<s>
The	O
usage	B-Operating_System
share	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
percentage	O
of	O
computing	O
devices	O
that	O
run	O
each	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
(	O
OS	O
)	O
at	O
any	O
particular	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
such	O
figures	O
are	O
necessarily	O
estimates	O
because	O
data	O
about	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
share	O
is	O
difficult	O
to	O
obtain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
are	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
vast	O
majority	O
of	O
computers	O
,	O
from	O
embedded	B-Architecture
devices	I-Architecture
to	O
supercomputers	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
devices	O
access	O
the	O
web	O
,	O
so	O
web	O
access	O
statistics	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
estimate	O
the	O
usage	B-Operating_System
share	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
across	O
device	O
types	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
usage	B-Operating_System
share	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
within	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
using	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
,	O
is	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
most-used	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
when	O
judged	O
by	O
web	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
42%	O
of	O
the	O
global	O
market	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
Windows	B-Application
with	O
28%	O
,	O
iOS	B-Application
with	O
17%	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
with	O
7%	O
,	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
1.3	O
%	O
,	O
then	O
(	O
desktop	B-Device
)	O
Linux	B-Application
at	O
1.2	O
%	O
also	O
using	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
numbers	O
do	O
not	O
include	O
embedded	B-Architecture
devices	I-Architecture
or	O
game	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
other	O
pocket-sized	O
devices	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
dominates	O
with	O
71%	O
market	O
share	O
,	O
and	O
Apple	O
's	O
iOS	B-Application
has	O
28%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
desktop	B-Device
and	O
laptop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Windows	B-Application
is	O
the	O
most	O
used	O
at	O
69%	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
Apple	O
's	O
macOS	B-Application
at	O
17%	O
,	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
at	O
3.2	O
%	O
(	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
up	O
to	O
8.0	O
%	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
desktop	B-Device
Linux	B-Application
"	O
at	O
2.9	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
5%	O
is	O
attributed	O
to	O
"	O
unknown	O
"	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
-	O
which	O
are	O
likely	O
forms	O
of	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
or	O
obscure	O
varieties	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
Apple	O
's	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
(	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
iOS	B-Application
)	O
has	O
52%	O
share	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
has	O
48%	O
worldwide	O
(	O
Android	B-Application
is	O
though	O
more	O
used	O
in	O
vast	O
majority	O
of	O
countries	O
;	O
and	O
on	O
occasional	O
days	O
Android	B-Application
has	O
measured	O
even	O
or	O
ahead	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
51.5	O
%	O
globally	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
above	O
devices	O
,	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
other	O
pocket-sized	O
devices	O
make	O
up	O
58%	O
,	O
desktops	O
and	O
laptops	B-Device
40%	O
,	O
and	O
tablets	B-Device
2.0	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartphones	B-Application
have	O
the	O
most	O
use	O
in	O
virtually	O
all	O
countries	O
,	O
including	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
at	O
51%	O
there	O
with	O
PC	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
(	O
including	O
Windows	B-Application
)	O
down	O
to	O
46%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
has	O
completely	O
dominated	O
the	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
field	O
since	O
2017	O
,	O
with	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
top	B-Operating_System
500	I-Operating_System
most	O
powerful	O
supercomputers	B-Architecture
in	O
the	O
world	O
running	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
is	O
also	O
most	O
used	O
for	O
(	O
web	O
)	O
servers	B-Application
,	O
and	O
then	O
most	O
often	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
used	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
numerous	O
type	O
of	O
device	O
with	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
are	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
use	O
varied	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
;	O
a	O
high	O
percentage	O
are	O
standalone	O
or	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
,	O
which	O
makes	O
their	O
usage	O
share	O
difficult	O
to	O
measure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hypothetically	O
some	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
used	O
in	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
are	O
more	O
popular	O
than	O
the	O
ones	O
mentioned	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
Gartner	O
predicted	O
a	O
decline	O
in	O
all	O
market	O
segments	O
for	O
2020	O
(	O
from	O
already	O
declining	O
market	O
in	O
2019	O
)	O
due	O
to	O
COVID-19	O
,	O
predicting	O
a	O
decline	O
by	O
13.6	O
%	O
for	O
all	O
devices	O
,	O
while	O
"	O
Work	O
from	O
Home	O
Trend	O
Saved	O
PC	O
Market	O
from	O
Collapse	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
them	O
only	O
predicting	O
to	O
decline	O
by	O
10.5	O
%	O
for	O
PCs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
end	O
according	O
to	O
Gartner	O
,	O
PC	O
shipments	O
grew	O
"	O
10.7	O
%	O
in	O
Fourth	O
Quarter	O
of	O
2020	O
and	O
 [ ... ] 	O
reached	O
275	O
million	O
units	O
in	O
2020	O
,	O
a	O
4.8	O
%	O
increase	O
from	O
2019	O
and	O
the	O
highest	O
growth	O
in	O
ten	O
years.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
in	O
4th	O
place	O
for	O
PCs	B-Device
had	O
the	O
largest	O
growth	O
in	O
shipments	O
for	O
a	O
company	O
in	O
Q4	O
of	O
31.3	O
%	O
,	O
while	O
"	O
the	O
fourth	O
quarter	O
of	O
2020	O
was	O
another	O
remarkable	O
period	O
of	O
growth	O
for	O
Chromebooks	O
,	O
with	O
shipments	O
increasing	O
around	O
200%	O
year	O
over	O
year	O
to	O
reach	O
11.7	O
million	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Gartner	O
,	O
the	O
following	O
is	O
the	O
worldwide	O
device	O
shipments	O
(	O
referring	O
to	O
wholesale	O
)	O
by	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
includes	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
laptops	B-Device
and	O
PCs	B-Device
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
only	O
do	O
smartphones	B-Application
sell	O
in	O
higher	O
numbers	O
than	O
traditional	O
PCs	B-Device
but	O
also	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
a	O
lot	O
more	O
,	O
by	O
dollar	O
value	O
with	O
the	O
gap	O
only	O
projected	O
to	O
widen	O
,	O
to	O
well	O
over	O
double	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
2015	O
(	O
and	O
earlier	O
)	O
,	O
Gartner	O
reports	O
for	O
"	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
worldwide	O
PC	O
shipments	O
declined	O
for	O
the	O
fourth	O
consecutive	O
year	O
,	O
which	O
started	O
in	O
2012	O
with	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
tablets	B-Device
"	O
with	O
an	O
8%	O
decline	O
in	O
PC	O
sales	O
for	O
2015	O
(	O
not	O
including	O
cumulative	O
decline	O
in	O
sales	O
over	O
the	O
previous	O
years	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gartner	O
includes	O
Macs	O
(	O
running	O
macOS	B-Application
)	O
in	O
PC	O
sales	O
numbers	O
(	O
but	O
not	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
iPads	B-Device
and	O
Androids	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
