Overview
- Statcounter’s January snapshot shows Windows 11 at 61.7% versus Windows 10 at 36.5%, an approximately 11-point gain since December.
- Satya Nadella reports Windows 11 usage up about 45% year over year and confirms the platform passed 1 billion users by late 2025.
- Official support for Windows 10 ended on October 14, 2025, with limited extended security updates available for some users into October 2026.
- In Germany, an Eset analysis estimates roughly 48% of private PCs—more than 20 million devices—still run Windows 10.
- Microsoft is reallocating developers from AI efforts to Windows 11 to focus on performance, stability and user experience after buggy updates, including a January patch that led to an uninstall advisory.