Windows 10 close to becoming more popular than Windows 7

The latest operating system marketshare statistics reveal that later this year, Windows 10 is likely going to overtake Windows 7 and become world's most widely used operating system. Based on the NetMarketShare stats, Windows 10 increased its marketshare from 35.71 percent to 36.58 percent in July 2018. Windows 7 on the other hand dropped 0.51 percent to 41.23 percent.

Based on the current momentum, BetaNews predicts Windows 10 will overtake Windows 7 by November.

In July, Windows 10 went from 35.71 percent to 36.58 percent, an increase of 0.87 percentage points. That’s down from the 0.97 percentage points it grew in June, but shows that the OS is still packing on share at a steady rate.

In July Windows 7 lost 0.51 percentage points and now sits on 41.23 percent, just 4.65 percentage points ahead of the newer OS.

If things continue like this, there’s every chance that Windows 10 will overtake Windows 7 by November.

In case you're wondering how things are going with Windows XP: it still has 4.07 percent marketshare.