Windows 10: AdDuplex: Windows 11's usage share rise slowed down to a crawl in March 2022

Last month, AdDuplex reported that Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system gained a sizeable chunk as its usage share rose to 19.3% of all monitored systems. This month, AdDuplex reports that growth slowed down to a crawl, as Microsoft's operating system managed to increase its usage share by a tenth of a percent to 19.4% in total.



AdDuplex numbers are not exact, as it pulls these from thousands of applications for Windows 10 and 11 only. Still, the numbers provide us with trends, and the current trend does not look good for Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system.

Windows 11, despite being offered as a free upgrade, provided that the Windows 10 license is genuine and that the PC meets all the system's requirements, has not taken the Windows world by storm. While that was to be expected, considering that part of the devices that run Windows 10 and earlier versions are not compatible with Windows 11, it might remind veteran Windows users of other versions of Windows that did not do overly well.

Granted, a usage share of 19.4% six months after launch looks quite good on first glance. AdDuplex's numbers are on the higher end, as it monitors only Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices. Statcounter saw Windows 11 at a usage share of 7.89% in February 2022, compared to AdDuplex' 19.3% in the same month.

On Steam, Windows 11 is listed with a usage share of 15.59% for February 2022. One explanation for the higher number is that gamers are more inclined to run the latest versions of an operating system on their devices. Both services have not published numbers for March 2022 yet. The "real" number is unknown, but it is likely that it sits between the two extremes.

Two Windows 10 versions are placed first and second on AdDuplex in March 2022. The latest version of Windows 10, version 21H2, has a share of 28.5% according to the report. Windows 10 version 21H1's share is 26.5%. The Windows 10 version 21H2 share more than doubled from 12.1% in February, while Windows 10 version 21H1's share dropped 2.1% at the same time. Most gains came from devices running Windows 10 version 20H2, which ran out of support recently.

As far as Windows 11's growth is concerned; it is possible that growth may continue in April 2022. Assuming that the number does not grow by much, some may wonder whether it was a smart move to increase the system requirements of the Windows 11 and whether that is hampering the growth, or if something else is keeping customers from upgrading to the new operating system.

The April 2022 stats and Statcounter's and Valve's missing March 2022 stats may shed some light on this.

Now You: will Windows 11's usage share continue to rise, or has it plateaued already?

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AdDuplex Windows 10 and Windows 11 Report for January 2022

Source: AdDuplex Windows Device Statistics reports

 

AdDuplex Windows 10 and Windows 11 Report for February 2022

Windows 11 on close to 20% of PCs.

Windows 10, 11 OS Worldwide (PCs)






Windows 10, 11 OS Worldwide History (PCs)






Source: AdDuplex Windows Device Statistics reports

 

AdDuplex Windows 10 Report for March 2021 available

Windows 10 20H2 share jumps by 1.5x.

Windows 10 OS Worldwide (PCs)





October 2020 Update is now on almost 30% of PCs surveyed. And a good sign is that it's not growing at the expense of 2004, but rather older releases.

Close to 80,000 Windows 10 PCs were surveyed.



Windows 10 OS Worldwide History (PCs)





In March Windows 10 20H2 added close to 10% to its share compared to the month before.

Note: we don't have the data for the initial rollout of the first update to Windows 10 (1511, also known as Threshold 2). So it's a straight line from 0 to the first data point we have on August 22nd, 2016.


Source: AdDuplex Windows Device Statistics reports