Operating system and browser market share – 2016 to 2020

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Operating system and browser market share – 2016 to 2020

Microsoft Windows and Google Chrome are the dominant software solutions in the desktop market when it comes to operating systems and web browsers respectively.

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Microsoft Windows and Google Chrome are the dominant software solutions in the desktop market when it comes to operating systems and web browsers respectively.

This has been the case for many years, but the manner in which they have dominated their respective areas is quite different.

Microsoft has released numerous iterations of its Windows operating system – with the most recent being Windows 10.

However, this does not mean that all users now use this software; well over 20% of all desktop users still use Windows 7, which was released in 2009.

Since this operating system was released, Windows has already cycled through another iteration – Windows 8 – before launching the current Windows 10 operating system.

In contrast, Google Chrome was launched in 2008 and has remained the company’s browser offering ever since.

What this means is that while Google Chrome has a market share in excess of 70%, Windows 10 has a market share of under 60% – despite Windows operating system users as a whole being significantly more prevalent than those who use Google Chrome.

Market share through the years
NetMarketShare is a platform that collects data from site visitors across thousands of websites to determine the software they are using on their devices.

It takes into account the following elements to ensure improved accuracy:

• Bot/Fraud detection – NetMarketShare uses various techniques to detect which sessions should be rendered invalid.
• Hidden pages removed by default – Some pages downloaded from the web are often not visible on the user’s device, and can skew the usage share data. NetMarketShare has measures in place to deal with this.
• Country-level weighting – “For example, although we have significant data from China, it is relatively small compared to the number of internet users in China. Therefore, we weight Chinese traffic proportionally higher in our global reports,” explained NetMarketShare.

NetMarketShare first began tracking the market share of browsers and operating systems in July 2016 and provides monthly updates on this information.

MyBroadband has visualised this data in the graphs below.

Desktop Operating System Market Share

Desktop Operating System Market Share: 2016 – 2020
Operating System	July 2016	Jan 2017	July 2017	Jan 2018	July 2018	Jan 2019	July 2019	Jan 2020	July 2020
Windows 10	19,22%	24.19%	26.49%	34.29%	36.58%	40.9%	48.86%	57.08%	59.37%
Windows 8.1	7.23%	7.14%	6.4%	5.56%	5.09%	4.34%	5.29%	3.38%	2.87%
Windows 7	47.48%	45.75%	46.07%	42.39%	41.23%	37.19%	31.83%	25.56%	23.34%
Windows XP	10.87%	9.28%	8.55%	4.05%	4.07%	2.76%	1.68%	1.34%	0.82%
Mac OS X 10.15	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.39%	4.53%
Mac OS X 10.14	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5.12%	5.38%	3.12%	1.87%
Mac OS X 10.13	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.46%	5.6%	2.73%	1.7%	1.51%	1.26%
Mac OS X 10.12	N/A	3.48%	4.58%	2.65%	1.48%	1.19%	0.78%	0.75%	0.51%
Mac OS X 10.11	5.61%	2.2%	1.62%	1.47%	1.04%	0.81%	0.53%	0.52%	0.39%
Linux	1.19%	1.34%	1.7%	1.31%	1.24%	1.72%	1.66%	1.1%	1.46%
Ubuntu	0.65%	0.66%	0.58%	0.57%	0.62%	0.68%	0.42%	0.36%	2.07%

Desktop Browser Market Share

Desktop Browser Market Share: 2016 – 2020
Browser	July 2016	Jan 2017	July 2017	Jan 2018	July 2018	Jan 2019	July 2019	Jan 2020	July 2020
Google Chrome	55.5%	56.65%	59.65%	61.41%	64.67%	67.29%	68.6%	66.93%	71.11%
Mozilla Firefox	15.27%	15.56%	12.59%	10.85%	9.68%	9.92%	8.34%	8.12%	7.36%
Internet Explorer	14.79%	14.93%	15.96%	11.84%	11.15%	7.94%	7.44%	6.6%	4.23%
Safari	4.57%	3.43%	3.22%	4.18%	3.49%	4%	3.4%	4.24%	3.36%
Edge	2.91%	3.42%	3.78%	4.67%	4.21%	4.61%	5.8%	7.02%	8.09%
Opera	1.61%	1.41%	1.58%	1.6%	1.58%	1.6%	1.43%	1.35%	1.06%

 

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Sometime I am amazed at how people use these OS/browsers without realizing everything about them will be utilized by these companies, but then again a common user doesn't bother with such things.

