Windows 11 had a tough battle with Windows 10 on Steam. About a month ago we saw that Windows 10 had reached restore the soil in the latest results of Steam’s hardware and software survey, and he said that the operating system was reluctant to relinquish the crown to its successor, although it was also clear that it was ultimately only a matter of time before it ended up on the decline. to the second position.

We didn’t have to wait long. A Steam survey for the month of August confirms that Windows 11 is already the most used operating system on the platform with 49.17%, thanks to growth of 3.36% and the fall of Windows 10, which fell by 3.07% and took overall share of 47.09%.

The difference between the two operating systems is so small that we could see another exchange of positions next month, as it barely reaches 2.08%. It doesn’t seem the most logical, especially considering that with the end of support for Windows 10 approaching, it’s very likely that more and more users are updating to the latest Microsoft operating system.

Windows 11 took almost three years to surpass Windows 10, it surpassed Windows 7 in one year

The popularity of Windows 11 on Steam has improved considerably in recent months, but we must not forget that its development has been very slow. It has been launched on October 5, 2021so it took nearly three years to overtake Windows 10 on Steam, and like I said, it still hasn’t managed to get a big enough lead to secure the top spot.

Windows 10 managed to beat Windows 7 on Steam just over a yearmeaning Windows 11 took nearly three times as long. This simple comparison allows us to realize the big difference in popularity and adoption rate between the two operating systems and clearly shows that Windows 10 was Much more loved and better appreciated.

The remaining versions of Windows have very small quotas, as you can see in the attached image. Windows 7 maintains 0.37% and Windows 8.1 reaches only 0.07%. There is no trace of the previous versions and it is logical, because since January 1 of this year Steam no longer supports Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, So it’s surprising that these operating systems keep popping up.

As for the hardware results, a few changes. The percentage of users with 16 GB of RAM is increasing, the share of 6-core users is slightly decreasing, and the share of 8-core users is increasing slightly, and increases the presence of GeForce RTX 4060 for notebookswhich is a 1.3% increase and close to the GeForce RTX 3060.

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