While Windows commands a colossal 71% of the global desktop landscape, the story of operating system usage in 2024 is a fascinating tale of long-held dominance, passionate niches, and the silent Linux engines powering the modern world.
Key Takeaways
- Worldwide desktop OS market share for Windows in June 2024 stood at 71.68%
- macOS held 15.42% of the global desktop OS market share in June 2024
- Linux's desktop market share worldwide reached 4.12% in June 2024 per StatCounter
- Global mobile OS market share Android 70.89% in June 2024
- iOS mobile worldwide share 28.36% June 2024 per StatCounter
- Samsung Unknown OS 0.45% mobile global June 2024
- In US desktop OS, Windows 68.4% June 2024
- macOS US desktop 24.1% June 2024 StatCounter
- Linux US desktop 2.3% June 2024
- Web servers running Linux 96.3% worldwide June 2024
- Unix-like OS 96.8% on top million websites June 2024 W3Techs
- Windows Server 1.2% on websites worldwide 2024
Windows dominates desktop usage globally, while Android leads in the mobile market.
Desktop Regional
- In US desktop OS, Windows 68.4% June 2024
- macOS US desktop 24.1% June 2024 StatCounter
- Linux US desktop 2.3% June 2024
- Chrome OS US desktop 3.5% June 2024
- UK desktop Windows 74.2% June 2024
- macOS UK desktop 17.8% June 2024
- Germany desktop Windows 78.9% June 2024
- Linux Germany desktop 3.1% June 2024
- France desktop macOS 19.4% June 2024
- China desktop Windows 92.1% June 2024
- India desktop Windows 89.7% June 2024 StatCounter
- Brazil desktop Windows 93.4% June 2024
- Australia desktop macOS 22.3% June 2024
- Japan desktop Windows 85.6% June 2024
- Canada desktop macOS 23.7% June 2024
- Russia desktop Windows 87.2% June 2024
- US mobile Android 44.2% June 2024
- iOS US mobile 55.3% June 2024
- UK mobile Android 65.1% June 2024
- iOS UK mobile 34.2% June 2024
- Germany mobile Android 78.9% June 2024
- France mobile Android 72.4% June 2024
- China mobile Android 74.5% June 2024 (incl Harmony)
- iOS China mobile 24.1% June 2024
- India mobile Android 95.2% June 2024
- Brazil mobile Android 87.6% June 2024
- Australia mobile Android 58.3% June 2024
- Japan mobile Android 52.1% June 2024
Desktop Regional Interpretation
While Windows still comfortably rules the desktop kingdom worldwide, the mobile domain reveals a fascinating split: affluent markets like the US and UK share the throne between iOS and Android, but in massive growth markets like India and Brazil, Android's dominance is an absolute, smartphone-owning monarchy.
Desktop Worldwide
- Worldwide desktop OS market share for Windows in June 2024 stood at 71.68%
- macOS held 15.42% of the global desktop OS market share in June 2024
- Linux's desktop market share worldwide reached 4.12% in June 2024 per StatCounter
- Unknown OS accounted for 2.45% on desktops globally in June 2024
- Chrome OS captured 3.21% of desktop OS usage worldwide in June 2024
- Windows 11's share among desktop OSes was 34.56% globally in June 2024
- Windows 10 maintained 34.21% desktop market share worldwide in June 2024
- macOS Ventura's desktop share was 12.34% worldwide in June 2024
- Ubuntu Linux held 1.23% of global desktop OS share in June 2024
- In Steam Hardware Survey June 2024, Windows 10/11 usage was 96.45% among gamers
- Linux on Steam reached 1.89% usage in June 2024 global survey
- macOS in Steam survey was 0.87% in June 2024 worldwide
- Global desktop Windows share Q1 2024 was 72.1% per Statista
- macOS global desktop share Q1 2024 at 16.5%
- Linux desktop worldwide Q1 2024 share 3.8%
- Chrome OS desktop global share grew to 2.9% in Q1 2024
- Windows XP still at 0.45% desktop share worldwide Q1 2024
- Windows 7 residual desktop share 1.2% globally Q1 2024
- Fedora Linux desktop share 0.67% worldwide 2024
- Debian Linux global desktop 0.89% in 2024
- Global desktop OS market revenue for Windows $18.2B in 2023
- macOS desktop installations worldwide estimated 120M in 2024
- Linux desktop users globally around 45M active in 2024
- Windows 11 adoption rate on desktops 45% of Windows users in June 2024
- Top 1% desktops worldwide use macOS Sonoma at 8.9% in 2024
- Linux Mint desktop share 1.45% globally June 2024
- Pop!_OS Linux global desktop 0.34% in 2024
- Worldwide desktop browser stats show Windows 72.3% in 2024
- macOS 28% in developer desktops per Stack Overflow 2024 survey
- Linux 48% among developers worldwide 2024 Stack Overflow
Desktop Worldwide Interpretation
While Windows still reigns supreme on the general desktop throne, the real story is in the niches: Apple carves out its luxury enclave, Linux dominates the developer's workshop, and a surprising number of machines are apparently running on hope and outdated software.
