Linux usage on desktop PCs has doubled since 2018, with the open-source operating system's market share now sitting at 3% - the highest to date.

Linux has been on a slow-but-steady rise for years, but as of July, it’s at 4.44 percent of the worldwide desktop market. If it keeps this pace up, it could break through five percent in early 2025.

According to StatCounter's Global Stats for June 2025, Windows remains the clear leader, commanding 63.2 percent of the ...

According to the latest numbers from Statcounter, Linux-based desktop operating systems have reached a new milestone, sitting ...

This new milestone comes almost a year after desktop Linux surpassed 3% market share in June 2023 amid fierce ... many still prefer the idea of a traditional OS on their PC rather than using a ...

The desktop/laptop market has been pretty quiet for several years. Windows carved out its dominant space, and despite repeated claims that it would happen, Linux never really emerged as a ...

In the consumer PC processor market, Intel maintained its lead while commanding a 75.4% unit market share in Q4 2024. However, AMD experienced strong growth, significantly increasing both revenue ...

From 2022 to 2023, Apple’s PC market share went from 9.3 percent to 8.4 percent, according to IDC data. Statcounter’s newest numbers show an uptick in Linux usage over the past months.

Its market share climbed to 24.6% vs. 24.4% for Dell. U.S. shipments fell by more than 9% year-over-year. Lenovo climbed to within 1 million units shipped of Apple for the No. 3 spot.

AMD now owns 28.7% of the desktop CPU market, up from 19.2% a year ago, though its mobile CPU share is a fair bit lower at 22.3%. This time last year, AMD owned 19.5% of the mobile CPU market.

To summarize, AMD's share of the Server market (in terms of CPU shipments) for Q1 2024 increased 5.6% year-over-year, with AMD's share of the Desktop market for Q1 2024 increased 4.7% year-over-year.