"Windows 11 has not significantly widened its market share lead over Windows 10, despite support for many versions of the latter ending almost two months ago. According to Statcounter, as of November 2025, Windows 11 accounted for 53.7 percent of the Windows desktop market, while Windows 10 stood at 42.7 percent. This represents a narrowing gap between the two, rather than the widening expected by Microsoft and the PC OEMs."
"The primary blocker is slow change management processes. These can be slow due to bad planning, lack of resources, difficulty in execution (in highly distributed organizations) etc. The ESU are used to be secure while those change management processes take place, but organizations will have to pay to get those ESU making it more expensive for unprepared or inefficient organizations."
"The picture presented by Statcounter was "genuine, but complex." "When consumers purchase a new Windows 11 PC, they frequently retain their old Windows 10 machine as a secondary device - repurposed for children's homework, as a kitchen PC, or for basic tasks. These machines continue generating web traffic and appearing in usage statistics even at lower intensity. This means the Windows 11 adoption curve represents net additions rather than pure replacements, tempering the rate of Wi"
Windows 11 held 53.7 percent of the Windows desktop market in November 2025 while Windows 10 remained at 42.7 percent, narrowing the gap. Statcounter's sample covers about 1.5 million websites and mixes consumer and business device traffic, which can affect apparent adoption. Many consumers keep older Windows 10 machines because devices cannot be upgraded, users avoid unnecessary changes, and EU consumers receive free Extended Security Updates. Businesses face slow change-management, planning and resource shortfalls, distributed execution challenges, and must pay for ESUs, which delays migrations and raises costs.
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