Unfortunately, it seems that Windows 11 adoption has been slowing in lieu of Windows 10 updates. That’s not always a bad thing and doesn’t necessarily mean Windows 11 is a failure, though.

Microsoft's latest OS claws back market share from Windows 10, but the finish line is a long way off Microsoft appears to be starting the year with a rebound in Windows 11 adoption as the latest ...

Windows 10 adoption reached 38% in one year. So far, Windows 11 installations have not been increasing at that pace; however, that is likely to change.

Microsoft Copilot reckons that it didn't have to be like this There has been a clear uptick in the adoption of Windows 11 as enterprises migrate PC fleets ahead of the end of support date for ...

Put simply, the adoption rate for that operating system was exceptionally slow. And as part of this report, ‘Gartner’ believes that Windows 11 might be set to share the same fate. – Why though?

Adoption for Windows 11, which Microsoft released in October 2021, reached an “overall usage” of 19.4% last month, an increase of more than 10% since the beginning of December 2021.

A significant uptick in the first few months of 2025 means that Windows 11 adoption now stands at 42.7% (as of March 2025), with Windows 10 installs dropping to 54.2% (via Statcounter) If recent ...

The survey indicated that Windows 10 takes up 71.9% of the market share, while Windows 11 staggered behind with a 22.95% stake. As you might be aware, Microsoft is set to cut support for Windows ...

Data on the adoption of Microsoft's newest OS shows uptake ranging from 1% to 9%. But most enterprises will likely wait until at least 2023 before broadly rolling out Windows 11.

Even more telling is in the period from November 2021 to January 2022, the same company reported Windows 11's adoption had doubled to 16.1 percent.

Windows 11 was released in early October 2021 and saw an impressive adoption rate. Six months later and the initial excitement for Microsoft’s latest operating system seems to have tapered off.