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sanitation@sanitation@lemmy.today

Linux didn't just eat 10% of Windows market share, AI bots are inflating the numbers

www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/03/linux-didnt-just-eat-10-of-windows-market-share-ai-bots-are-inflating-the-numbers/

Windows LatestLinux didn't just eat 10% of Windows market share, AI bots are inflating the numbersNo, Linux desktop market share has not crossed 10% in North America, and Windows is not suddenly losing millions of users. 2026 is not the year of Linux, for those who care. If anything, it’s the year the internet died, because the entire spike appears to be driven by AI bots. Almost every month, we […]

JensSpahnpasta@JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org

Replying to @⁨sanitation@lemmy.today⁩

The numbers kind of add up:

Statcounter gives you 10%
Cloudflare gives you 5.7% “Likely human” and 8.9% total
Steam Hardware Survey shows 4% Linux

So even if it is not 10%, it looks like a solid 5% might be possible.

⁨Aug⁩ ⁨4⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨17:15⁩en