individually	O
had	O
a	O
slight	O
increase	O
in	O
sales	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
1.4	O
billion	O
Android	B-Application
users	O
and	O
1	O
billion	O
Google	B-Application
play	I-Application
users	O
active	O
during	O
that	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
Paul	O
Thurrott	O
summarized	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
market	O
,	O
the	O
day	O
after	O
Apple	O
announced	O
"	O
one	O
billion	O
devices	O
"	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
backed	O
away	O
from	O
their	O
goal	O
of	O
one	O
billion	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
devices	O
in	O
three	O
years	O
(	O
or	O
"	O
by	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
2018	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
reported	O
on	O
26	O
September	O
2016	O
that	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
was	O
running	O
on	O
over	O
400	O
million	O
devices	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
March	O
2019	O
on	O
more	O
than	O
800	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
late	O
2016	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
had	O
been	O
explained	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
killing	O
"	O
Apple	O
's	O
iOS	B-Application
market	O
share	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
9	O
May	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
biggest	O
smartphone	B-Application
companies	O
(	O
by	O
market	O
share	O
)	O
were	O
Samsung	O
,	O
Huawei	O
and	O
Apple	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gartner	O
's	O
own	O
press	O
release	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
Apple	O
continued	O
its	O
downward	O
trend	O
with	O
a	O
decline	O
of	O
7.7	O
percent	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
quarter	O
of	O
2016	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
their	O
decline	O
,	O
based	B-Application
on	I-Application
absolute	O
number	O
of	O
units	O
,	O
that	O
underestimates	O
the	O
relative	O
decline	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
market	O
increasing	O
)	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
misleading	O
"	O
1.7	O
percent	O
 [ point ] 	O
 "	O
decline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
in	O
units	O
sold	O
Apple	O
is	O
declining	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
almost	O
the	O
only	O
vendor	O
making	O
any	O
profit	O
in	O
the	O
smartphone	B-Application
sector	O
from	O
hardware	O
sales	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
a	O
billion	O
more	O
active	O
mobile	O
phones	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
than	O
people	O
(	O
and	O
many	O
more	O
than	O
10	B-Operating_System
billion	O
sold	O
so	O
far	O
with	O
less	O
than	O
half	O
still	O
in	O
use	O
)	O
,	O
explained	O
by	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
some	O
people	O
have	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
extra	O
for	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
phones	O
have	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
only	O
a	O
fraction	O
of	O
them	O
are	O
smartphones	B-Application
with	O
an	O
OS	O
capable	O
of	O
running	O
modern	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
3.1	O
billion	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
tablets	B-Device
are	O
in	O
use	O
across	O
the	O
world	O
(	O
with	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
a	O
small	O
fraction	O
of	O
the	O
total	O
,	O
generally	O
running	O
the	O
same	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
Android	B-Application
or	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
the	O
latter	O
being	O
more	O
popular	O
on	O
tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
iOS	B-Application
called	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
built	O
for	O
iPad	B-Device
tablets	B-Device
was	O
released	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
eMarketer	O
estimated	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
that	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
installed	B-Operating_System
base	I-Operating_System
would	O
hit	O
one	O
billion	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
(	O
with	O
China	O
's	O
use	O
at	O
328	O
million	O
,	O
which	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
does	O
n't	O
serve	O
or	O
track	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
's	O
use	O
second	O
at	O
156	O
million	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
cheap	O
tablets	B-Device
not	O
counted	O
by	O
all	O
analysts	O
that	O
goal	O
was	O
met	O
(	O
even	O
excluding	O
cumulative	O
sales	O
of	O
previous	O
years	O
)	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
conflicts	O
with	O
statistics	O
from	O
IDC	O
that	O
say	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
market	O
contracted	O
by	O
10%	O
in	O
2015	O
with	O
only	O
Huawei	O
,	O
ranked	O
fifth	O
,	O
with	O
big	O
gains	O
,	O
more	O
than	O
doubling	O
their	O
share	O
;	O
for	O
fourth	O
quarter	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
five	O
biggest	O
vendors	O
were	O
the	O
same	O
except	O
that	O
Amazon	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
tablets	I-Application
ranked	O
third	O
worldwide	O
,	O
new	O
on	O
the	O
list	O
,	O
enabled	O
by	O
its	O
not	O
quite	O
tripling	O
of	O
market	O
share	O
to	O
7.9	O
%	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
Fire	B-Application
OS	I-Application
Android-derivative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gartner	O
excludes	O
some	O
devices	O
from	O
their	O
tablet	B-Device
shipment	O
statistic	O
and	O
includes	O
them	O
in	O
a	O
different	O
category	O
called	O
"	O
premium	O
ultramobiles	O
"	O
with	O
screen	O
sizes	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
10	B-Operating_System
"	O
inches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Worldwide	O
smartphone	B-Application
sales	O
to	O
end	O
users	O
by	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
measured	O
by	O
Gartner	O
,	O
International	O
Data	O
Corporation	O
(	O
IDG	O
)	O
and	O
others	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
currently	O
ranks	O
highest	O
,	O
above	O
Windows	B-Application
(	O
incl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
accounted	O
for	O
0.51	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
web	B-Application
usage	I-Application
,	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Considering	O
all	O
personal	B-Device
computing	I-Device
devices	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
is	O
well	O
below	O
50%	O
usage	O
share	O
on	O
every	O
continent	O
,	O
and	O
at	O
30%	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
(	O
24%	O
single-day	O
low	O
)	O
and	O
in	O
many	O
countries	O
lower	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
China	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
India	O
at	O
19%	O
(	O
12%	O
some	O
days	O
)	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
 '	O
lowest	O
share	O
globally	O
was	O
29%	O
in	O
May	O
2022	O
(	O
25%	O
some	O
days	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
29%	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iOS	B-Application
is	O
slightly	O
more	O
popular	O
than	O
Windows	B-Application
in	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
more	O
used	O
the	O
last	O
6	O
months	O
,	O
on	O
a	O
monthly	O
average	O
basis	O
,	O
or	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
11	O
weeks	O
in	O
a	O
row	O
(	O
weekly	O
average	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
's	O
because	O
it	O
's	O
much	O
more	O
popular	O
on	O
the	O
weekends	O
,	O
while	O
Windows	B-Application
usually	O
more	O
used	O
on	O
weekdays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iOS	B-Application
has	O
however	O
been	O
more	O
used	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
almost	O
2	O
weeks	O
,	O
every	O
day	O
of	O
that	O
time-span	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
on	O
some	O
days	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
29	O
May	O
2022	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
