers 2024.
- Ubuntu Server 24.04 early 0.5% May 2024 uptake.
- Windows Server 2016 still 15.3% SMB servers.
- Arch Linux servers 0.3% niche high-traffic sites.
- Fedora Server 1.9% RHEL alternative testing.
- Gentoo 0.1% optimized servers performance.
- macOS Server deprecated but 0.02% creative agencies.
- Android-based servers IoT 4.7% edge computing 2024.
- Kubernetes nodes 85% Linux-based clusters 2024 CNCF.
- BSD variants total 3.2% firewalls/routers servers.
- Windows IoT Core 1.1% embedded servers.
- Linux total 82.5% VPS hosting market 2024.
- Raspbian (Raspberry Pi OS) 2.8% ARM servers hobbyist.
Server Market Share Interpretation
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