Wikimedia data: iOS 26 adoption was ~50% in January, below iOS 18's 72% in 2025, as Apple slows auto-updates; Statcounter had 15% after missing Safari changes
Wikimedia data puts iOS 26 adoption at ~50% in January vs. iOS 18's 72% in 2025 as Apple slows auto-updates; Statcounter showed 15% after missing Safari changes
Microsoft ends support for Windows 10, which runs on ~40% of Windows PCs, per Statcounter; users can enroll in its Extended Security Updates program for a year
it pushes up to 400 million functional PCs toward early obsolescence. We're calling on Microsoft to extend support [image] @sankew06 : remember, this was Microsoft's goal with Windows 10 in 2015 A uni...
StatCounter: Linux hit 4.03% desktop OS market share in February 2024, after taking 30 years to hit 3% in June 2023, as distros adopt more user-friendly designs
According to StatCounter's data, by the end of February 2024, Linux has achieved a 4.03% desktop market share.
StatCounter: Bing ended 2023 with 3.4% global search market share, up less than 1 percentage point after ChatGPT; Google had 91.6%, Yandex 1.6%, and Yahoo 1.1%
- Search engine has steadily increased usage but remains tiny — Google meanwhile is racing to add its own AI enhancements
Google plans to stop supporting Chrome for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 in February 2023; StatCounter says Windows 7 was on 10.63% of Windows PCs in September 2022
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Hackers breach StatCounter, injecting its analytics script with malicious code that currently targets users of crypto exchange Gate.io to hijack BTC withdrawals
StatCounter is still compromised but Gate.io has removed the script form its site. — Hackers have breached StatCounter …
StatCounter data shows Windows 10 has overtaken Windows 7 in usage share for the first time with 42.8% vs. 41.7%, around 30 months after Windows 10's launch
...at least not according to Netmarketshare
Statcounter report: Android now accounts for a larger share of internet usage than Windows for the first time
Mobile is today as important, if not more important, than desktops when it comes to the internet and apps. A clear reminder of that comes with news of a report claiming …