is	O
also	O
more	O
used	O
than	O
Windows	B-Application
meaning	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
are	O
up	O
to	O
2.6	O
×	O
more	O
used	O
than	O
Windows	B-Application
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Worldwide	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
at	O
43.23	O
%	O
is	O
48%	O
more	O
used	O
than	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
next	O
at	O
29.2	O
%	O
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
third	O
at	O
17.67	O
%	O
meaning	O
the	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
are	O
combined	O
a	O
bit	O
over	O
2×	O
more	O
popular	O
then	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Africa	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
at	O
62.66	O
%	O
(	O
for	O
May	O
alone	O
is	O
3.3	O
×	O
(	O
almost	O
4×	O
with	O
iOS	B-Application
)	O
than	O
Windows	B-Application
at	O
18.81	O
(	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
third	O
at	O
10.74	O
%	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
12-month	O
average	O
Android	B-Application
is	O
only	O
2.1	O
×	O
more	O
popular	O
than	O
Windows	B-Application
in	O
Africa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
iOS	B-Application
became	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
in	O
any	O
independent	O
country	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
most	O
popular	O
in	O
Guam	O
,	O
an	O
unincorporated	O
territory	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
for	O
four	O
consecutive	O
quarters	O
in	O
2017-18	O
,	O
although	O
Android	B-Application
is	O
now	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iOS	B-Application
has	O
been	O
the	O
highest	O
ranked	O
OS	O
in	O
Jersey	O
(	O
a	O
British	O
Crown	O
dependency	O
in	O
Europe	O
)	O
for	O
years	O
,	O
by	O
a	O
wide	O
margin	O
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
was	O
also	O
highest	O
ranked	O
in	O
Falkland	O
Islands	O
,	O
a	O
British	O
Overseas	O
Territory	O
,	O
for	O
one	O
quarter	O
in	O
2019	O
,	O
before	O
being	O
overtaken	O
by	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
the	O
following	O
quarter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iOS	B-Application
is	O
competitive	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
in	O
Sweden	O
,	O
where	O
some	O
days	O
it	O
is	O
more	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
designation	O
of	O
an	O
"	O
Unknown	O
"	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
is	O
strangely	O
high	O
in	O
a	O
few	O
countries	O
such	O
as	O
Madagascar	B-Application
where	O
it	O
was	O
at	O
32.44	O
%	O
(	O
no	O
longer	O
near	O
as	O
high	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
may	O
be	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
StatCounter	O
uses	O
browser	B-Protocol
detection	I-Protocol
to	O
get	O
OS	B-Operating_System
statistics	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
there	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
browsers	O
are	O
not	O
often	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
breakdown	O
for	O
browsers	O
in	O
Madagascar	B-Application
shows	O
"	O
Other	O
"	O
at	O
34.9	O
%	O
,	O
and	O
Opera	O
Mini	O
4.4	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
known	O
browser	O
at	O
22.1	O
%	O
(	O
plus	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
3.34	O
%	O
for	O
Opera	O
7.6	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
browser	B-Application
statistics	I-Application
without	O
version-breakdown	O
has	O
Opera	O
at	O
48.11	O
%	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
Other	O
"	O
category	O
very	O
small	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
China	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
got	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
highest	O
ranked	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
in	O
July	O
2016	O
(	O
Windows	B-Application
has	O
occasionally	O
topped	O
it	O
since	O
then	O
,	O
while	O
since	O
April	O
2016	O
it	O
or	O
all	O
non-mobile	O
operating	O
systems	O
have	O
n't	O
outranked	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
meaning	O
Android	B-Application
plus	O
iOS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Asian	O
continent	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
has	O
been	O
ranked	O
highest	O
since	O
February	O
2016	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
alone	O
has	O
the	O
majority	O
share	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
a	O
large	O
majority	O
in	O
all	O
the	O
most	O
populous	O
countries	O
of	O
the	O
continent	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
84%	O
in	O
Bangladesh	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
has	O
had	O
over	O
70%	O
share	O
for	O
over	O
four	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
is	O
ranked	O
first	O
,	O
at	O
48.36	O
%	O
in	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
African	O
continent	O
when	O
it	O
took	O
a	O
big	O
jump	O
ahead	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
and	O
thereby	O
Africa	O
joined	O
Asia	O
as	O
a	O
mobile-majority	O
continent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
China	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
a	O
desktop-majority	O
country	O
,	O
joining	O
India	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
a	O
mobile-majority	O
of	O
71%	O
,	O
confirming	O
Asia	O
's	O
significant	O
mobile-majority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Online	O
usage	O
of	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
derivatives	O
(	O
Android	B-Application
+	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
+	O
other	O
Linux	B-Application
)	O
exceeds	O
that	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
even	O
before	O
that	O
,	O
the	O
figure	O
for	O
all	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
OSes	O
,	O
including	O
those	O
from	O
Apple	O
,	O
was	O
higher	O
than	O
that	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Source	O
DateMicrosoft	O
Windows	B-Application
(	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
)	O
:	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
Darwin	I-Operating_System
:	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
:	O
Others:The	O
'	O
Others	O
 '	O
column	O
is	O
obtained	O
by	O
summing	O
all	O
percentage	O
data	O
and	O
subtracting	O
from	O
100%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
is	O
still	O
the	O
dominant	O
desktop	B-General_Concept
OS	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
the	O
dominance	O
varies	O
by	O
region	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
gradually	O
lost	O
market	O
share	O
to	O
other	O
desktop	B-General_Concept
operating	I-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
(	O
not	O
just	O
to	O
mobile	O
)	O
with	O
the	O
slide	O
very	O
noticeable	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
where	O
macOS	B-Application
usage	O
has	O
more	O
than	O
quadrupled	O
from	O
Jan	O
.	O
2009	O
to	O
Dec	O
.	O
2020	O
to	O
30.62	O
%	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
Christmas	O
month	O
;	O
and	O
34.72	O
%	O
in	O
April	O
2020	O
in	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
COVID-19	O
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
was	O
more	O
popular	O
overall	O
that	O
year	O
;	O
globally	O
Windows	B-Application
lost	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
that	O
year	O
,	O
as	O
for	O
the	O
two	O
years	O
prior	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
down	O
to	O
61.136	O
%	O
and	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
at	O
5.46	O
%	O
,	O
plus	O
traditional	O
Linux	B-Application
at	O
1.73	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
little	O
openly	O
published	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
device	O
shipments	O
of	O
desktop	B-Device
and	O
laptop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
source	O
of	O
market	O
share	O
of	O
various	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
is	O
StatCounter	O
basing	O
its	O
estimate	O
on	O
web	O
use	O
(	O
although	O
this	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
