

Windows 11's usage share is gaining rapidly with gamers, at least when compared to the overall performance of the operating system. While computer users may purchase devices with Windows 10, manufacturers start favoring Windows 11 for a number of reasons, including that support is guaranteed for longer by Microsoft than October 2025, the end of support month for Windows 10. Other manufacturers continue to sell Windows 10 devices and this is not going to stop anytime soon, though. There is no option anymore on the Microsoft website to purchase a Windows 10 license or a device with Windows 10. Microsoft, for one, ended sales of Windows 10 on its website.

Windows 11, being the newer operating systems of the two, benefits from a few effects that more or less guarantee that its share continues to grow. Windows 10 usage dropped by 1.91% in the month of January overall, while Windows 11 usage gained the exact amount. Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system runs on 30.33% of all devices the operating system broke the 30% mark for the first time after its launch in October 2021.
