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Operating systems market share of desktop PCs 2013-2018, by month

Global operating systems market share for desktop PCs, from January 2013 to July 2018

The data displays the market share held by operating systems on desktop computers worldwide, from 2013 to 2018. In July 2018, the market share of the Windows operating system range stood at 82.88%. Operating systems are a variety of system software that manage computer hardware and software resources, acting as the intermediary between programs and the hardware. Aside from firmware, all computer programs need an operating system on which to run. The most popular operating systems provide a graphical user interface that attempts to simplify the user's experience.

Jan '13 90.96 7.95 0.88 0.01 0.19
Feb '13 90.87 7.95 0.93 0.02 0.23
Mar '13 91.16 7.7 0.95 0.02 0.17
Apr '13 91.28 7.47 1.05 0.02 0.18
May '13 90.84 7.61 1.28 0.02 0.24
Jun '13 90.43 7.87 1.3 0.02 0.38
Jul '13 90.49 7.81 1.23 0.03 0.43
Aug '13 90.56 7.63 1.23 0.03 0.55
Sep '13 90.89 7.41 1.02 0.04 0.64
Oct '13 90.63 7.42 1.1 0.04 0.81
Nov '13 90.34 7.45 1.15 0.05 1.01
Dec '13 89.55 7.83 1.13 0.1 1.39
Jan '14 88.87 8.35 1.13 0.14 1.5
Feb '14 89.65 8.39 1.14 0.16 0.64
Mar '14 89.61 8.58 1.16 0.18 0.47
Apr '14 89.18 8.85 1.34 0.19 0.44
May '14 88.83 8.85 1.58 0.19 0.54
Jun '14 89.27 8.56 1.37 0.19 0.61
Jul '14 89.25 8.59 1.34 0.19 0.63
Aug '14 89.15 8.65 1.38 0.21 0.61
Sep '14 88.49 9.15 1.39 0.25 0.72
Oct '14 88.28 9.13 1.41 0.27 0.9
Nov '14 88.47 8.98 1.33 0.28 0.93
Dec '14 88.74 8.67 1.39 0.29 0.91
Jan '15 88.19 9.1 1.46 0.33 0.92
Feb '15 88.08 9.09 1.55 0.34 0.95
Mar '15 86.99 9.83 1.82 0.34 1.01
Apr '15 87 9.61 1.91 0.35 1.13
May '15 86.09 10.51 1.77 0.38 1.25
Jun '15 86.3 10.17 1.77 0.29 1.48
Jul '15 87.7 8.6 1.52 0.26 1.91
Aug '15 88.07 8.18 1.5 0.3 1.95
Sep '15 87.48 8.63 1.55 0.41 1.94
Oct '15 86.44 9.02 1.57 0.46 2.52
Nov '15 85.84 9.36 1.5 0.47 2.82
Dec '15 84.89 9.8 1.48 0.51 3.32
Jan '16 85.18 9.03 1.47 0.51 3.81
Feb '16 84.82 9.33 1.47 0.55 3.84
Mar '16 85.89 9.38 1.45 0.53 2.75
Apr '16 85.3 9.52 1.55 0.55 3.07
May '16 84.54 9.83 1.44 0.59 3.6
Jun '16 84.1 9.95 1.47 0.41 4.07
Jul '16 83.33 9.61 1.54 0.35 5.17
Aug '16 82.45 9.81 1.52 0.41 5.82
Sep '16 81.34 10.09 1.49 0.65 6.43
Oct '16 80.84 10.88 1.44 0.7 6.14
Nov '16 83.15 11.14 1.53 0.75 3.44
Dec '16 84.27 11 1.57 0.74 2.43
Jan '17 84.4 11.2 1.55 0.77 2.08
Feb '17 84.14 11.6 1.53 0.83 1.91
March '17 84.34 11.68 1.54 0.84 1.6
April '17 84.22 11.61 1.68 0.75 1.74
May '17 83.92 11.76 1.66 0.82 1.84
June '17 84.32 11.59 1.74 0.55 1.8
July '17 84.46 11.32 1.79 0.45 1.98
Aug '17 83.53 11.95 1.79 0.56 2.16
Sep '17 83.28 12.15 1.66 0.84 2.07
Oct '17 82.96 12.98 1.62 0.97 1.47
Nov '17 82.74 13.23 1.57 0.98 1.47
Dec '17 82.68 13.06 1.54 0.91 1.81
Jan '18 82.68 12.8 1.43 0.9 2.18
Feb '18 82.55 12.37 1.45 1 2.62
March '18 81.91 12.51 1.48 1.03 3.08
April '18 81.73 13.18 1.66 0.98 2.46
May '18 81.8 13.36 1.61 1.22 2.02
June '18 82.45 12.98 1.69 0.78 2.1
July '18 82.88 12.52 1.71 0.5 2.38