{"id":120774,"date":"2017-09-20T16:01:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T14:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=120774"},"modified":"2017-09-20T16:02:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T14:02:30","slug":"the-most-popular-operating-systems-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/120774-the-most-popular-operating-systems-in-the-world","title":{"rendered":"The most popular operating systems in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest figures from\u00a0NetMarketShare<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0show that Windows 7 is still the most popular desktop operating system globally.<\/p>\n

The August 2017 statistics also reveal that iOS and Android 6.0 remain the most widely-used mobile operating systems, although an increasing number of devices are moving to Android 7.0.<\/p>\n

Mobile OS numbers show that Android has a strong lead over iOS overall, with Windows Phone coming in third \u2013 sporting a total mobile market share of 0.81%.<\/p>\n

NetMarketShare does not provide iOS version information, but figures from Apple\u2019s Developer website show that 89% of iOS users were on iOS 10 and 9% were on iOS 9 as of 6 September.<\/p>\n

The most popular operating systems on desktop and mobile platforms for August 2017 are detailed below.<\/p>\n

Desktop Operating Systems<\/h3>\n

\"Windows<\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Desktop OS Share<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Windows 7<\/td>\n48.43%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows 10<\/td>\n27.99%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows XP<\/td>\n6.07%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows 8.1<\/td>\n6.07%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mac OS X 10.12<\/td>\n3.59%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linux<\/td>\n3.37%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows 8<\/td>\n1.35%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mac OS X 10.11<\/td>\n1.09%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mac OS X 10.10<\/td>\n0.72%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows Vista<\/td>\n0.46%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Mobile Operating Systems<\/h3>\n

\"Android<\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mobile OS Share \u2013 Total<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Android<\/td>\n64.76%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iOS<\/td>\n32.93%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows Phone<\/td>\n0.81%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Symbian<\/td>\n0.64%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Java ME<\/td>\n0.59%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mobile OS Share \u2013 Version<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
iPhone<\/td>\n23.88%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Android 6.0<\/td>\n22.19%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Android 5.1<\/td>\n11.59%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Android 7.0<\/td>\n10.50%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iPad<\/td>\n9.00%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Android 4.4<\/td>\n8.60%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Android 5.0<\/td>\n4.33%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Android<\/td>\n1.98%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Android 4.2<\/td>\n1.66%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Android 7.1<\/td>\n1.33%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Android 4.1<\/td>\n0.99%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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