very	O
accurate	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
computers	O
are	O
sold	O
with	O
a	O
pre-installed	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
with	O
some	O
users	O
replacing	O
that	O
OS	O
with	O
a	O
different	O
one	O
due	O
to	O
personal	O
preference	O
,	O
or	O
installing	O
another	O
OS	O
alongside	O
it	O
and	O
using	O
both	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
statistics	O
from	O
an	O
automated	O
update	O
of	O
IE7	O
for	O
registered	O
Windows	B-Application
computers	I-Application
differed	O
with	O
the	O
observed	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
share	I-Application
,	O
leading	O
one	O
writer	O
to	O
estimate	O
that	O
25	O
–	O
35%	O
of	O
all	O
WindowsXP	B-Application
installations	O
were	O
unlicensed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
usage	O
share	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
(	O
then	O
latest	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
)	O
Windows	B-Application
10	B-Operating_System
has	O
slowly	O
increased	O
since	O
July/August	O
2016	O
,	O
reaching	O
around	O
27.15	O
%	O
(	O
of	O
all	O
Windows	B-Application
versions	O
,	O
not	O
all	O
desktop	B-Device
or	O
all	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
)	O
in	O
December	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
eventually	O
reached	O
79.79	O
%	O
on	O
5	O
October	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
on	O
which	O
its	O
successor	O
Windows	B-Application
11	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
use	O
varies	O
a	O
lot	O
by	O
region	O
,	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
claims	O
16.82	O
%	O
(	O
17.52	O
%	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
)	O
whereas	O
in	O
Asia	O
it	O
is	O
only	O
4.4	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
usage	O
of	O
WindowsXP	B-Application
has	O
dropped	O
to	O
0.38	O
%	O
(	O
of	O
all	O
Windows	B-Application
versions	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
global	O
average	O
to	O
0.59	O
%	O
,	O
while	O
in	O
Africa	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
at	O
2.71	O
%	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
still	O
has	O
double-digit	O
share	O
in	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2019	O
Stack	B-Error_Name
Overflow	I-Error_Name
developer	O
survey	O
provides	O
no	O
detail	O
about	O
particular	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
desktop	B-General_Concept
operating	I-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
share	O
among	O
those	O
identifying	O
as	O
professional	O
developers	O
was	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
claimed	O
Windows10	O
had	O
half	O
the	O
market	O
share	O
of	O
all	O
Windows	B-Application
installations	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
and	O
UK	O
,	O
as	O
quoted	O
by	O
BetaNews	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
digital	O
video	O
game	O
distribution	O
platform	O
Steam	B-Application
publishes	O
a	O
monthly	O
"	O
Hardware	O
&	O
Software	O
Survey	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
statistics	O
below	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
figures	O
,	O
as	O
reported	O
by	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
do	O
not	O
include	O
SteamOS	B-Application
statistics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
Q1	O
2018	O
,	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
on	O
smartphones	B-Application
included	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
dominant	O
Android	B-Application
(	O
and	O
variants	O
)	O
and	O
Apple	O
's	O
iOS	B-Application
which	O
combined	O
had	O
an	O
almost	O
100%	O
market	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartphone	B-Application
penetration	O
vs.	O
desktop	B-Device
use	O
differs	O
substantially	O
by	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
countries	O
,	O
like	O
Russia	O
,	O
still	O
have	O
smartphone	B-Application
use	O
as	O
low	O
as	O
22.35	O
%	O
(	O
as	O
a	O
fraction	O
of	O
all	O
web	O
use	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
most	O
western	O
countries	O
,	O
smartphone	B-Application
use	O
is	O
close	O
to	O
50%	O
of	O
all	O
web	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
does	O
n't	O
mean	O
that	O
only	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
population	O
has	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
,	O
could	O
mean	O
almost	O
all	O
have	O
,	O
just	O
that	O
other	O
platforms	O
have	O
about	O
equal	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartphone	B-Application
usage	O
share	O
in	O
developing	O
countries	O
is	O
much	O
higher	O
in	O
Bangladesh	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
smartphones	B-Application
had	O
up	O
to	O
84%	O
and	O
currently	O
70%	O
share	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Mali	O
smartphones	B-Application
had	O
over	O
90%	O
(	O
up	O
to	O
95%	O
)	O
share	O
for	O
almost	O
two	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
A	O
section	O
below	O
has	O
more	O
information	O
on	O
regional	O
trends	O
on	O
the	O
move	O
to	O
smartphones	B-Application
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
clear	O
correlation	O
between	O
the	O
GDP	O
per	O
capita	O
of	O
a	O
country	O
and	O
that	O
country	O
's	O
respective	O
smartphone	B-Application
OS	B-Operating_System
market	I-Operating_System
share	I-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
users	O
in	O
the	O
richest	O
countries	O
being	O
much	O
more	O
likely	O
to	O
choose	O
Apple	O
's	O
iPhone	O
,	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Android	I-Application
being	O
predominant	O
elsewhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
Global	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
web	O
usageTable	O
is	O
only	O
showing	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
market	O
share	O
not	O
the	O
overall	O
market	O
share.SourceMethodQuarter/monthAndroidiOSWindowsBlackBerrySymbianOthersStatCounter	O
Global	O
StatsBrowsing	O
(	O
page	O
view	O
)	O
2021	O
,	O
Oct71.09	O
%	O
28.21	O
%	O
0.01	O
%	O
N/AN/A0.69	O
%StatCounter	O
Global	O
StatsBrowsing	O
(	O
page	O
view	O
)	O
2020	O
,	O
Oct72.93	O
%	O
26.53	O
%	O
0.03	O
%	O
N/AN/A0.51	O
%StatCounter	O
Global	O
StatsBrowsing	O
(	O
page	O
view	O
)	O
2019	O
,	O
Sep76.24	O
%	O
22.48	O
%	O
0.17	O
%	O
0.02	O
%	O
0.02	O
%	O
1.07	O
%StatCounter	O
Global	O
StatsBrowsing	O
(	O
page	O
view	O
)	O
2015	O
,	O
Mar61.94	O
%	O
22.64	O
%	O
2.27	O
%	O
NA6.00	O
%	O
7.09	O
%StatCounter	O
Global	O
StatsBrowsing	O
(	O
page	O
view	O
)	O
2014	O
,	O
Aug	O
54.87	O
%	O
23.57	O
%	O
2.36	O
%	O
1.59	O
%	O
9.73	O
%	O
7.87	O
%StatCounter	O
Global	O
StatsBrowsing	O
(	O
page	O
view	O
)	O
2014	O
,	O
Feb47.57	O
%	O
22.97	O
%	O
2.22	O
%	O
2.62	O
%	O
14.86	O
%	O
6.08	O
%Wikimedia	O
(	O
includes	O
tablets	B-Device
)	O
Wikimedia	O
Foundation	O
statistics	O
consider	O
tablets	B-Device
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
market	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
or	O
simply	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
became	O
a	O
significant	O
OS	B-Operating_System
market	I-Operating_System
share	I-Operating_System
category	O
starting	O
with	O
Apple	O
's	O
iPad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Q1	O
2018	O
,	O
iOS	B-Application
had	O
65.03	O
%	O
market	O
share	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
had	O
34.58	O
%	O
market	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
tablets	B-Device
may	O
not	O
get	O
classified	O
as	O
such	O
by	O
some	O
analysts	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
barely	O
register	O
;	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
2-in-1	O
PCs	B-Device
may	O
get	O
classified	O
as	O
"	O
desktops	O
"	O
,	O
not	O
tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2016	O
,	O
in	O
South	O
America	O
(	O
and	O
Cuba	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
)	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
tablets	B-Device
have	O
gained	O
majority	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Asia	O
in	O
2017	O
