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StatCounter’s June 2026 report shows Linux at one of its strongest recent positions, while Windows falls to 56.55%.

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[-] Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 93 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Idk why everyone is always looking at statcounter. I still feel like Cloudflare probably has better data.

Desktop OS usage graph from Cloudflare Radar. Last data point: Windows 74%, MacOS 20%, Linux 5.2%

[-] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 hours ago

Whats up with android and iOS? They are counted, since they have their own colors, but shouldnt they be quite visible? I have a hard time believing there is more linux/macOS than android/iOS out there

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 10 hours ago

Device type of Desktop answers that I think...

[-] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 hours ago

Whoopsiedoodles, my bad

[-] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 1 day ago

Yep, seems about right.

The only thing this does not count are the offline devices. But in todays day and age, how many don't connect to the internet in some way or form?

Offline devices would be either air gapped old windows or stability Linux, probably Debian.

[-] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 day ago

It feels like macOS is somehow over represented there. Specially for a global statistic. In many countries macs are completely residual, where I live I almost know more people using linux than mac.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

These are http requests, so it could be inflated from the larger proportion of software engineers using macOS, who also make significantly more requests than average, including in their usage of ai...

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 1 day ago

Anecdotally, I'm seeing a lot of bot traffic masquerading with a macOS user agent

[-] Archer@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Makes sense, no commercial site wants to block rich people

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

MacOS at 20% globally does seem to be extremely high. I would have expected something like 15 at most.

[-] dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 7 points 1 day ago

Maybe countries where macs are more popular throw it off. But I'd be surprised if even the US was over 20% for Mac (but not iOS).

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 0 points 1 day ago

This graph is like trumps approval rating

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