Neowin News Feed for: Statistics

Microsoft: No, we haven't lost 400 million Windows customers

Usama Jawad — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:54:01 +0000

Microsoft has published an update to its blog post, which previously implied that Windows has over a billion monthly active users, down from 1.4 billion in 2022. Read more...

Microsoft Edge gained less than 2% market share in 2022

Taras Buria — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 17:10:01 +0000

Statcounter's monthly report is out, bringing new data about desktop browsers and operating systems. According to the latest findings, Edge did not gain much audience in December 2022. Read more...

Windows 11 now has 21% market share on Steam

Taras Buria — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 12:38:01 +0000

Valve has released the latest data about software and hardware configurations Steam customers use to access its platform. According to the June 2022 report, Windows 11 has reached a 21.23% share. Read more...

Windows 11 crosses 23% share mark, almost becoming second most popular version

Taras Buria — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:54:01 +0000

The latest report from AdDuplex shows Windows 11's slow climb through May and June 2022. Eight months since the initial launch, about 23% of modern Windows computers have upgraded to Windows 11. Read more...

Here are some interesting stats about the usage of Microsoft products and services

Usama Jawad — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 05:20:01 +0000

Do you know that Microsoft Start has 500 million monthly active users or that Power BI has over 200,000 customers? If not, check out our list of some interesting usage stats about Microsoft products. Read more...

Microsoft shares stats about its security business

Usama Jawad — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 07:26:01 +0000

Microsoft reported $10 billion in revenue in the 2020 calendar year for its security business. The company highlighted that its solutions are used by over 400,000 customers in 120 countries. Read more...

Facebook shares stats regarding user engagement in the U.S. prior to elections

Usama Jawad — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 09:40:01 +0000

Facebook has shared some stats regarding user engagement in the U.S. prior to the elections. Following the race being called, heart reacts increased while angry reacts remained at usual levels. Read more...

Microsoft News now has 550 million monthly readers

Usama Jawad — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 05:40:01 +0000

The Redmond tech giant has revealed some interesting statistics for its Microsoft News service, including the fact that it now has over 500 million monthly readers spread across 180 countries. Read more...

Microsoft finally updates its 'By the Numbers' website, offering insights about the company

Usama Jawad — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 06:22:01 +0000

Microsoft has updated its "By the Numbers" website, providing interesting tidbits of information about the company and its products, such as Cortana being asked 18 billion questions since its launch. Read more...

Windows 10 continues dominance on Steam with 57.28% userbase

Boyd Chan — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 09:28:01 +0000

The latest monthly report from Steam shows Windows 10 continuing its march towards 60% of the userbase, while Windows Mixed Reality continues to gradually chip away in the VR headset space. Read more...

Windows 10 user base on Steam stagnates as Windows 7 rises

Usama Jawad — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 15:28:01 +0000

Steam's latest monthly report indicates that the Windows 10 user base on the gaming platform is stagnating while Microsoft's relatively older OS, Windows 7, is continuing to climb upwards. Read more...

Windows 10 faces slight decline in Steam user base as Windows 7 rises

Usama Jawad — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:54:01 +0000

Valve's monthly hardware report regarding the Steam user base for July 2017 is now live. It shows a slight decline in the usage of the 64-bit version of Windows 10, and growth for Windows 7. Read more...

Windows 10 user base on Steam climbs to all-time high of 51.23%

Usama Jawad — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 10:16:01 +0000

It appears that Windows 10 user base on Steam is on the rise again, with the operating system registering an all-time high of 51.23%. Windows 7 faced a decline while Windows grew in user base overall. Read more...

Browser market share reports emphasize that Microsoft Edge just isn't good enough for users

Usama Jawad — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 15:12:01 +0000

The latest reports for the market share of browsers are in, and they indicate that Google Chrome is continuing its dominance while Microsoft Edge just isn't good enough for Windows 10 users. Read more...

Windows 7 user base on Steam continues to rise as Windows 10 falls to 50.01%

Usama Jawad — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 06:26:01 +0000

The latest Steam hardware reports indicate that Windows 10 has lost some user base and has fallen to 50.01%. On the other hand, Windows 7 has continued its uphill climb as a close second. Read more...

Windows 10 market share continues to increase as XP falls below 7% for the first time

Usama Jawad — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 13:16:01 +0000

Latest reports indicate that Windows 10 and Windows 7 have grown in market share, whereas Windows XP has faced a considerable decline, and fallen below 7% for the first time, according to one firm. Read more...

Browser market share remains almost unchanged as Chrome continues to dominate

Usama Jawad — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 11:52:01 +0000

The latest report for browser market share has remained more or less unchanged compared with last month. Chrome remains the unchallenged leader in the web browser space, and IE continues to plummet. Read more...

Leaked internal documents highlight interesting facts about Xbox One owners in the US

Usama Jawad — Sun, 14 May 2017 14:42:01 +0000

Some leaked internal Microsoft documents have revealed some rather interesting details about Xbox One owners in the US, such as the fact that 58% gamers are male, whereas 42% are female. Read more...

Google Chrome continues to rise in market share while Edge remains as slow as ever

Usama Jawad — Tue, 02 May 2017 14:40:01 +0000

The latest browser market share reports by various firms once again paints a miserable picture for Microsoft, as the company's Edge browser fails to gain traction among Windows 10 users. Read more...

The Galaxy S8 is expensive both to manufacture and to buy, even compared to the iPhone 7

Florin Bodnarescu — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 19:26:01 +0000

Some saw Samsung's Galaxy S8 as a rather pricey handset. That said, it looks like the asking price wasn't unjustified, since it's the most expensive phone on the market to manufacture as well. Read more...