Android	B-Application
was	O
slightly	O
more	O
popular	O
than	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
at	O
49.05	O
%	O
usage	O
share	O
in	O
October	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Africa	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
tablets	B-Device
are	O
much	O
more	O
popular	O
while	O
elsewhere	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
has	O
a	O
safe	O
margin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Android	B-Application
has	O
made	O
steady	O
gains	O
to	O
becoming	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
tablet	B-Device
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
:	O
that	O
is	O
the	O
trend	O
in	O
many	O
countries	O
,	O
having	O
already	O
gained	O
the	O
majority	O
in	O
large	O
countries	O
(	O
India	O
at	O
63.25	O
%	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Indonesia	O
at	O
62.22	O
%	O
)	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
African	O
continent	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
at	O
62.22	O
%	O
(	O
first	O
to	O
gain	O
Android	B-Application
majority	O
in	O
late	O
2014	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
steady	O
gains	O
from	O
20.98	O
%	O
in	O
August	O
2012	O
(	O
Egypt	O
at	O
62.37	O
%	O
,	O
Zimbabwe	O
at	O
62.04	O
%	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
South	O
America	O
at	O
51.09	O
%	O
in	O
July	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Nepal	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
gained	O
majority	O
lead	O
in	O
November	O
2014	O
but	O
lost	O
it	O
down	O
to	O
41.35	O
%	O
with	O
iOS	B-Application
at	O
56.51	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Taiwan	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
after	O
having	O
gained	O
a	O
confident	O
majority	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
on	O
a	O
losing	O
streak	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
China	O
is	O
a	O
major	O
exception	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
gaining	O
market	O
share	O
in	O
Asia	O
(	O
there	O
Android	B-Application
phablets	B-Application
are	O
much	O
more	O
popular	O
than	O
Android	B-Application
tablets	B-Device
,	O
while	O
similar	O
devices	O
get	O
classified	O
as	O
smartphones	B-Application
)	O
where	O
the	O
iPad/iOS	O
is	O
at	O
82.84	O
%	O
in	O
March	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
Global	O
tablet	B-Device
web	B-Application
usage	I-Application
SourceMonthiOSAndroidWindowsOthersStatCounterOct	O
202058.86	O
%	O
41.02	O
%	O
0.08	O
%	O
0.04	O
%StatCounterDec	O
201963.11	O
%	O
36.65	O
%	O
0.15	O
%	O
0.09	O
%StatCounter	O
Jul	O
2018	O
65.03	O
%	O
34.58	O
%	O
0.21	O
%	O
0.18	O
%	O
StatCounterGlobal	O
Stats	O
Top	O
7	B-Device
Tablet	B-Device
OSs	O
from	O
Jan	O
to	O
Aug	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jul	O
2015	O
65.51	O
%	O
31.36	O
%	O
0.78	O
%	O
2.93	O
%	O
StatCounterGlobal	O
Stats	O
Top	O
7	B-Device
Tablet	B-Device
OSs	O
from	O
Feb	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Feb	O
2015	O
66.47	O
%	O
29.6	O
%	O
1.16	O
%	O
2.73	O
%	O
StatCounterGlobal	O
Stats	O
Top	O
7	B-Device
Tablet	B-Device
OSs	O
from	O
Oct	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retrieved	O
7	B-Device
March	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
StatCounter	O
web	O
use	O
statistics	O
(	O
a	O
proxy	O
for	O
all	O
use	O
)	O
,	O
smartphones	B-Application
are	O
more	O
popular	O
than	O
desktop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
globally	O
(	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
particular	O
more	O
popular	O
than	O
Windows	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Including	O
tablets	B-Device
with	O
mobiles/smartphones	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
also	O
run	O
so-called	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
even	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
(	O
and	O
most	O
countries	O
)	O
are	O
mobiles	O
including	O
tablets	B-Device
more	O
popular	O
than	O
other	O
(	O
older	O
originally	O
made	O
for	O
desktops	O
)	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
(	O
such	O
as	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
in	O
the	O
US	O
(	O
at	O
33.42	O
%	O
)	O
has	O
only	O
8%	O
head-start	O
(	O
2.55-percentage	O
points	O
)	O
over	O
iOS	B-Application
only	O
;	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
that	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
and	O
iOS	B-Application
have	O
52.14	O
%	O
majority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternatively	O
,	O
Apple	O
,	O
with	O
iOS	B-Application
plus	O
their	O
non-mobile	O
macOS	B-Application
(	O
9.33	O
%	O
)	O
has	O
20%	O
more	O
share	O
(	O
6.7-percentage	O
points	O
more	O
)	O
than	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Windows	B-Application
in	O
the	O
country	O
where	O
both	O
companies	O
were	O
built	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
desktop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
are	O
still	O
popular	O
in	O
many	O
countries	O
(	O
while	O
overall	O
down	O
to	O
44.9	O
%	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
quarter	O
of	O
2017	O
)	O
,	O
smartphones	B-Application
are	O
more	O
popular	O
even	O
in	O
many	O
developed	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
countries	O
on	O
all	O
continents	O
are	O
desktop-minority	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
more	O
popular	O
than	O
Windows	B-Application
;	O
many	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Guatemala	O
,	O
Honduras	O
,	O
Haiti	O
;	O
up	O
to	O
most	O
countries	O
in	O
Asia	O
and	O
Africa	O
with	O
smartphone-majority	O
because	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Poland	O
and	O
Turkey	O
in	O
Europe	O
highest	O
with	O
57.68	O
%	O
and	O
62.33	O
%	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Ireland	O
,	O
smartphone	B-Application
use	O
at	O
45.55	O
%	O
outnumbers	O
desktop	B-Device
use	O
and	O
mobile	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
gains	O
majority	O
when	O
including	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
share	O
at	O
9.12	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spain	O
was	O
also	O
slightly	O
desktop-minority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
Sweden	O
had	O
been	O
desktop-minority	O
for	O
eight	O
weeks	O
in	O
a	O
row	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
range	O
of	O
measured	O
mobile	O
web	O
use	O
varies	O
a	O
lot	O
by	O
country	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
StatCounter	O
press	O
release	O
recognizes	O
"	O
India	O
amongst	O
world	O
leaders	O
in	O
use	O
of	O
mobile	O
to	O
surf	O
the	O
internet	O
"	O
(	O
of	O
the	O
big	O
countries	O
)	O
where	O
the	O
share	O
is	O
around	O
(	O
or	O
over	O
)	O
80%	O
and	O
desktop	B-Device
is	O
at	O
19.56	O
%	O
,	O
with	O
Russia	O
trailing	O
with	O
17.8	O
%	O
mobile	O
use	O
(	O
and	O
desktop	B-Device
the	O
rest	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartphones	B-Application
(	O
discounting	O
tablets	B-Device
)	O
,	O
first	O
gained	O
majority	O
in	O
December	O
2016	O
(	O
desktop-majority	O
was	O
lost	O
the	O
month	O
before	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
n't	O
a	O
Christmas-time	O
fluke	O
,	O
as	O
while	O
close	O
to	O
majority	O
after	O
smartphone	B-Application
majority	O
happened	O
again	O
in	O
March	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
week	O
of	O
7	B-Device
–	O
13	O
November	O
2016	O
,	O
smartphones	B-Application
alone	O
(	O
without	O
tablets	B-Device
)	O
overtook	O
desktop	B-Device
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
,	O
albeit	O
for	O
a	O
short	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
is	O
still	O
desktop-majority	O
,	O
with	O
for	O
example	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
at	O
54.89	O
%	O
(	O
but	O
not	O
on	O
all	O
days	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
some	O
territories	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Puerto	O
Rico	O
,	O
desktop	B-Device
is	O
significantly	O
under	O
majority	O
,	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
