Home » Business » Canalys: Chromebook market grew 122 percent in third quarter – Computer – News

Canalys: Chromebook market grew 122 percent in third quarter – Computer – News

In the third quarter of 2020, manufacturers shipped a total of 9.4 million Chromebooks, an increase of 122 percent compared to the same period last year, research company Canalys concluded.

Chromebooks were the product group with the fastest growth in popularity in the third quarter, with a growth rate of 122 percent. Chromebooks are followed by detachables, or tablets that can be converted into laptops with a keyboard part; its deliveries grew by 88 percent. The supply of thin laptops also increased, according to Canalys by 57 percent.

The research firm attributes the growth to the increase in working from home. However, consumers and business users seem reluctant to buy traditional towers and small desktop PCs. According to Canalys, their delivery fell by 33 percent and the supply of workstation PCs also fell, by 27 percent.

Product Growth
Chromebooks +122%
Detachables +88%
Ultraslim notebooks +57%
Convertibles +27%
Slates +21%
All-in-one-desktops +7%
Mobile workstations +3%
Clamshell notebooks +1%
Desktopworkstations -27%
Tower en small desktops -33%

Source: Canalys PC Analysis (sell-in shipments), November 2020

HP remains the most popular Chromebook manufacturer by the numbers. That company controls a third of the total Chromebook market. Lenovo is rapidly gaining popularity. While that company had a market share of 9.3 percent last year, that would have risen to 18.9 percent, with Lenovo successively overtaking Dell, Acer and Asus in the global Chromebook market. Canalys does not report the market share of Chromebooks in the total PC market, but Gartner spoke of a market share of 11 percent for the laptops with Chrome OS.

Global Chromebook Deliveries 2020

Manufacturer

Q3 2020
Deliveries

Q3 2020
Market share

Q3 2019
Deliveries

Q3 2019
Market share

Growth, year after year

HP

3,235

34.1%

1,491

35.0%

116.9%

Lenovo

1,793

18.9%

397

9.3%

351.2%

Dell

1,392

14.7%

958

22.5%

45.3%

Acer

1,345

14.2%

827

19.4%

62.6%

Asus

1,078

11.4%

490

11.5%

120.4%

Others

637

6.7%

100

2.4%

536.0%

Total

9,481

100.0%

4,264

100.0%

122.4%

Note: Deliveries in thousands. Percentages are rounded.
Bron: Canalys PC Analysis (sell-in shipments), November 2020

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.