They are not concerned with anonymity, wont install an OS on a VM and browse/use with anonymity or wont bother staring a system with a USB bootable Tails.

What is really surprising is the continued use of Win7, anyways on the server side it different strange used to see Sun Solaris and Unix in these charts.

Server Operating System Market Share | T4

The market size of the Server Operating System Market was 11 million unit shipments in 2019 and is forecast to grow by 10% in 2020. Microsoft is the Server Operating System Market Share leader with a 48% share. See more in-depth data below.

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Server Operating System Market Share

Published: April 30, 2020
About the Server Operating System Market
A server operating system, also called a Server OS, is an operating system specifically designed to run on servers. The Server OS, is a software layer on top of which other software programs, or applications, can run on the server hardware. This is similar to how a desktop OS, mobile device OS, or embedded device OS enables software programs and applications to run on those respective devices. The Server Operating System helps enable and facilitate typical server roles such as Web server, mail server, file server, database server, application server and print server. Any computing device, including laptops, desktops, iOS and Android smartphones, and smartwatches can be turned into web servers. The major types of Server Operating Systems are open source, dominated by Linux, and closed source, dominated by Microsoft and its Windows Server Operating System software. Red Hat is the leading provider of open source Linux Server Operating System software. The Server Operating System Market is relatively consolidated as seen with the major vendors having significant Server Operating System Market Share. Major shifts in the industry take years or decades.

Server Operating System Market, million unit shipments, 2016 - 2020

The market for Server Operating System shipments grew by 10% in 2019 with nearly 11 million unit shipments worldwide. The market for Server OS is expected to reach 12 billion shipments in 2020.

Access These Reports & MoreServer OS - Server Operating System Industry Market Share, 2018

The chart above shows the Server OS market share of global shipments for enterprise Server Operating Systems in 2018. Microsoft Server was the market leader with a 48% share of the total server Operating System shipments while 34% of the shipments were for Red Hat's Linux based Server OS. Red Hat is far and away the leader within the Linux Server OS market. While Red Hat and Microsoft are the most popular operating systems in the server OS market, the "Other" section contains additional well known products and brands. They include Apple's OS X Server to manage Mac computers and iOS devices on a network, and many Linux kernel based operating systems such as Ubuntu and Chrome OS for servers. View the source for this Server Operating System Market Share chart and other statistics here.

Server Operating System Industry Growth Drivers
The growth in the datacenter market is one of the biggest drivers for the growth of the Server Operating System market. Both consumers and businesses are increasing their use of streaming services, cloud computing and other data-intensive functions. This demand has collectively spurred greater investment in server and cloud infrastructure ecosystems that can handle next-generation data workloads. The growth also means that Server Operating System Market Share can be disrupted more easily than before.

Access These Reports & MoreDo Research Firms Agree on Server Operating System Market Share, Size, and Growth?
Market research sources agree to a good degree on the Server Operating System Market Size and Server Operating System Market Share. The market is currently dominated by two main players - Microsoft and Linux, leaving little room for disparity in market share numbers. There is an overall consensus on the good potential for growth in the Operating Market size across most research firms. For a complete evaluation of the Server Operating System market, T4 recommends exploring all available sources. T4 aggregated and organized the data from these sources on the T4 Industry Research Platform. See Each source's view of the Server Operating System Market, Server Operating System Market Size, and Server Operating System Market Share on the T4 Platform.

What Additional Server OS Market Data Does T4 Have?
T4 comprehensively aggregated more than a dozen reports from seven publishers covering statistics and trends in the Server OS Industry. This includes Installed base of Server OS by platform, Server Operating System Market Share, sales by platform, deployment type, and more than 5 additional statistics. The Industry falls under T4's Server industry coverage. Industries related to the T4 taxonomy include Operating Systems, Supercomputer Operating Systems, System Infrastructure, and Client Operating Systems. You can find reports covering these industries and the Server Operating System Market on T4’s Platform.