just	O
under	O
25%	O
,	O
overtaken	O
by	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
27	O
October	O
,	O
the	O
desktop	B-Device
has	O
n't	O
had	O
a	O
majority	O
,	O
including	O
on	O
weekdays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartphones	B-Application
alone	O
have	O
showed	O
majority	O
since	O
23	O
December	O
to	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
share	O
topping	O
at	O
58.22	O
%	O
on	O
Christmas	O
Day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
the	O
"	O
mobile	O
"	O
-majority	O
share	O
of	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
tablets	B-Device
could	O
be	O
added	O
giving	O
a	O
63.22	O
%	O
majority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
an	O
unusually	O
high	O
top	O
,	O
a	O
similar	O
high	O
also	O
occurred	O
on	O
Monday	O
17	O
April	O
2017	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
smartphone	B-Application
share	O
slightly	O
lower	O
and	O
tablet	B-Device
share	O
slightly	O
higher	O
,	O
combining	O
to	O
62.88	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Formerly	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
a	O
StatCounter	O
press	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
world	O
has	O
turned	O
desktop-minority	O
;	O
,	O
at	O
about	O
49%	O
desktop	B-Device
use	O
for	O
that	O
month	O
,	O
but	O
mobile	O
was	O
n't	O
ranked	O
higher	O
,	O
tablet	B-Device
share	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
it	O
to	O
exceed	O
desktop	B-Device
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
temporarily	O
,	O
while	O
desktop-minority	O
remains	O
and	O
smartphone-majority	O
on	O
weekends	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
two	O
weeks	O
in	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
Australia	O
(	O
and	O
Oceania	O
in	O
general	O
)	O
was	O
desktop-minority	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
for	O
an	O
extended	O
period	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
South	O
America	O
,	O
smartphones	B-Application
alone	O
took	O
majority	O
from	O
desktops	O
on	O
Christmas	O
Day	O
,	O
but	O
for	O
a	O
full-week-average	O
,	O
desktop	B-Device
is	O
still	O
at	O
least	O
at	O
58%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UK	O
desktop-minority	O
dropped	O
down	O
to	O
44.02	O
%	O
on	O
Christmas	O
Day	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
eight	O
days	O
to	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ireland	O
joined	O
some	O
other	O
European	O
countries	O
with	O
smartphone-majority	O
,	O
for	O
three	O
days	O
after	O
Christmas	O
,	O
topping	O
that	O
day	O
at	O
55.39	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
desktop-minority	O
happened	O
for	O
three	O
days	O
on	O
and	O
around	O
Christmas	O
(	O
while	O
a	O
longer	O
four-day	O
stretch	O
happened	O
in	O
November	O
,	O
and	O
happens	O
frequently	O
on	O
weekends	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
StatCounter	O
web	O
use	O
statistics	O
(	O
a	O
proxy	O
for	O
all	O
use	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
week	O
from	O
7	B-Device
–	O
13	O
November	O
2016	O
,	O
"	O
mobile	O
"	O
(	O
meaning	O
smartphones	B-Application
)	O
alone	O
(	O
without	O
tablets	B-Device
)	O
overtook	O
desktop	B-Device
,	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
,	O
with	O
them	O
highest	O
ranked	O
at	O
52.13	O
%	O
(	O
on	O
27	O
November	O
2016	O
)	O
or	O
up	O
to	O
49.02	O
%	O
for	O
a	O
full	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Large	O
regions	O
of	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
are	O
still	O
desktop-majority	O
,	O
while	O
on	O
some	O
days	O
,	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
(	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
)	O
is	O
n't	O
;	O
the	O
US	O
is	O
desktop-minority	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
days	O
in	O
a	O
row	O
,	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
a	O
five-day	O
average	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
examples	O
,	O
of	O
desktop-minority	O
on	O
some	O
days	O
,	O
include	O
the	O
UK	O
,	O
Ireland	O
,	O
Australia	O
(	O
and	O
Oceania	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
)	O
;	O
in	O
fact	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
country	O
on	O
every	O
continent	O
has	O
turned	O
desktop-minority	O
(	O
for	O
at	O
least	O
a	O
month	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previously	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
a	O
StatCounter	O
press	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
world	O
has	O
turned	O
desktop-minority	O
;	O
,	O
at	O
about	O
49%	O
desktop	B-Device
use	O
for	O
that	O
month	O
,	O
with	O
desktop-minority	O
stretching	O
up	O
to	O
an	O
18-weeks/4	O
-months	O
period	O
from	O
28	O
June	O
to	O
31	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
while	O
whole	O
of	O
July	O
,	O
August	O
or	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
showed	O
desktop-majority	O
(	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
long	O
sub-periods	O
in	O
the	O
long	O
stretch	O
showed	O
desktop-minority	O
;	O
similarly	O
only	O
Fridays	O
,	O
Saturdays	O
and	O
Sundays	O
are	O
desktop-minority	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
StatCounter	O
's	O
web	O
use	O
statistics	O
,	O
Saturday	O
28	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
day	O
when	O
smartphones	B-Application
(	O
"	O
mobile	O
"	O
at	O
StatCounter	O
,	O
that	O
now	O
counts	O
tablets	B-Device
separately	O
)	O
became	O
a	O
most	O
used	O
platform	O
,	O
ranking	O
first	O
,	O
at	O
47.27	O
%	O
,	O
above	O
desktops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
day	O
,	O
desktops	O
slightly	O
outnumbered	O
"	O
mobile	O
"	O
(	O
unless	O
counting	O
tablets	B-Device
:	O
some	O
analysts	O
count	O
tablets	B-Device
with	O
smartphones	B-Application
or	O
separately	O
while	O
others	O
with	O
desktops	O
even	O
when	O
most	O
tablets	B-Device
are	O
iPad	B-Device
or	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
not	O
Windows	B-Application
devices	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Sunday	O
27	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
day	O
the	O
world	O
dipped	O
to	O
desktop-minority	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
happened	O
almost	O
every	O
week	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
week	O
of	O
11	O
–	O
17	O
July	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
world	O
was	O
desktop-minority	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
next	O
week	O
,	O
and	O
thereon	O
also	O
for	O
a	O
three-week	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
17	O
July	O
2016	O
showed	O
desktop	B-Device
at	O
44.67	O
%	O
,	O
"	O
mobile	O
"	O
at	O
49.5	O
%	O
plus	O
tablets	B-Device
at	O
5.7	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
down	O
to	O
51.46	O
%	O
on	O
15	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
loss	O
in	O
(	O
relative	O
)	O
web	O
use	O
going	O
to	O
mobile	O
(	O
and	O
also	O
a	O
minuscule	O
increase	O
for	O
tablets	B-Device
)	O
,	O
mostly	O
because	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
ranked	O
1st	O
on	O
workdays	O
,	O
declines	O
in	O
web	O
use	O
,	O
with	O
it	O
shifting	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
lesser	O
degree	O
to	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
continents	O
have	O
already	O
crossed	O
over	O
to	O
mobile-majority	O
(	O
because	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
)	O
,	O
based	B-Application
on	I-Application
StatCounters	O
web	O
use	O
statistics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2015	O
,	O
Asia	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
continent	O
where	O
mobile	O
overtook	O
desktop	B-Device
(	O
followed	O
by	O
Africa	O
in	O
August	O
;	O
while	O
Nigeria	O
had	O
mobile	O
majority	O
in	O
October	O
2011	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
that	O
later	O
had	O
51%	O
share	O
,	O
then	O
Series	B-Operating_System
40	I-Operating_System
dominating	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
Android	B-Application
as	O
dominating	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
