Windows 10 usage in the first month exceeds that of Windows 7 and Windows 8 in the same time period according to market research company StatCounter. The researchers also measured usage of the new default browser on Windows 10, the Edge browser. Those numbers will likely disappoint Microsoft.
Analysis of StatCounter found that Edge usage on Windows 10 peaked at 20.1% on 30th July, the day after the global launch, but fell back to 14.1% on the 31st August.
Usage of Microsoft's other browser, Internet Explorer was relatively stable in August while Chrome gained some users. Worldwide usage of Windows 10 in its first calendar month (August) was 4.9% compared to 1% for Windows 8 and 4.1% for Windows 7 after their first complete month. This could be explained by the fact that Windows 10 is free and that Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 receive notifications on in their system tray offering them the free upgrade.
Worldwide Windows 7 still holds 48.1% of worldwide internet usage share. (39.7% in US and 34.5% in UK).
