Only two weeks after Windows 10 has been officially released the operating system has more users than Windows 8, according to numbers reported by StatCounter. According to the market research company Windows 10 is currently installed on 4.01% of all systems worldwide, while Windows 8 holds a share of 3.5% .
When the numbers of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 are combined, Windows 10 is still far behind. Windows 8.1 is on 14.96% of all computers connected to the internet according to StatCounter. Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 together take up 18.46% of the operating system market, still 14.45% more than Windows 10.
Windows 7 remains the most popular operating system with a market share of 53.36%. Windows XP, considered an outdated operating system since Microsoft no longer releases security patches for it, still holds 9.91%.
When market shares between July and August are compared, we see Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 lost 1.28%, 1.88% and 0.18% respectively. The loss in market share is likely caused because users have upgraded to Windows 10. Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 users are eligible for an upgrade to Microsoft's latest operating system that was officially released on the 29th of July this year.
It's expected Windows 10 market share will rapidly grow the coming time. Microsoft is only slowly rolling out the OS and also new computers don't come with Windows 10 yet.
Interesting is also that Windows XP's market share remains pretty stable, the OS only lost 0.09%.