as	O
far	O
back	O
as	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
they	O
had	O
reported	O
this	O
trend	O
on	O
a	O
large	O
scale	O
in	O
a	O
press	O
release	O
:	O
"	O
Mobile	O
usage	O
has	O
already	O
overtaken	O
desktop	B-Device
in	O
several	O
countries	O
including	O
India	O
,	O
South	O
Africa	O
and	O
Saudi	O
Arabia	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
India	O
,	O
desktop	B-Device
went	O
from	O
majority	O
,	O
in	O
July	O
2012	O
,	O
down	O
to	O
32%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Bangladesh	O
desktop	B-Device
went	O
from	O
majority	O
,	O
in	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
down	O
to	O
17%	O
,	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
alone	O
now	O
accounting	O
for	O
majority	O
web	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
a	O
few	O
African	O
countries	O
were	O
still	O
desktop-majority	O
and	O
many	O
have	O
a	O
large	O
mobile	O
majority	O
including	O
Ethiopia	O
and	O
Kenya	O
,	O
where	O
mobile	O
usage	O
is	O
over	O
72%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popularity	O
of	O
mobile	O
use	O
worldwide	O
has	O
been	O
driven	O
by	O
the	O
huge	O
popularity	O
increase	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
Asian	O
countries	O
,	O
where	O
Android	B-Application
is	O
the	O
highest	O
ranked	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
statistically	O
in	O
virtually	O
every	O
south-east	O
Asian	O
country	O
,	O
while	O
it	O
also	O
ranks	O
most	O
popular	O
in	O
almost	O
every	O
African	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Poland	O
has	O
been	O
desktop-minority	O
since	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
being	O
vastly	O
more	O
popular	O
there	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
European	O
countries	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Albania	O
(	O
and	O
Turkey	O
)	O
,	O
have	O
also	O
crossed	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
South	O
America	O
continent	O
is	O
somewhat	O
far	O
from	O
losing	O
desktop-majority	O
,	O
but	O
Paraguay	O
had	O
lost	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
and	O
mobile	O
browsing	O
in	O
general	O
has	O
also	O
become	O
hugely	O
popular	O
in	O
all	O
other	O
continents	O
where	O
desktop	B-Device
has	O
a	O
large	O
desktop	B-Device
base	O
and	O
the	O
trend	O
to	O
mobile	O
is	O
not	O
as	O
clear	O
as	O
a	O
fraction	O
of	O
the	O
total	O
web	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
some	O
analysts	O
count	O
tablets	B-Device
with	O
desktops	O
(	O
as	O
some	O
of	O
them	O
run	O
Windows	B-Application
)	O
,	O
others	O
count	O
them	O
with	O
mobile	O
phones	O
(	O
as	O
the	O
vast	O
majority	O
of	O
tablets	B-Device
run	O
so-called	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
such	O
as	O
Android	B-Application
or	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPad	B-Device
has	O
a	O
clear	O
lead	O
globally	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
clearly	O
lost	O
the	O
majority	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
South	O
America	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Eastern	O
European	O
countries	O
such	O
as	O
Poland	O
;	O
lost	O
virtually	O
all	O
African	O
countries	O
and	O
has	O
lost	O
the	O
majority	O
twice	O
in	O
Asia	O
,	O
but	O
gained	O
the	O
majority	O
back	O
(	O
while	O
many	O
individual	O
countries	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
India	O
and	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
middle	O
East	O
have	O
clear	O
Android	B-Application
majority	O
on	O
tablets	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
on	O
tablets	B-Device
is	O
thus	O
second	O
most	O
popular	O
after	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
mobile-only	O
adult	O
internet	O
users	O
exceeded	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
desktop-only	O
internet	O
users	O
with	O
11.6	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
digital	O
population	O
only	O
using	O
mobile	O
compared	O
to	O
10.6	O
%	O
only	O
using	O
desktop	B-Device
;	O
this	O
also	O
means	O
the	O
majority	O
,	O
78%	O
,	O
use	O
both	O
desktop	B-Device
and	O
mobile	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
smaller	O
countries	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Haiti	O
(	O
because	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
)	O
have	O
gone	O
mobile	O
majority	O
(	O
mobile	O
went	O
to	O
up	O
to	O
72.35	O
%	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
at	O
64.43	O
%	O
in	O
February	O
2016	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
region	O
with	O
the	O
largest	O
Android	B-Application
usage	O
also	O
has	O
the	O
largest	O
mobile	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
based	I-Application
servers	I-Application
 '	O
market	O
share	O
can	O
be	O
measured	O
with	O
statistical	O
surveys	O
of	O
publicly	O
accessible	O
servers	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
web	B-Application
servers	I-Application
,	O
mail	B-Protocol
servers	I-Protocol
or	O
DNS	B-Protocol
servers	I-Protocol
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
:	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
powering	O
such	O
servers	B-Application
are	O
found	O
by	O
inspecting	O
raw	O
response	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
method	O
gives	O
insight	O
only	O
into	O
market	B-Operating_System
share	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
that	O
are	O
publicly	O
accessible	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Usually	O
the	O
surveys	O
are	O
not	O
based	B-Application
on	I-Application
a	O
random	O
sample	O
of	O
all	O
IP	O
addresses	O
,	O
domain	O
names	O
,	O
hosts	O
or	O
organisations	O
,	O
but	O
on	O
servers	B-Application
found	O
by	O
some	O
other	O
method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SourceDateUnix	O
,	O
Unix-likeMicrosoft	O
WindowsReferences	O
W3Techs	O
14	O
July	O
2022	O
80.1	O
%	O
20.1	O
%	O
Security	O
Space	O
Feb	O
2014	O
<	O
79.3	O
%	O
>20.7	O
%	O
Note	O
W3Techs	O
checked	O
the	O
top	O
ten	O
million	O
web	B-Application
servers	I-Application
daily	O
from	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
but	O
W3Techs	O
's	O
definition	O
of	O
"	O
website	O
"	O
differs	O
a	O
bit	O
from	O
Alexa	O
's	O
definition	O
;	O
the	O
"	O
top	O
10	B-Operating_System
million	O
"	O
websites	O
are	O
actually	O
fewer	O
than	O
10	B-Operating_System
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
Revenue	O
comparisons	O
often	O
include	O
"	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
software	O
,	O
other	O
bundled	O
software	O
"	O
and	O
are	O
not	O
appropriate	O
for	O
usage	O
comparison	O
as	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
costs	O
nothing	O
(	O
including	O
"	O
other	O
bundled	O
software	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
except	O
if	O
optionally	O
using	O
commercial	O
distributions	O
such	O
as	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
in	O
that	O
case	O
,	O
cost	O
of	O
software	O
for	O
all	O
software	O
bundled	O
with	O
hardware	O
has	O
to	O
be	O
known	O
for	O
all	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
involved	O
,	O
and	O
subtracted	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
cases	O
where	O
no-cost	O
Linux	B-Application
is	O
used	O
,	O
such	O
comparisons	O
underestimate	O
Linux	B-Application
server	O
popularity	O
and	O
overestimate	O
other	O
proprietary	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
such	O
as	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mainframes	B-Architecture
are	O
larger	O
and	O
more	O
powerful	O
than	O
servers	B-Application
,	O
but	O
not	O
supercomputers	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
process	O
large	O
sets	O
of	O
data	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
or	O
credit	B-General_Concept
card	I-General_Concept
transactions	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
common	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
for	O
mainframes	B-Architecture
is	O
IBM	O
's	O
z/OS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
for	O
