The use of Windows 11 continues to grow and that has allowed him to achieve a new market share of market share during the first month of 2025. As mentioned Statcounterthe most recent generation of the operating system for Microsoft computers closed January with 36.65 % of the Share.
This is 2.53 % more than in December 2024 (34.12 %) and 8.82 % more than in January 2024 (27.83 %). While Windows 11 continues quite behind Windows 10 As for the percentage of equipment that uses it, its marked growth throughout the last year shows that, despite its slow initial progress, the software has begun to gain traction.
In parallel with the increase in the Windows 11 market share, the percentage of PC that runs 10 has dropped. Everything suggests that this is due to the fact that said so will run out of support next October. However, it remains with distance like the most used PC platform worldwide.
Windows 10 closed January with a Marketshare of 60.33 %; that is, 2.37 % less than in December 2024 (62.7 %). Likewise, its use has dropped 9.56 % from the peak of 69.89 % that registered last April. It is speculated that the quota of this software will continue with a marked decline in the course of 2025, although experts are encouraged to predict that even this will remain as the most used operating system, at least for this year.
Windows 11 continues to close the Windows 10 gap
Throughout 2024, Microsoft redoubled the bet in its aggressive campaign To incite Windows 10 users to update Windows 11. To some extent seems to be working, so it is observed in the market share table. It would be interesting to know what percentage of new users of their most recent operating system aspire to arrive at Redmond during 2025.
It is logical to think that a good part of the increase in the Marketshare Windows 11 may be due to the sale of new computers with said pre -installed software. Unfortunately, the statistics of Statcounter Do not break down how they impact hardware or update from previous SOs.
Windows 10 will run out of support in October 2025. From there, the platform will stop receiving feature updates and will only have security patches when a very serious threat is detected, Unless you pay. Microsoft has announced an extended security updates program (ESU) for those who still do not want to migrate their equipment to Windows 11.
End users will have to disburse 30 dollars for each team that wish to protectalthough only for a year and without option to renew it. In the case of companies or organizations, they can revalidate the ESU for a longer time, although every year the quota will be more expensive. In addition, the initial price will be up to $ 61 per team.
Microsoft has made it clear that it wants its users to go to Windows 11. The company has implemented tactics quite intrusive With ads, as has also incorporated warnings to those who try to download Windows 10 from their website. He has even recommended to change the computer if the one you have does not meet the controversial hardware requirements of its most recent software. And he has also decided limit the functioning of its most popular apps like Word, Excel or PowerPoint.
