Web Statistics and Trends

Statistics are important information. From the statistics below, collected from W3Schools' log-files over a period of five years, you can extract the long and medium-term trends of operating system usage.

OS Platform Statistics

Windows XP is the most popular operating system. The Windows family counts for about 90%:

2009	WinXP	W2000	Win7	Vista	W2003	Linux	Mac
April	68.0%	1.2%	0.7%	17.9%	1.7%	4.0%	6.1%
March	68.9%	1.3%	0.5%	17.3%	1.7%	4.0%	5.9%
February	69.0%	1.4%	0.4%	17.2%	1.6%	4.0%	6.0%
January	69.8%	1.6%	0.2%	16.5%	1.6%	3.9%	5.8%

2008	WinXP	W2000	Win98	Vista	W2003	Linux	Mac
December	71.4%	1.7%	0.1%	15.6%	1.7%	3.8%	5.3%
November	72.0%	1.8%	0.1%	15.1%	1.6%	3.8%	5.3%
October	72.2%	1.9%	0.2%	14.4%	1.7%	3.8%	5.5%
September	73.3%	2.2%	0.2%	13.2%	1.8%	3.8%	5.2%
August	73.9%	2.4%	0.2%	12.5%	1.9%	3.9%	4.9%
July	74.7%	2.6%	0.2%	11.5%	2.0%	3.9%	4.8%
June	74.6%	2.6%	0.2%	10.0%	1.9%	3.7%	4.8%
May	74.0%	2.9%	0.3%	9.3%	1.8%	3.6%	4.7%
April	73.3%	3.3%	0.5%	8.8%	1.9%	3.7%	4.6%
March	72.7%	3.7%	0.6%	8.5%	1.9%	3.9%	4.4%
February	72.4%	4.0%	0.8%	7.8%	1.8%	3.8%	4.3%
January	73.6%	4.0%	0.8%	7.3%	1.9%	3.6%	4.4%

2007	WinXP	W2000	Win98	Vista	W2003	Linux	Mac
November	73.8%	5.1%	1.0%	6.3%	2.0%	3.3%	3.9%
September	74.3%	5.4%	0.9%	4.5%	2.0%	3.4%	3.9%
July	74.6%	6.0%	0.9%	3.6%	2.0%	3.4%	4.0%
May	75.0%	6.5%	0.9%	2.8%	1.9%	3.4%	3.9%
March	76.0%	7.2%	0.9%	1.9%	1.9%	3.4%	3.8%
January	76.1%	7.7%	1.0%	0.6%	1.9%	3.6%	3.8%

2006	WinXP	W2000	Win98	WinNT	W2003	Linux	Mac
November	74.9%	8.0%	1.0%	0.3%	1.9%	3.5%	3.6%
September	74.6%	9.2%	1.4%	0.3%	2.0%	3.5%	3.6%
July	74.3%	10.1%	1.5%	0.3%	2.0%	3.4%	3.6%
May	74.2%	10.7%	1.6%	0.2%	2.0%	3.4%	3.6%
March	72.9%	11.9%	2.0%	0.3%	1.8%	3.4%	3.5%
January	72.3%	13.1%	2.4%	0.3%	1.7%	3.3%	3.5%

2005	WinXP	W2000	Win98	WinNT	W2003	Linux	Mac
November	71.0%	14.6%	2.7%	0.4%	1.7%	3.3%	3.3%
September	69.2%	15.8%	3.2%	0.5%	1.7%	3.3%	3.1%
July	65.3%	17.7%	3.9%	0.6%	1.6%	3.5%	3.0%
May	64.5%	19.4%	3.9%	0.8%	1.4%	3.3%	2.9%
March	63.1%	20.2%	4.7%	0.9%	1.4%	3.2%	3.0%
January	61.3%	21.6%	5.3%	1.0%	1.2%	3.2%	2.8%

2004	WinXP	W2000	Win98	WinNT	Win95	Linux	Mac
November	59.1%	23.7%	5.6%	1.2%	0.1%	3.1%	2.7%
September	55.9%	26.2%	6.4%	1.5%	0.2%	3.1%	2.6%
July	52.5%	28.4%	7.5%	1.9%	0.2%	3.1%	2.4%
May	51.0%	29.6%	8.2%	2.0%	0.3%	2.9%	2.5%
March	48.0%	31.1%	9.4%	2.4%	0.4%	2.6%	2.4%
January	44.1%	33.6%	10.4%	3.0%	0.4%	2.7%	2.4%

2003	WinXP	W2000	Win98	WinNT	Win95	Linux	Mac
November	42.6%	36.3%	10.9%	3.5%	0.4%	2.6%	2.2%
September	38.0%	37.9%	12.1%	4.1%	0.5%	2.4%	2.0%
July	33.9%	40.6%	12.6%	5.3%	0.6%	2.3%	1.9%
May	31.4%	41.0%	13.9%	5.8%	0.7%	2.2%	1.8%
March	29.1%	41.9%	14.8%	6.6%	0.8%	2.2%	1.8%