IBM	B-Device
Z	I-Device
generation	O
hardware	O
include	O
IBM	O
's	O
proprietary	O
z/OS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
on	I-Application
IBM	I-Application
Z	I-Application
,	O
z/TPF	B-Operating_System
,	O
z/VSE	B-Application
and	O
z/VM	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gartner	O
reported	O
on	O
23	O
December	O
2008	O
,	O
that	O
Linux	B-Application
on	I-Application
System	I-Application
z	I-Application
was	O
used	O
on	O
approximately	O
28%	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
customer	O
z	O
base	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
expected	O
this	O
to	O
increase	O
to	O
over	O
50%	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
five	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
Linux	B-Application
on	I-Application
IBM	I-Application
Z	I-Application
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
and	O
Micro	O
Focus	O
compete	O
to	O
sell	O
RHEL	O
and	O
SLES	O
respectively	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
2006	O
,	O
Novell	O
claimed	O
a	O
market	O
share	O
of	O
85%	O
or	O
more	O
for	O
SUSE	O
Linux	B-Application
Enterprise	B-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gartner	O
reported	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2008	O
that	O
Novell	O
's	O
SUSE	O
Linux	B-Application
Enterprise	B-Application
Server	I-Application
had	O
an	O
80%	O
share	O
of	O
mainframe	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
today	O
's	O
trend	O
of	O
mobile	O
devices	O
from	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
in	O
1984	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
estimated	O
sales	O
of	O
desktop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
(	O
$11.6	O
billion	O
)	O
exceeded	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
(	O
$11.4	O
billion	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
received	O
the	O
vast	O
majority	O
of	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
1991	O
to	O
1996	O
,	O
AT&T	O
Corporation	O
briefly	O
owned	O
NCR	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
original	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
producers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
same	O
period	O
,	O
companies	O
found	O
that	O
servers	B-Application
based	B-Application
on	I-Application
microcomputer	O
designs	O
could	O
be	O
deployed	O
at	O
a	O
fraction	O
of	O
the	O
acquisition	O
price	O
and	O
offer	O
local	O
users	O
much	O
greater	O
control	O
over	O
their	O
own	O
systems	O
given	O
the	O
IT	O
policies	O
and	O
practices	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terminals	O
used	O
for	O
interacting	O
with	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
systems	O
were	O
gradually	O
replaced	O
by	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
,	O
demand	O
plummeted	O
and	O
new	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
installations	O
were	O
restricted	O
mainly	O
to	O
financial	O
services	O
and	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
rough	O
consensus	O
among	O
industry	O
analysts	O
that	O
the	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
was	O
a	O
dying	O
market	O
as	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
platforms	O
were	O
increasingly	O
replaced	O
by	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
NASA	O
powered	O
down	O
its	O
last	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
,	O
an	O
IBM	O
System	O
z9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
IBM	O
's	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
z9	O
,	O
the	O
z10	B-Device
,	O
led	O
a	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
reporter	O
to	O
state	O
four	O
years	O
earlier	O
that	O
"	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
technology	O
—	O
hardware	O
,	O
software	O
and	O
services	O
—	O
remains	O
a	O
large	O
and	O
lucrative	O
business	O
for	O
IBM	O
,	O
and	O
mainframes	B-Architecture
are	O
still	O
the	O
back-office	O
engines	O
behind	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
financial	O
markets	O
and	O
much	O
of	O
global	O
commerce	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
while	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
technology	O
represented	O
less	O
than	O
3%	O
of	O
IBM	O
's	O
revenues	O
,	O
it	O
"continue[d]	O
to	O
play	O
an	O
outsized	O
role	O
in	O
Big	O
Blue	O
's	O
results	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TOP500	B-Operating_System
project	O
lists	O
and	O
ranks	O
the	O
500	O
fastest	B-Operating_System
supercomputers	I-Operating_System
for	O
which	O
benchmark	O
results	O
are	O
submitted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
,	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
supercomputers	B-Architecture
has	O
been	O
dominated	O
by	O
Unix	B-Application
or	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
starting	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
every	O
top	B-Operating_System
500	I-Operating_System
fastest	B-Operating_System
supercomputer	I-Operating_System
uses	O
Linux	B-Application
as	O
its	O
supercomputer	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
to	O
rank	O
#1	O
while	O
using	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
other	O
than	O
Linux	B-Application
was	O
ASCI	B-Operating_System
White	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
ran	O
AIX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
in	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
two	O
AIX	B-Application
computers	O
held	O
rank	O
493	O
and	O
494	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
non-Linux	O
systems	O
before	O
they	O
dropped	O
off	O
the	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Historically	O
all	O
kinds	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
dominated	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
end	O
ultimately	O
Linux	B-Application
remains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Category	O
Source	O
Date	O
Linux	B-Application
UNIX	B-Application
and	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
(	O
not	O
incl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
)	O
Windows	B-Application
In‑house	O
Other	O
Desktop	B-Device
,	O
laptop	B-Device
Net	O
Applications	O
Apr	O
2020	O
2.87	O
%	O
(	O
excl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
)	O
plus	O
0.4	O
%	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
9.75	O
%	O
(	O
macOS	B-Application
)	O
86.92	O
%	O
(	O
all	O
versions	O
)	O
0.06	O
%	O
EmbeddedEE	O
Times	O
Mar	O
2019	O
38.42	O
%	O
(	O
embedded	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
other	O
)	O
2.82	O
%	O
(	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
,	O
LynxOS	B-Operating_System
)	O
10.73	O
%	O
(	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Embedded	I-Operating_System
Compact	I-Operating_System
)	O
10.73	O
%	O
37.30	O
%	O
MainframeGartner	O
Dec	O
2008	O
28%	O
(	O
SLES	O
,	O
RHEL	O
)	O
72%	O
(	O
z/OS	B-Application
)	O
Server	O
(	O
web	O
)	O
W3Techs	O
Sep	O
2021	O
Likely	O
77.4	O
%	O
(	O
39.8	O
%	O
confirmed	O
)	O
(	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
CentOS	O
,	O
Debian	O
,	O
Gentoo	B-Application
,	O
RHEL	O
,	O
...	O
)	O
Less	O
than	O
1%	O
is	O
confirmed	O
to	O
be	O
UNIX	B-Application
or	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
and	O
non-Linux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
top	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
in	O
order	O
are	O
:	O
0.3	O
%	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
(	O
97.8	O
%	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
<	O
0.1	O
%	O
Darwin	B-Operating_System
,	O
<	O
0.1	O
%	O
HP-UX	B-Application
,	O
<	O
0.1	O
%	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
and	O
<	O
0.1	O
%	O
Minix	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
22.7	O
%	O
(	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2019	I-Device
,	O
WS2016	B-Device
,	O
WS2012	B-Device
,	O
WS2008	B-Device
)	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
own	O
webserver	B-Application
runs	O
6.6	O
%	O
of	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
