The popularity of Windows 11 continues to grow and in October exceeded 35% market share. However, Windows 10 continues to lead by a large margin, and the big question is what market share it will have next year when it ends its life.

Windows 11 popularity: on the rise, but not enough

Windows 11 gained more than two points of market share in October, according to StatCounter data. One of the biggest monthly increases this yearprobably due to the launch of the 24H2 update. And the version was plagued with bugs (as is unfortunately the habit with Microsoft) and even its deployment had to be delayed.

Despite another unsuccessful update, the mere passage of time is in favor of Windows 11. Windows 10 has not been sold for a long time through new computers or in official licenses, and it no longer receives quality updates and features. Its official support will end in October 2025, although paying consumers and businesses will be able to get security updates. As regards share of each of Windows is as follows:

• Windows 10: 60.95% (-1.8 points)
• Windows 11: 35.55% (+2.13 points)
• Windows 7: 2.62% (-0.22 points)
• Windows 8.1: 0.31% (-0.05 points)
• Windows XP: 0.28% (-0.06 points)

Emphasize that what one gains, another loses almost as much. The trend is clear, as can be seen in StatCounter’s long-term chart:

As regards the general operating system marketwhich also includes Android, iOS, macOS and Linux, Windows is the second most popular operating system, far behind Android, which dominates globally:

• Android: 44.62% (-0.54 points)
• Windows: 26.83% (+0.13 points)
• iOS: 18.49% (+0.37 points)
• macOS: 5.67% (+0.06 points)

In summary. The popularity of Windows 11 is still growing, but still not enough. If your quota is not increased enough before the end of life of Windows 10 in October 2025, the industry will find itself with tens of millions of obsolete computers (according to Microsoft’s commercial calendar) and worse, also insecure due to not having adequate security patches.