AdDuplex: Pro 4 still the most popular Surface, HP is top Windows 10 PC maker worldwide

Justin Luna — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:38:01 +0000

The Anniversary Update is the most popular version of Windows 10 worldwide, with a large portion using HP computers. Check out more insights on Windows device usage in the latest data from AdDuplex. Read more...

comScore publishes US smartphone market share statistics for January 2017

Daniel Hull — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 18:54:01 +0000

The battle between Apple and Android continues as comScore reveals the most popular smartphone manufacturers in the US, and statistics on the most popular smartphone platforms, for early 2017. Read more...

Windows 7 user base on Steam continues to increase, Windows 10 now down to 48.77%

Usama Jawad — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 05:24:01 +0000

According to Steam's report, Windows 7 regained some of its user base, while Windows 10 usage fell to 48.77%, a significant decline keeping in mind that it peaked at over 50% a couple of months ago. Read more...

People now watch 1 billion hours of YouTube videos every day

Justin Luna — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 07:40:01 +0000

According to a blog post by YouTube, users now spend 1 billion hours every day watching videos on the online video service. This is a 10-fold increase compared to 2012, recording 100 million views. Read more...

Android ransomware attacks have grown by 50% in just over a year

Justin Luna — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 13:20:01 +0000

In a recent report by ESET, it was found that Android ransomware attacks have grown significantly in just a year. 'Police' ransomware has been found to be effective in scaring victims into paying up. Read more...

Windows 10 user base on Steam dips below 50% again

Usama Jawad — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:12:01 +0000

Latest data from Steam indicates that Windows 10 user base has dipped below 50% again. With growing usage of Windows 7 and XP, the report holds some concern for Microsoft. Read more...

Pornhub: Windows users biggest desktop visitors in 2016, while mobile traffic rose

Justin Luna — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 12:20:01 +0000

Pornhub has released its yearly report regarding usage statistics for the past year. Mobile streaming and interest in VR is rising, while Windows users continue to dominate desktop usage. Read more...

Steam userbase on Windows 10 shows a slight decline for the first time since launch

Usama Jawad — Sun, 02 Oct 2016 05:14:01 +0000

The latest Steam hardware and software statistics report indicates that Windows 10 has showed a slight decline for the first time since launch. It now accounts for 48.90% of the Steam userbase. Read more...

Almost 45% of all Steam gamers are now using Windows 10

Usama Jawad — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 11:20:01 +0000

The latest statistics release by Valve reveal that 95.50% of all Steam gamers are using Windows on their machines, and 44.96% of these users are utilizing the 64-bit version of Windows 10. Read more...

StatCounter: Firefox global desktop usage surpassed Internet Explorer's for the first time

Ian Ginos — Tue, 17 May 2016 23:00:01 +0000

Data acquired by StatCounter suggests that usage share for Firefox globally surpassed Internet Explorer for the first time. In spite of this feat, Google Chrome remains the dominant browser. Read more...

Windows 10 now the second most popular version ahead of Windows 8.1

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:48:01 +0000

Microsoft hit a massive milestone this month, their latest OS - Windows 10 - has stormed into second place, overtaking Windows 8.1. Now it has it's sight set on Windows 7. Read more...

Windows 7 and XP are the biggest losers with Windows 10's rapid growth - US Government

Paul Hill — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 02:50:01 +0000

New data from the US Government's Digital Analytics Program shows that Windows 10 is already used by more than 12% of the total Windows users visiting Government websites. Read more...

Check out Google's Super Bowl search trends

Jett Goldsmith — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 03:04:01 +0000

We know you had some big questions during the Super Bowl, about everything from Katy Perry's tropical halftime show to Tom Brady's perfect spiral - and Google helped answer them. Read more...

Microsoft to acquire Revolution Analytics

Usama Jawad — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:28:02 +0000

After acquiring Moodle and Equivio in the past couple of days, Microsoft has also announced its plans to acquire Revolution Analytics to help customers find big data value with statistical analysis. Read more...

Microsoft: Most Windows Phone apps are installed on low-memory devices

Justin Luna — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:32:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a new blog post showing new statistics for Windows Phone store downloads; it shows that low-memory devices top the devices list in app downloads, with a whopping 71%. Read more...

Windows Phone 8.1 now on almost 25% of devices, Microsoft owns 95% of the hardware

Brad Sams — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:38:39 +0000

Thanks to the latests statistics from AdDuplex, Windows Phone 8.1 is now on roughly 25% of Windows Phones based on sampling data collected from over 400 Windows Phone apps. Read more...

HP Discover: Startling security statistics

Christopher White — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:56:09 +0000

We learned some interesting, albeit startling, security facts at HP Discover today, including the fact that most security breaches go undetected for nearly a year. What other tidbits did we learn? Read more...

Microsoft launches ‘By The Numbers' stats site, Start screen-style

Andy Weir — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:53:43 +0000

Microsoft's new 'By The Numbers' site shares a range of stats about the company's products and achievements, featuring Live Tiles and a design inspired by the Windows 8 Start screen. Read more...

Two thirds of Windows Store apps made by 12% of developers

Andrew Stevenson — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:09:04 +0000

With Windows 8 hitting 20,000 apps in the Windows Store, a statistic has come to light that only 12% of developers are actively producing and supporting apps for the new OS. Read more...

Apple is good about slanting facts when the truth hurts

Brad Sams — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:35:52 +0000

Apple has been known to curve statics in its favor, this is nothing new. In this edition of providing the truth that sees through the Apple bubble, we take a look at what the numbers really show. Read more...