The adoption rate of Windows 10 is coming to a halt, according to numbers reported by market analysis company Netmarketshare. While Microsoft's marketing department uses every opportunity to boast about the number of devices running Windows 10, the worldwide market share of Windows PC has dropped from 23% to 22.5%.
Also competing market analysis company StatCounter reports a decrease in Windows 10 market share. Instead of a drop of 0.5% they report a decrease of 0.1% with a total market share of Windows 10 PCs of 24.4%.
While the drop in market share of Windows 10 is very small and the market analysts depend on other data than Microsoft, the numbers are striking. In the first year Windows 10 grew incredibly fast, likely because it was a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users. Now, after the free upgrade is no longer available, the growth of Microsoft's latest operating system has come to a halt.
Whether the numbers are worrisome for Microsoft is unclear, many companies still have to switch to Windows 10 which increase the market share considerably again.
Not only Windows 10's market share is a negative for Microsoft, also the popularity of its Edge browser is an issue for the company. Recently we reported that both Internet Explorer and Edge are losing users.