Mobile Worldwide
- Global mobile OS market share Android 70.89% in June 2024
- iOS mobile worldwide share 28.36% June 2024 per StatCounter
- Samsung Unknown OS 0.45% mobile global June 2024
- KaiOS mobile share 0.12% worldwide June 2024
- Android 14 version share 15.67% on mobile globally June 2024
- iOS 17.5 held 42.3% iPhone share worldwide June 2024
- Android 13 at 28.9% mobile OS version share June 2024
- Global smartphone shipments Android 87% in Q2 2024 per IDC
- iOS smartphone shipments 12.9% Q2 2024 worldwide IDC
- Android active devices 3.2 billion worldwide 2024
- iOS active devices 1.4 billion globally 2024 Statista
- Mobile web traffic Android 74.12% June 2024
- iOS 25.67% mobile browser usage worldwide 2024
- Android Pie residual 2.1% mobile share 2024
- iOS 16 share 18.4% on mobile June 2024
- Global mobile OS revenue Android ecosystem $450B 2023
- iOS app revenue $85B worldwide 2023
- Android 12 version 12.3% mobile share June 2024
- HarmonyOS mobile share 0.89% global June 2024
- Mobile OS market Android 71% Q1 2024 Statista
- iOS 28% Q1 2024 mobile worldwide
- Android 11 at 9.8% mobile version share 2024
- iOS 15 residual 4.2% mobile 2024
- Global mobile gaming Android 52% players 2024
- iOS 48% mobile gamers worldwide 2024 Newzoo
- Android tablet OS share 65% worldwide 2024
- iPadOS tablet share 34% global 2024
Mobile Worldwide Interpretation
It's a classic tale of Android's sheer volume versus iOS's premium punch, where one reigns in total devices and traffic while the other commands revenue and rapid updates with a comparatively elite, smaller army.
Server and Other
- Web servers running Linux 96.3% worldwide June 2024
- Unix-like OS 96.8% on top million websites June 2024 W3Techs
- Windows Server 1.2% on websites worldwide 2024
- Debian GNU/Linux 28.4% server OS share on web 2024
- Ubuntu server usage 33.2% top sites 2024 W3Techs
- Cloud servers AWS Linux 78% instances 2024
- Azure Linux VM share 65% global 2024
- Google Cloud Linux 90%+ server OS 2024
- Top supercomputers 100% Linux June 2024 TOP500
- RHEL/CentOS servers 42% enterprise 2024
- IoT devices Android Things 12% share 2023
- Linux IoT 35% market 2024
- Windows IoT 22% embedded 2024 Statista
- FreeRTOS IoT 28% share 2024
- Gaming consoles OS custom Linux 45% underhood 2024
- Steam Deck SteamOS (Linux) 2.1% Steam users June 2024
- Enterprise servers Windows Server 24% 2023 Gartner
- Linux servers 75% enterprise data centers 2024
- Docker containers Linux kernel 99.9% 2024
- Kubernetes clusters Linux nodes 98% 2024 CNCF survey
Server and Other Interpretation
The statistics whisper what every sysadmin knows in their soul: the internet and everything important that computes upon it, from the tiniest sensor to the mightiest supercomputer, runs on a foundation of penguin-powered rock.
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