GearCensus

Platforms

Which OS the surveyed systems run on, and how that changed over 5 years.

Steam Hardware Survey, October 2026

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MonthWindowsWindows 11Windows 10macOSLinuxSteamOS
October 202693.7%72.5%21.1%2.3%3.1%0.9%
September 202695.0%71.3%23.6%1.9%2.5%0.5%
August 202694.0%71.0%22.9%2.1%3.1%0.8%
July 202693.7%70.2%23.3%2.3%3.1%0.9%
June 202694.1%70.4%23.6%2.2%2.9%0.8%
May 202693.9%69.8%24.0%2.2%3.1%0.9%
April 202694.4%67.7%25.6%2.0%2.8%0.8%
March 202693.8%66.8%25.3%2.4%2.9%0.9%
February 202695.2%67.5%26.9%1.9%2.2%0.7%
January 202694.6%66.7%27.8%2.0%2.5%0.8%
December 202594.2%66.6%27.5%2.2%2.6%0.9%
November 202594.8%65.6%29.1%2.0%2.4%0.8%
October 202594.9%63.6%31.2%2.1%2.2%0.8%
September 202595.4%63.0%32.2%1.9%1.9%0.7%
August 202595.6%60.4%35.1%1.8%1.9%0.7%
July 202595.2%59.9%35.2%1.9%2.1%0.8%
June 202595.7%59.9%35.7%1.8%1.8%0.8%
May 202595.4%58.3%37.0%1.9%1.9%0.8%
April 202596.1%57.9%38.1%1.6%1.5%0.8%
March 202596.1%55.3%40.6%1.6%1.5%0.8%
February 202597.6%44.1%53.3%1.0%1.0%0.5%
January 202596.6%53.5%42.9%1.4%1.3%0.7%
December 202496.5%53.4%42.9%1.4%1.3%0.7%
November 202496.5%53.0%43.3%1.4%1.3%0.8%
October 202497.1%51.4%45.5%1.1%1.1%0.6%
September 202496.8%47.7%48.7%1.3%1.1%0.7%
August 202496.8%49.2%47.1%1.3%1.2%0.8%
July 202496.6%45.8%50.2%1.4%1.2%0.8%
June 202496.6%46.6%49.4%1.3%1.2%0.9%
May 202496.3%45.8%50.0%1.4%1.3%1.0%
April 202496.8%45.2%51.0%1.3%1.1%0.8%
March 202496.6%41.6%54.4%1.4%1.1%0.9%
February 202496.9%42.0%54.2%1.3%1.0%0.8%
January 202496.5%44.2%51.4%1.5%1.1%0.8%
December 202396.4%42.0%53.5%1.6%1.2%0.8%
November 202396.6%42.0%53.5%1.5%1.1%0.8%
September 202397.0%37.4%58.0%1.4%0.9%0.7%
August 202396.6%39.2%56.0%1.6%1.0%0.8%
July 202396.2%36.7%57.9%1.8%1.1%0.8%
June 202396.8%35.7%59.4%1.8%1.4%0%
May 202396.1%34.0%60.5%2.4%1.1%0.4%
April 202396.4%33.4%61.2%2.3%1.0%0.3%
March 202397.7%22.4%73.9%1.4%0.7%0.2%
February 202396.4%32.1%62.3%2.3%1.3%0%
December 202296.2%28.4%65.4%2.5%1.1%0.3%
October 202296.5%23.4%68.9%2.2%1.0%0.3%
September 202296.4%24.8%68.5%2.4%1.0%0.2%
August 202296.2%23.8%69.1%2.5%1.1%0.2%
July 202297.1%21.1%73.2%1.7%1.1%<0.1%
May 202296.7%19.6%73.9%2.2%1.0%<0.1%
April 202296.3%18.9%73.6%2.6%1.1%0%
March 202296.6%16.8%74.8%2.4%1.0%0%
January 202296.2%13.6%77.9%2.8%1.1%0%
November 202196.1%8.3%83.5%2.7%1.2%0%
October 202196.3%1.8%89.5%2.6%1.1%0%

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