Windows OS shows biggest decline in August as Mac OS, iOS, Android grow [infographic]

By on Aug 24, 2011 at 8:45 PM
Software August 24, 2011

New data shows that usage of Microsoft’s Windows operating system declined so far in August while Apple’s OS X and iOS usage increased, as did usage of Google’s Android OS. Chitika Insights, the research arm of ad network Chitika, published an infographic on Tuesday showing that Windows’ usage share dropped to 78.282% so far in August from 79.049% in July. Mac OS grew from 8.895% in July to 9.551% in August, iOS grew marginally from 5.278% to 5.491% and Android grew from 3.135% to 3.245% in August. During the month in which Linux celebrated its 20th anniversary, usage dropped from 2.365% to 2.191%. Of note, Net Applications showed significantly different OS market share data in July compared to Chitika, with Windows holding 87.6% of the market, Mac owning 5.61%, iOS owning 3% and Android claiming 0.81% of the global OS market. Chitika’s full infographic follows below.

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  • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

    Now that Steve Jobs is long gone DROID will remain number one on market share and will soon take over in revenue. DROID FTW!!!!

    • Anonymous

      Poor taste bro very poor taste. I am an Apple fanboy and don’t give to squirts about marketshare. Android is over saturated and designed to run on numerous devices therefore should have the most marketshare. I am sure Windows Phone 7 or RIM’s new OS will push iOS in third place in Marketshare eventually and I welcome it so haters can shut the hell up already and the flamewars can stop. The more choices of OS’s for consumers and the more competition the better. Go suck on your Droid. 

      • Anonymous

        Norm was being ironic.

      • Anonymous

        You mean moronic right?
        I tire of is trollish posts, ironic or not.

    • Anonymous

      The irony here is that Norm uses satire to pound Android while glorifying Apple. But the vast majority of people who prefer iOS are too utterly stupid to see it (i.e. cliqsquad).  

      In effect, these idiots negatively affect his intended goal.

      Classic.

      • Anonymous

        I got caught in it once because that is how Android fans actually speak. That’s what makes Norm and Colbert funny.

      • Anonymous

        I’m sure some do.

        Equally as funny is the fact that the people he sides with usually lambast him.

      • Anonymous

        In essence, there are idiots everywhere.

      • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

        I’m just the parody of the “in” thing to be. In the tech world to be considered legit you are supposed to like DROID OS right now. If WP7 was the nerds desire I would be a shill for them.

      • Anonymous

        What…what is this?! Needs more DROID!!!

  • Anonymous

    Chitika needs to hire an infographic designer. These charts look terribly “Office”. They even kept Calibri as the font.

  • Anonymous

    @Zach … you really need to stop reposting industry reports that serve only to promote their own paid reports. These reports are only statistical samples based on ad display impressions and have no relevance to real world demographics. In fact your own web logs are probably a better indicator than any of those irrelevant reports.

  • Anonymous

    Of all the great things Jobs has done, his most incredible feat will have been to destroy the Windows monopoly. They will be teaching about this in business school 25 years from now.

    • Shanghai Dan

      So, knocking Windows from ~80% of the marketshare to ~80% of the marketshare is breaking a monopoly?  Pass over some of what you’re smoking…

      • Anonymous

        I’m talking about the future, dullard. The iPad (and maybe other tablets) are what is going to destroy the Windows monopoly. What does it tell you when the two biggest PC companies have gotten out of the business within the past 7 years? 

      • http://twitter.com/5murfette Mr Smurf

        Hate to break that to you, but windows8 will run on tablets, even on your iCrapPad

      • Shanghai Dan

        You do realize the PC market is still growing, don’t you?  And that Microsoft’s upcoming OS will run on tablets as well, don’t you?  Or did you really believe that “post PC” garbage that Steve Jobs was trying to spread?

    • Anonymous

      quietstorms… did you know that… MicroSoft gave Apple $150million dollars in the mid-80s at a time when the justice department was investigating MS monopolistic practices? If not for that bail-out, Apple might not even exist.

  • Tim

    add up all the other OS’s, and Windows WINS!

  • Anonymous

    This article needs to be corrected. Windows usage did not decline. The percentage of devices with Windows installed may have declined, but that’s not at all the same thing.

    Also, this data is obviously incorrect because it shows iOS as having a greater market share than Android. It has been well-established by a variety of research firms that Android is installed on more devices.

    • Anonymous

      One part is incorrect. iOS has a larger market share, but android smartphones have been outselling the IPhone. iOS is on more devices and dwarfs Android.

      • Anonymous

        According to Nielsen, as of Q2 2011, Android has 39% market share on smartphones and iOS has 28%. I’m not sure how those numbers change if iPad is included, but it could go either way. I would be surprised if the quantity of iPads sold is equal to 11%+ of the total number of smartphones.

      • BobMalarky

        dont forget the apple tv. it runs ios too

      • Mantis Toboggan, M.D.

        Nobody seems to remember the iPod Touch.  There are a lot of iPod Touches out there.

  • http://twitter.com/BeanTNT Bean

    apples n oranges

  • J.Bin

    Why are Mac, Linux, and Microsoft even on the same chart as iOS & Android?

    • Anonymous

      amen

  • Terror Von Nukem

    Windows is DONE!!! MS dropped 3/4 of 1%!!! A whole 0.767%. Their reign is over! Apple is now killing them in market share!!! They have never in the history of MS dropped almost 3/4 of 1% in a month! OMG! WTF! BBQ!

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