Last month, Statcounter reported a significant decrease in the market share of Windows 11, and the trend has continued into April 2024. After reaching the all-time high of 28.16% in February 2024, Windows 11 has fallen below the 26% mark. Interestingly, users are moving away from Windows 11 to Windows 10. But what are the reasons?

Escaping users from Windows 11 to Windows 10!

According to Statcounter, in April 2024, Windows 11 lost 0.97 points, falling from 26.68% to 25.65%. Apparently, all these users chose Windows 10, as the operating system, which will soon be nine years old, passed the 70% mark for the first time since September 2023, getting 0.96 points.

It is interesting to see Windows 11 lose a significant portion of users halfway through their journey. Even Windows 8 and 8.1, which were considered very good versions of Windows, only crashed after releasing their successors. It’s true that Statcounter isn’t 100% accurate in its estimates, but a decline of nearly 3 points for a product with over a billion devices is too big to ignore.

The reason may be few benefits

Some argue that Windows 11 still offers few upgrade benefits, especially since Microsoft has eliminated some of the system’s unique features, such as the Windows Subsystem for Android. If we add to this the increasing number of advertisements we get an operating system that has a problem with winning and keeping the hearts and minds of its customers.

Later this month, Microsoft will introduce new AI features for Windows 11, which could be the first strong reason to leave Windows 10 behind. However, rumors indicate that some of the most interesting components will not be available on existing hardware. Therefore, customers who do not plan to upgrade their PCs to Windows 11 have no reason.

As for Windows 7, despite its unsupported status and how programmers are getting out of support, it’s still alive and well. A Accounts Payable says that about 3% (-0.04 points) of all Windows PCs are still equipped with Windows 7, which is completely discontinued in January 2023. Some programmers still release updates for Windows 7, but most of the applications abandoned the old operating system several months ago.

• Windows 10: 70.03% (+0.96 points)
• Windows 11: 25.65% (-0.97 points)
• Windows 7: 3% (-0.04 points)
• Windows 8.1: 0.53% (+0.09 points)
• Windows 8: 0.36% (+0.08 points)