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TL;DR: Windows 11 has become the leading operating system for PC gaming on Steam, with 59.8% market share, and has recently surpassed Windows 10 globally.

The recent gain represents one of the biggest month-to-month leaps in the past year. It also ascends Windows 11 to its highest market share yet, eclipsing the previous high set in October 2024.

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As for market share, recent statistics sourced from StatCounter indicate Windows 11 accounted for 35.5% of the Windows desktop market throughout October.

Windows 11 did see an increase in market share from 18.12% to 19.13% in February, but that's significantly smaller than the gain seen by Windows 10. While other factors may be at play.

At the same time, Windows 11—launched two years ago on Oct. 5, 2021—is seemingly stuck in the 20% range, with its market share barely increasing for almost all of 2023.

According to Statcounter (via Neowin), as of March 2024, Windows 10 accounts for just over 69% of desktop market share worldwide. That's an increase of nearly two points from February.