NetMarketShare already records Windows 10 quota

A new year begins, but also a new month, and one of the things that means for those of us who are immersed in the world of Windows is that we already have new market share figures operating systems, provided by company NetMarketShare

What's new in the December data? The main one, I would say, is that for the first time Windows 10 quota record appears This does not mean that the previous months the use of Windows 10 has been zero , but apparently the user agent used by this system was exactly the same as that of Windows 8.1, so NetMarketShare added Tech Preview users to the Windows 8.1 group.

The above continued to be so until build 9841, but since build 9879 the operating system started showing a different user agent, thus allowing its use to be registered independently.

And how much is the Windows 10 usage fee? Well, very little for now, only 0.06%, although it is a reasonable figure to be the first measurement in which the operating system appears, and In addition, it must be considered that this excludes users with builds prior to 9879, who would continue to be counted as Windows 8.1 users.

If I may make a prediction, I think this share should increase significantly once the Consumer Preview or Tech Preview is released January , which Microsoft would present in just 2 more weeks.

Another important development revealed by the December numbers is an apparent drop in Windows 8/8.1 share, which is down from the 18.65% observed in November up to barely 13.52% The operating system that benefits the most at the expense of this drop is Windows XP, unfortunately, registering 18.26% usage that even surpasses Windows 8 and returns to the position of second most used operating system. And meanwhile Windows 7 is still at the top, maintaining a share close to 56%.

Anyway, if we use the data from Steam, we have to in the segment of advanced users or gamers Windows 8/8.1 continues with a positive streak, increasing its use by 1.12% compared to the month of November, which leaves it with a 31.29% share, which mostly corresponds to Windows 8 users.1 64-bit. It is important to note that this information does not contradict the figures from NetMarketShate, since they are representative figures only for the group of Steam users, not the entire market.

Via | NetMarketShare, Steam