Statcounter data shows Windows 10 regaining share as Windows 11 slips
New Statcounter data suggests Windows 11 has lost momentum after taking the top spot last year. Windows 10 is moving up again, at least in the last two months of tracked desktop usage.
Statcounter’s worldwide desktop Windows version chart shows the change month to month:
- October 2025: Windows 11 at 55.18% , Windows 10 at 41.71%
- November 2025: Windows 11 at 53.7% , Windows 10 at 42.7%
- December 2025: Windows 11 at about 50.7% , Windows 10 at about 44.6%
Windows 7 also ticked up in the same period, to roughly 3.9% in December. Statcounter does not explain why these shifts happen, and the data is not an official Microsoft report.
Source: StatCounter
Meanwhile, Microsoft is pushing more AI to Windows 11 and broken patches
The timing lines up with a rough start to 2026 for Windows 11 updates. Microsoft issued multiple out-of-band fixes after January Patch Tuesday (it’s when Microsoft releases monthly patches) problems, including shutdown failures and cloud app breakage for some users. Surely, recent reports describing Microsoft providing BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI didn’t help either.
Worth adding that Windows 10 is technically out of support after October 14, 2025, unless a PC is covered through Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates program, which keeps eligible systems patched. Even with that deadline passed, the market share numbers suggest many users are still staying put.
Source: StatCounter
