Windows 11 market share declines, users shift back to Windows 10

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  "author": "Roshan Ashraf Shaikh",
  "date": "2024-05-02T15:16:16.000Z",
  "description": "Microsoft still can’t make users shift to Windows 11",
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  "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/windows-11-market-share-declines-as-users-seemingly-shift-back-to-windows-10",
  "title": "Windows 11 market share declines as users seemingly shift back to Windows 10",
  "description": "(Image credit: Shutterstock)    Statcounter released a new report showing a noticeable decrease in Windows 11's worldwide market share since Feb 2024. The struggling Windows 11 fell below 26% while Windows 10...",
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  "content": "<div>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<picture>\n<source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jmdsJnub5M5ePcegPAKQKQ-1000-80.jpg.webp 1920w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jmdsJnub5M5ePcegPAKQKQ-1000-80.jpg.webp 1200w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jmdsJnub5M5ePcegPAKQKQ-1000-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jmdsJnub5M5ePcegPAKQKQ-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jmdsJnub5M5ePcegPAKQKQ-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jmdsJnub5M5ePcegPAKQKQ-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jmdsJnub5M5ePcegPAKQKQ-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 600px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"></source>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jmdsJnub5M5ePcegPAKQKQ.jpg\" alt=\"Windows 10 laptop\" srcset=\"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jmdsJnub5M5ePcegPAKQKQ-1000-80.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jmdsJnub5M5ePcegPAKQKQ-1000-80.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jmdsJnub5M5ePcegPAKQKQ-1000-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jmdsJnub5M5ePcegPAKQKQ-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jmdsJnub5M5ePcegPAKQKQ-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jmdsJnub5M5ePcegPAKQKQ-480-80.jpg 480w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jmdsJnub5M5ePcegPAKQKQ-320-80.jpg 320w\" />\n</picture>\n</div>\n<figcaption>\n<span>(Image credit: Shutterstock)</span>\n</figcaption>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p>Statcounter released a <a href=\"https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/desktop/worldwide\" target=\"_blank\">new report</a> showing a noticeable decrease in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/windows-11\">Windows 11</a>'s worldwide market share since Feb 2024. The struggling Windows 11 fell below 26% while Windows 10 enjoyed 70.03% of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft\">Microsoft</a>'s OS market share. </p><p>This latest report reveals a drop of 0.97 points which translates from 26.68% to 25.65% while showing a corresponding increase in Windows 10. It's clear that many users don't see the appeal of shifting to Windows 11, despite many efforts by Microsoft to force migration and a series of updates and new features as it doesn't enhance their experience or improve their quality of life. Despite being released on October 5, 2021, many users (and one has to imagine, businesses) are content with Windows 10. In comparison, Windows 10 is a nine-year-old operating system whose last version is the only one supported <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/microsoft-windows-10-21h2-support-will-officially-end-for-businesses-and-education-institutions-in-june\">until October 14, 2025</a>. It also shows nothing significant has changed since the last time we reported about these stats <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-10-still-more-popular-than-windows-11-two-years-later\">last year</a>.</p><div><section><p>Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox.</p></section></div>\n</div>\n<div><p>Roshan Ashraf Shaikh has been in the Indian PC hardware community since the early 2000s and has been building PCs, contributing to many Indian tech forums, &amp; blogs. He operated Hardware BBQ for 11 years and wrote news for eTeknix &amp; TweakTown before joining Tom's Hardware team. Besides tech, he is interested in fighting games, movies, anime, and mechanical watches.</p></div>\n</section>\n</div>",
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