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Global market share held by computer operating systems 2012-2018, by month

Market share held by the leading computer (desktop/tablet/console) operating systems worldwide from January 2012 to August 2018

The data illustrates the market share computer operating systems worldwide from January 2012 to August 2018. In August 2018, Windows operating systems held a global market share of 75.1 percent, this included Windows 10 as well as previous versions of the Windows operating system.

Jan '12		44.07				34.78	10.45	7.33	1.71	0.24	0.82	0.62
Feb '12		45.23				34.04	9.87	7.41	1.81	0.26	0.83	0.54
Mar '12		46.48			0.02	33.49	9.05	7.32	1.89	0.28	0.83	0.64
Apr '12		47.58			0.13	31.79	8.92	7.66	2.12	0.31	0.85	0.63
May '12		48.93			0.13	31.06	8.38	7.45	2.24	0.33	0.86	0.62
Jun '12		50.2			0.18	29.91	8.32	7.05	2.4	0.37	0.83	0.72
Jul '12		51.14			0.2	29.1	8.12	6.92	2.64	0.4	0.83	0.65
Aug '12		51.35			0.24	28.79	7.71	7.16	2.77	0.44	0.82	0.72
Sep '12		52.2			0.28	27.64	7.58	7.48	2.87	0.5	0.85	0.59
Oct '12		52.93			0.35	27.03	7.2	7.59	2.9	0.54	0.87	0.57
Nov '12		53.15			1	26.19	6.98	7.56	3.04	0.63	0.87	0.57
Dec '12		53.18			1.76	25.43	6.75	7.36	3.28	0.86	0.84	0.53
Jan '13		52.96			2.53	24.29	6.59	7.57	3.57	1.05	0.92	0.53
Feb '13		52.46			3.16	23.87	6.37	7.54	3.96	1.14	0.98	0.53
Mar '13		52.61			3.9	23.38	6.13	7.29	4.03	1.12	1	0.55
Apr '13		53.98			4.74	21.6	6.02	7.09	3.76	1.09	1.1	0.62
May '13		53.37			5.28	21.41	5.73	7.22	3.83	1.19	1.31	0.65
Jun '13		52.62			5.94	21.06	5.4	7.43	4.16	1.39	1.34	0.65
Jul '13		52.48		0.02	6.61	20.45	5.24	7.35	4.35	1.56	1.29	0.65
Aug '13		52.01		0.02	7.04	20.58	5.21	7.18	4.3	1.7	1.28	0.66
Sep '13		51.98		0.03	7.46	20.59	5.3	6.98	4.15	1.75	1.09	0.67
Oct '13		51.77		0.31	7.69	20.06	5.3	7	4.14	1.92	1.16	0.66
Nov '13		51.81		1.11	7.52	19.3	4.85	7	4.42	2.13	1.22	0.64
Dec '13		51.02		2.07	7.57	18.42	4	7.29	4.99	2.74	1.23	0.65
Jan '14		50.32		2.98	7.33	17.72	3.66	7.73	5.38	2.97	1.27	0.64
Feb '14		50.98		3.57	7.3	17.15	3.5	7.75	5.43	2.15	1.27	0.9
Mar '14		50.4		4.13	7.23	17.16	3.38	7.91	5.57	1.84	1.28	1.08
Apr '14		50.83		4.83	7.21	15.83	3.29	8.16	5.48	1.89	1.44	1.05
May '14		50.53		5.66	6.99	14.84	3.23	8.12	5.79	2.04	1.65	1.14
Jun '14		50.16		6.1	6.9	14.86	3.08	7.8	6.23	2.22	1.47	1.2
Jul '14		50.18		6.75	6.81	13.74	3.19	7.79	6.59	2.31	1.45	1.19
Aug '14		50.31		7.46	6.63	12.92	3	7.82	6.84	2.35	1.49	1.21
Sep '14		49.51		8.07	6.18	12.99	2.84	8.25	7.01	2.31	1.51	1.33
Oct '14		49.66		9.31	5.94	11.95	2.69	8.26	6.77	2.42	1.5	1.5
Nov '14		50.34		10.95	4.9	10.69	2.7	8.11	6.61	2.68	1.41	1.62
