Percentage of Mac users vs PC

windows macos mac

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Solution 1

StatCounter hosts some stats that they collect through their stats package: StatCounter GlobalStats. The graph is available as a bar or line graph for trends over time but not a pie graph.

Interestingly, Mac OS X is about 4% worldwide according to their stats, but it's ~9% and ~10% in Canada and the States respectively.

Solution 2

Per Net Applications Market Share application:

Windows 93.06% (93.04%)
Mac 4.87% (4.86%)
Linux 0.94% (1.05%)
iPhone 0.33% (0.30%)
JavaME 0.31% (0.29%)
Symbian 0.14% (0.14%)
Windows Mobile (0.04%)
All others combined (0.10%)

Pie chart illustrating operating system marketshare

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arxpoetica

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Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

arxpoetica over 1 year

I saw this image on Wikipedia and was wondering if a similar chart existed for Mac vs. PC?
- Joey over 14 years
  
  Just for nitpickyness: Macs are PCs too and were even marketed as such in the G4/G5 era. Technically there are no differences :-)
- Nick Retallack over 14 years
  
  Technically, sure, but Apple tries very hard to make sure their software is only compatible with their hardware.
- Fake Name about 14 years
  
  @Nick - That's because Apple's a jerk.
Jonathan over 14 years

PCs absolutely dominate in Asia, Africa, and most parts of Europe because the hardware is dirt cheap and Windows is widely pirated. Buying legal copies of Windows is almost unheard of.
Joey over 14 years

Since (almost) every new computer includes a license of Windows, I'd say the majority of used Windows installations comes from that angle. Sure, nobody ever buys Windows separately, but I don't think that equals having no legal license.
Samuel Jaeschke over 14 years

@Johannes - Yes, but even amongst more techy people who generally build their computers from scratch (and hence don't receive OEM windows), buying windows is still unheard of.
Richard Hoskins over 14 years

Citation needed.
Arjan over 14 years

If no-one would buy Windows in those regions, why would Microsoft still be investing money in localisations then?
arxpoetica over 14 years

You should have linked that to this: xkcd.com/285
TomB over 14 years

"Per Net Applications Market Share application:" What more citation could I have provided?
Thalys about 14 years

how about a source? ;p
trolle3000 about 14 years

@Lucas McCoy, +1 you gotta love that cartoon... I feel this one is appropriate here to: xkcd.com/323
Fake Name about 14 years

@Arian - Corporations buy windows, and OEMs who resell there bundle windows, which they buy. It's just uncommon on a personal level.
jay_t55 almost 11 years

Citation without a link is sufficient here.
ArtOfWarfare over 9 years

I realize this post is a few years old (just days over 5 years old, in fact,) but thanks! I'll keep this bookmarked. It looks like OS X has climbed up to be over 10% worldwide over the years (and over 15% in North America). If it continues at that exponential rate (doubling ever 5 years), it'll take 50% of the worldwide market in ~2027.