The data relayed by the specialist site Statcounter does not necessarily accurately reflect reality, but it is nevertheless a solid indicator of the state of the market. And those of April may not please Microsoft, which for almost three years has been struggling to encourage Windows 10 users to adopt Windows 11.
Windows 11 is not taking off, on the contrary
Already down sharply in March, the market share of Windows 11 on desktop (without taking into account macOS and Linux) continued to fall in April. Thus, the operating system goes from 26.68% to 25.65% usage, a decline of 0.97%. At its highest in February, Windows 11 peaked at 28.16%. Unsurprisingly, Windows 10 displays an opposite dynamic and continues its increase, even crossing a symbolic milestone, at 70.03% (+0.96%).
How to explain such a situation? First of all, despite regular updates, certain features present on Windows 10 are still missing from Windows 11. In addition, the removal of the Android subsystem, or conversely the addition of advertisements to the OS, constitute elements which will certainly not attract crowds. It remains to be seen whether future AI-related features that will soon be revealed will be enough to reverse the trend.
And among the players?
To put these figures into perspective, another source that may be interesting to analyze: Steam. Every month, Valve’s video game platform offers statistics on the characteristics of the machines of players who agree to respond to a survey. Including the operating system installed on their computer. In April Windows 11 gained 3.62% compared to March, to climb to 46.6% usage in the Windows branch, behind but still closer to Windows 10, at 52.73% (- 3.55% ). Nothing very surprising however, since Windows 11 is, on paper, more efficient than Windows 10.