From PC World: Karen L. Parkhill, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at HP, has revealed that Windows 10 still commands a market share of 30 percent, reports Windows Latest. It’s the first reliable industry-insider figure on the continued widespread use of Windows 10.
A market share of around 30 percent is a great deal for an operating system that hasn’t been actively developed for several years and whose successor is being actively pushed by Microsoft so hard that it’s turning off users. This persistently high market share is likely the reason why Microsoft surprised Windows 10 users a few weeks ago with an extension to the ESU program until October 12th, 2027.
Admittedly, Statcounter has always provided figures on the market shares of the individual Windows versions, but those figures are often unclear and not entirely credible. As for the adoption figures cited by Steam’s monthly surveys, they’re based on “real data” but only that which is voluntarily shared by Steam users and therefore a subjective sample.
The situation is quite different with this recent statement made by a senior HP executive during a conversation with investors. Here, a leading manufacturer of laptops and desktop PCs reveals the true state of Windows 10’s current adoption:
We did see good growth in both EMEA and APJ this quarter. And some of that was driven by the expected tailwinds from Windows 11. And I would say, at this point, we have roughly 30 percent of the installed base still on Windows 10.
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