- Windows 11 Share falls again according to Statcounter, while Windows 7 Skyrockets
- Windows 10 also falls as the support limit is coming, but not as much as expected
- The sudden increase of September 10x of Windows 7 came mainly from Asia
In news, I am quite sure that no one saw coming, Windows 7 is returning, at least in terms of market share.
The latest Statcounter figures claim that the operating system that many thought was dead (Microsoft stopped supporting it in early 2020), suddenly it has found a new life opportunity as Windows 10 approaches its support court and Windows 11 continues to slide.
Yes, once again they were bad news for the current Microsoft operating system. His participation fell for the second time in September 2025, representing 48.94% of the use of desktop compared to 49.08% in August and accommodates its maximum of July 53.51%, a percentage drop of 4.57 in just two months.
It’s me, Windows 7, I’m back!
As expected, the use of Windows 10 was also reduced, falling from 45.53% in August to 40.5% in September.
Taking into account that Windows 10 only has two more weeks of Microsoft support, it is clear that people do not rush to get away from the well -established platform.
But the biggest surprise in September was Windows 7, once it almost left the Statcounter lists, it jumped from 0.88% in July to 3.35% in August before flying to 9.61% in September.
That is an increase of 6.26 percentage points in a month, equal to a jump of 186.9% compared to its August action.
The numbers show that the Asian markets promoted most of that increase, and market share there went from 2.32% in July to 5.64% in August, then fired 18.67% in September. Germany also saw a surprising increase, from 2.08% in August to 3.92% in September.
The sudden return of Windows 7 is extremely strange given his age and lack of support. A possible explanation is that users in regions with less access to the newest hardware are opting for older systems, or companies adhere to the software they know instead of hurrying to updates.
The imminent end of Windows 10 can also be encouraging some to sit down.
The increase could also be driven by cryptographic activity on obsolete PCs, and from botnets that exploit the lack of Windows 7 security updates. It will be interesting to see what the October figures reveal.
For Windows 11, the image looks very far from Rosy. After an explosion of growth in July when it increased by 5.53 percentage points to 53.51%, its market share has fallen less than half.
He ought This month arises, when Windows 10 finally appears, but how much remains to be seen.
