The end of Windows 10 is approaching, and Windows 11 is becoming more and more popular

Microsoft no longer publishes official statistics about its operating system (it was reported that Windows 11 had more than 400 million users at the end of October 2023), so third-party services such as Statcounter are the only way to understand the dynamics of the Windows market. According to the latest survey results, Windows 11 is becoming more and more popular now that Windows 10 support is ending.

Statcounter reports that in February 2025, 38% of Windows users were running Windows 11 on their systems. The operating system rose 1.35 percentage points to hit an all-time high since its launch in October 2021. A year-on-year increase of 9.84 percentage points. For reference, it took Windows 10 two years to gain the same market share.

In some countries, Windows 11’s market share is higher than the global average. In Canada, for example, Windows 11 is now less than 10% behind Windows 10. Its penetration rate is 44.46%, while Windows 10’s penetration rate is 53.35%. However, in the UK, Windows 11 is finally more popular than Windows 10. 50.41% of users use Windows 11, while 48.18% of PCs use Windows 10.

Even though Windows 10 is only 7 months away from the end of mainstream support, it still maintains a strong position, becoming the most popular Windows version at 58.83%. In February 2025, Windows 10 decreased by 1.5 percentage points.

Windows 10 and 11 are the only supported versions of Windows, accounting for more than 97% of the Windows market. The remaining 3% is divided between Windows7, WindowsXP and Windows8/8.1. Windows 7 accounted for 2.3% (+0.06 percentage points), Windows 8.1 accounted for 0.31% (+0.01 percentage points), and Windows XP accounted for 0.29% (+0.02 percentage points).