Dec '14		49.14		11.77	4.22	11.93	2.84	7.83	6.5	2.66	1.5	1.62
Jan '15		49.39		12.89	3.9	10.83	2.43	8.22	6.32	2.78	1.57	1.69
Feb '15		48.9		13.35	3.73	11.05	2.28	8.21	6.3	2.81	1.63	1.73
Mar '15		48.74		14.09	3.62	10.18	2.14	8.93	5.97	2.68	1.89	1.78
Apr '15		49.23		14.42	3.65	9.98	2.05	8.79	5.55	2.48	1.96	1.88
May '15		48.53		14.62	3.57	9.64	2.04	9.61	5.51	2.64	1.83	2.02
Jun '15		49.01		14.97	3.36	9.15	1.93	9.28	5.6	2.7	1.83	2.16
Jul '15		49.48		15.25	3.33	9.06	1.81	7.79	6.03	2.91	1.62	2.7
Aug '15		48.05	4.88	13.03	3.12	8.81	1.75	7.41	6.02	2.84	1.59	2.49
Sep '15		46.98	6.97	12.41	2.97	8.55	1.69	7.87	5.72	2.68	1.58	2.57
Oct '15		45.96	8.23	11.97	2.85	8.26	1.62	8.25	5.47	2.75	1.54	3.09
Nov '15		45.13	9.33	11.92	2.71	7.78	1.59	8.58	5.49	2.61	1.47	3.38
Dec '15		43.44	10.83	11.12	2.73	7.72	1.63	9	5.53	2.64	1.43	3.93
Jan '16		42.58	12.45	10.65	2.87	7.28	1.62	8.24	5.71	3.48	2.74	1.4
Feb '16		42.06	13.56	10.44	2.75	6.94	1.48	8.51	5.67	3.51	2.75	1.38
Mar '16		41.68	15.05	9.96	3.14	6.83	1.39	8.55	5.7	2.5	2.94	1.35
Apr '16		40.59	16.31	9.38	3.08	6.79	1.35	8.68	5.72	2.8	2.92	1.44
May '16		39.34	18.16	8.71	3.11	6.08	1.29	8.93	5.82	3.28	2.99	1.33
Jun '16		38.21	19.92	7.89	3.19	5.92	1.25	9.05	5.79	3.71	2.95	1.35
Jul '16	75.46							8.69	6.07	3.14	1.42	4.69
Aug '16	74.95							8.91	5.86	2.99	1.4	5.29
Sep '16	74.13							9.19	5.75	2.87	1.38	5.86
Oct '16	73.57							9.9	5.89	2.87	1.33	5.6
Nov '16	75.29							10.8	6.17	3.04	1.41	3.12
Dec '16	75.83							9.89	6.47	3.28	1.43	2.19
Jan '17	75.67							10.03	6.72	3.36	1.4	1.87
Feb '17	75.55							10.41	6.61	3.32	1.38	1.72
Mar '17	75.83							10.49	6.51	3.31	1.4	1.45
Apr '17	75.6							10.42	6.52	3.42	1.52	1.57
May '17	75.58							10.59	6.34	3.32	1.5	1.66
June '17	75.57							10.38	6.54	3.53	1.57	1.61
July '17	75.47							10.11	6.67	3.64	1.61	1.77
Aug '17	75.18							10.76	6.32	3.34	1.62	1.95
Sept '17	73.39							10.2	7.46	3.69	1.66	2.44
Oct '17	75.18							11.76	5.85	2.91	1.48	2.82
Nov '17	75.43							12.06	5.74	2.79	1.44	2.54
Dec '17	75.06							11.85	5.85	3.05	1.4	2.79
Jan '18	75.29							11.65	5.64	3.06	1.31	3.05
Feb '18	75.43							11.3	5.44	2.92	1.33	3.58
Mar '18	74.68							11.4	5.74	2.82	1.36	4.01
Apr '18	74.63							12.03	5.64	2.78	1.52	3.38
May '18	75.02							12.25	5.37	2.68	1.48	3.21
June '18	75.63							11.9	5.31	2.74	1.56	2.86
July '18	75.8							11.45	5.43	2.89	1.57	2.87
Aug '18	75.1							11.51	5.84	2.85	1.55	3.14

Global market share held by computer operating systems 2012-2018, by month

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