How Many People Use Windows

Windows at present has 1.4 billion users, but how many are on Windows xi?

Around 1.4 billion people are using Windows 10 or 11 monthly, but it's not clear how many of those are running Microsoft'southward new Bone

The precise figure remains a mystery

Past | 26 January 2022

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Windows 10 and Windows 11 are now installed on a full of 1.4 billion monthly active devices, Microsoft has confirmed. That's an increase of effectually 100 million compared to the Windows ten effigy from last April, shortly before its successor was announced.

This cements Windows' position as the well-nigh popular desktop operating organization worldwide. Apple'south macOS is a distant 2nd, bookkeeping for around 15% of all devices co-ordinate to StatCounter. That gap is only increasing, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also revealing that Windows increased its market share in Q4 of 2021.

Yet, it's non clear how many of the 1.4 billion PCs are running Windows 11. Microsoft has been encouraging people to make the switch, with all compatible Windows 10 devices now eligible for the complimentary upgrade.

Nadella declined to reveal a specific Windows 11 figure, simply maxim Microsoft is "delighted by the response" to the new Os. He went on to say that "we're seeing more usage intensity and higher quality than previous versions of our operating organisation", a statement which lacks any real substance.

Every bit our commodity from November explained, there are several reasons why the number of Windows eleven users could be relatively low. The big i is existing software support, with Windows ten nonetheless supported until Oct and a 2022 feature update on the style.

Just Windows xi'south new tough hardware requirements, some wholesale pattern changes and the fact that the update hasn't been delivered to nearly devices yet are all factors here. Allow's promise Microsoft is more than transparent with its figures moving forward.

Good news for Surface

These Windows figures were released aslope Microsoft's official earnings for Q4 of 2021 (besides known as FY22 Q2). Full earnings increased by 20% twelvemonth-on-year to $51.7 billion, due in part to growth across Microsoft Office, deject services and Xbox.

Only it was also a stiff quarter for Surface, after Microsoft appear five new devices in September. Revenue increased eight% compared to the same catamenia in 2020, despite the company alarm of the potential for a reject.

Despite the introduction of new hardware, sales of April's Surface Laptop 4 were supposedly a primal commuter of this growth. It'due south also worth noting that the Surface Laptop Studio is yet to become available exterior the U.s.a. - this should boost revenue further.

Again, information technology would exist interesting to see sales broken downwardly by device here, but don't expect that to be the case anytime soon.

2022 looks set to exist a big twelvemonth for Surface, marker ten years since the get-go device came to market. But Microsoft will do well to beat the strong figures posted from late last year.

Writer: Anyron Copeman, Senior Staff Author

Anyron Copeman

As the resident practiced on Windows, Anyron's main focus is PCs and laptops. Much of the remainder of his fourth dimension is split betwixt smartphones, tablets and audio, with a particular focus on Android devices.