Overall, Windows claimed over 91.3% share of the OS market, down 0.07% compared to November.
It's worth mentioning that all versions except Windows 10 saw a dip in their share last month. Among other older versions, Windows 8.1, 8, Vista, and XP now have a market share of 10.3%, 2.76%, 1.62%, and 10.93%, respectively. Windows 7 is still the most popular Windows OS with close to 56% market share. This report lists the market share of the top operating systems in use, like Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and Linux. Steam, a massively popular game distribution service, boasts just under 7,000 Top Sellers you can play on macOS. There's an overwhelming amount of supported titles for Windows users, whereas Mac users are left to just a fraction of the options.
Likewise, the pro community slowly moving to the Windows market over the past several years have left Apple with no choice but to rollback some of their major changes, and it remains to be seen whether the move to in-house processors. In the battle of macOS versus Windows 10 for gaming, the edge undoubtedly goes to Windows 10. Mozilla Firefox Maintains a Steady Market Share As we mentioned earlier, Mozilla Firefox and Safari hold just about the same market share as of November 2020. Windows 7 once again declined and the OS. Windows 10 market share declined to 56.08 from 57.34. 81 of the lost Windows market share has been picked up by Apples Mac OS X. Windows (all versions) market share declined to 86.92 from 89.21. For those who aren't in the know, the rise in Windows 10's share has been around 1% for past few months now. If Microsoft didn’t have macOS competing against Windows, Windows 10 wouldn’t be nearly as good as it is. In comparison, Windows accounts for 87.82 percent, and macOS holds a 9.42 percent share. Although falling versus September 2008, Mac OS market share rose by 24.77. Given the fact that the OS' market share rose 1.06% in the October-November period, the growth seems to have slowed down, although only a little. That's an increase of just under 1% from November, when the share was exact 9%.
Launched around five months ago, Windows 10 now claims nearly 10% (9.96% to be exact) of the desktop OS market share, according to latest data from market research firm Net Applications.