What on God’s green earth? It is the beginning of a new month, which is usually a joyous time when we learn the latest statistics regarding the various operating systems and web browsers.
And how they are holding up against the competition.
Well, if Edge has stalled, Windows 11 is actually progressing in reverse.
At least according to the fresh data we received from Valve for its Steam gaming platform. The numbers show that Microsoft’s latest and greatest OS is having difficulty attracting more users, even among gamers.
This is a demographic that is at the forefront of new technologies and often the first to upgrade to reap the benefits of what a new OS brings.
Anyway, October 2022 marked the second time Windows 11 lost ground on Steam. It went down from almost 25% to 23.37%, a notably noticeable decline of -1.47% from the last time we checked.
Windows 10, on the other hand, has gained 0.42 percentage points, climbing to 68.91%.
Speaking of older operating system versions, Windows 7 refuses to say goodbye to the gaming market, even as it is about to face the end of extended support early next year. It holds sway over 3.59% in this part of the woods, with the value going up 1.19 points compared to last month.
But as said above, this is not the first time we have had dips like this over at Steam. Windows 11 certainly has its job cut out in convincing this user base to upgrade their gaming rigs to the best Microsoft has to offer.
Still, things are quite stable overall.
96.5% of Steam users prefer Windows to other operating systems, making for an +0.09% increase.
In comparison, macOS has a 2.23% share, which actually went down by -0.03, while Linux saw a minor uplift of +0.05, taking its numbers to new highs of 1.28%.
