Just two weeks after the end of the support of Windows 10 In most regions, the web analysis site Statcounter He has published new data on the Windows market and the performance of its different versions. And there is surprise, also big. On the one hand, Windows 10 has fallen to its lowest level in 7 years, After losing the first market share position last July in front of Windows 11. On the other, Windows 7neither more nor less, has experienced a growth that can only be described as spectacular, given its longevity, and Broken 10 % market share among the different Windows versions.
It should be noted that the precise data on Windows only have them Microsoftthat does not usually publish them. Statcounter is based on the tracking of 1.5 million websites, not the entire network, so your data can be considered Useful estimates for following trends and analyzing the performance of different services over time.
Windows 10 has dropped to the 40.5 %its lowest level since October 2017, two years after its launch and when Windows 7 remained the most popular version. This last and veteran operating system has experienced a rebound to levels prior to January 2023, which was when Microsoft ended the program of Extended security updates which now applies to Windows 10, standing in the 9.61 %. As for Windows 11, Statcounter indicates that the global system quota is from the 49.05 %a little less than in August 2025.
The truth is that it is difficult to understand this recent vitality of Windows 7. The operating system was launched in 2009only two years after his predecessor, Windows Vistawhich did not leave a good impression among Windows users. With Windows 7 the opposite happened already Windows 10, which still many users resist, took him three years after his launch in 2015 dethroning him.
It is not plausible that a multitude of users has decided to make a download in their teams with Windows 10 or 11, nor that they have suddenly recovered former disuse equipment, So it is possible that the statcounter’s methodology has to do.
In any case, it is a trend that is maintained since summer months. Always according to Statcounterof the 2.02 % Julio went to 3.59 % In August and 5.2 % In September. If the comparison is made with the rest of the operating systems and not only with those of Microsoftalso including smartphones and tablets, That current 9.61 % equals 2.38 % of the total operating systems in use, of which the different Windows total 25 %.