Operating System Market Share
Real-time OS usage statistics across desktop, mobile, and tablet
NetMarketShare tracks operating system market share worldwide using real human visitor data, with bots and fraudulent traffic filtered out so the numbers reflect the platforms people are actually using to browse the web.
What is operating system market share?
Operating system market share — sometimes called OS usage share — is the percentage of web traffic generated by each operating system within a given time period. It is the standard measure of which platforms people are running, and is used by software vendors, IT teams, ad networks, and analysts to decide which operating systems to support, test, and target.Desktop operating systems we track
- Microsoft Windows — the dominant desktop OS (Windows 11, Windows 10, and earlier versions)
- Apple macOS — the operating system for Mac desktops and laptops
- Linux — including Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian and other distributions
- ChromeOS — Google's web-first OS for Chromebooks
Mobile and tablet operating systems we track
- Google Android — the dominant mobile OS worldwide, across phones and tablets
- Apple iOS — the operating system for iPhone
- Apple iPadOS — tracked separately from iOS since September 2019
OS market share by device type
Operating system usage looks completely different on desktop vs. mobile — Windows dominates desktop while Android and iOS dominate mobile. View segmented reports:- Desktop browser & OS market share
- Mobile OS market share
- Tablet OS market share
- Console OS market share
Related market share reports
- Browser market share — Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox
- Search engine market share — Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Baidu
- Device market share — the underlying devices users browse from
How is OS market share measured?
NetMarketShare measures operating system usage from real visitor sessions across our partner network, filtering out bot traffic, datacenter traffic, and other non-human sources. The result is OS statistics that reflect actual users, not automated noise.Read about our methodology · How we detect and remove invalid traffic