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What is the trend in operating systems usage?


Web Statistics and Trends

Statistics are important information. From the statistics below, collected from W3Schools' log-files over a period of five years, you can extract the long and medium-term trends of operating system usage.


OS Platform Statistics

Windows XP is the most popular operating system. The windows family counts for over 90%:

2009 WinXP W2000   Vista W2003 Linux Mac
January 69.8% 1.6%   16.5% 1.6% 3.9% 5.8%
               
2008 WinXP W2000 Win98 Vista W2003 Linux Mac
December 71.4% 1.7% 0.1% 15.6% 1.7% 3.8% 5.3%
November 72.0% 1.8% 0.1% 15.1% 1.6% 3.8% 5.3%
October 72.2% 1.9% 0.2% 14.4% 1.7% 3.8% 5.5%
September 73.3% 2.2% 0.2% 13.2% 1.8% 3.8% 5.2%
August 73.9% 2.4% 0.2% 12.5% 1.9% 3.9% 4.9%
July 74.7% 2.6% 0.2% 11.5% 2.0% 3.9% 4.8%
June 74.6% 2.6% 0.2% 10.0% 1.9% 3.7% 4.8%
May 74.0% 2.9% 0.3% 9.3% 1.8% 3.6% 4.7%
April 73.3% 3.3% 0.5% 8.8% 1.9% 3.7% 4.6%
March 72.7% 3.7% 0.6% 8.5% 1.9% 3.9% 4.4%
February 72.4% 4.0% 0.8% 7.8% 1.8% 3.8% 4.3%
January 73.6% 4.0% 0.8% 7.3% 1.9% 3.6% 4.4%
               
2007 WinXP W2000 Win98 Vista W2003 Linux Mac
November 73.8% 5.1% 1.0% 6.3% 2.0% 3.3% 3.9%
September 74.3% 5.4% 0.9% 4.5% 2.0% 3.4% 3.9%
July 74.6% 6.0% 0.9% 3.6% 2.0% 3.4% 4.0%
May 75.0% 6.5% 0.9% 2.8% 1.9% 3.4% 3.9%
March 76.0% 7.2% 0.9% 1.9% 1.9% 3.4% 3.8%
January 76.1% 7.7% 1.0% 0.6% 1.9% 3.6% 3.8%
               
2006 WinXP W2000 Win98 WinNT W2003 Linux Mac
November 74.9% 8.0% 1.0% 0.3% 1.9% 3.5% 3.6%
September 74.6% 9.2% 1.4% 0.3% 2.0% 3.5% 3.6%
July 74.3% 10.1% 1.5% 0.3% 2.0% 3.4% 3.6%
May 74.2% 10.7% 1.6% 0.2% 2.0% 3.4% 3.6%
March 72.9% 11.9% 2.0% 0.3% 1.8% 3.4% 3.5%
January 72.3% 13.1% 2.4% 0.3% 1.7% 3.3% 3.5%
               
2005 WinXP W2000 Win98 WinNT W2003 Linux Mac
November 71.0% 14.6% 2.7% 0.4% 1.7% 3.3% 3.3%
September 69.2% 15.8% 3.2% 0.5% 1.7% 3.3% 3.1%
July 65.3% 17.7% 3.9% 0.6% 1.6% 3.5% 3.0%
May 64.5% 19.4% 3.9% 0.8% 1.4% 3.3% 2.9%
March 63.1% 20.2% 4.7% 0.9% 1.4% 3.2% 3.0%
January 61.3% 21.6% 5.3% 1.0% 1.2% 3.2% 2.8%
                  
2004 WinXP W2000 Win98 WinNT Win95 Linux Mac
November 59.1% 23.7% 5.6% 1.2% 0.1% 3.1% 2.7%
September 55.9% 26.2% 6.4% 1.5% 0.2% 3.1% 2.6%
July 52.5% 28.4% 7.5% 1.9% 0.2% 3.1% 2.4%
May 51.0% 29.6% 8.2% 2.0% 0.3% 2.9% 2.5%
March 48.0% 31.1% 9.4% 2.4% 0.4% 2.6% 2.4%
January 44.1% 33.6% 10.4% 3.0% 0.4% 2.7% 2.4%
               
2003 WinXP W2000 Win98 WinNT Win95 Linux Mac
November 42.6% 36.3% 10.9% 3.5% 0.4% 2.6% 2.2%
September 38.0% 37.9% 12.1% 4.1% 0.5% 2.4% 2.0%
July 33.9% 40.6% 12.6% 5.3% 0.6% 2.3% 1.9%
May 31.4% 41.0% 13.9% 5.8% 0.7% 2.2% 1.8%
March 29.1% 41.9% 14.8% 6.6% 0.8% 2.2% 1.8%

Platforms that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.


Other Statistics

Browser usage statistics

Browser display statistics


Statistics Are Often Misleading

You cannot - as a web developer - rely only on statistics. Statistics can often be misleading.

Global averages may not always be relevant to your web site. Different sites attract different audiences. Some web sites attract professional developers using professional hardware, while other sites attract hobbyists using old low spec computers.


Quotes

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics."
Benjamin Disraeli

"Then there was the man who drowned crossing a stream with an average depth of six inches."
W. I. E. Gates


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