Windows just had its worst month on record. StatCounter’s newly published numbers for June 2026 put worldwide desktop market share for Windows at 56.61%, the first time it has ever fallen below 60% in the history of the dataset. Linux closed the same month at 4.36%, its highest number in a year. The r/linux crowd found the chart within hours, and the thread that followed was half celebration, half cross examination.
Here’s what the data actually says, what it probably doesn’t say, and why the comments didn’t believe it for a second.
I don’t think one data point is better than the other. They are all a small portion of the entire base. Its like looking at different game reviews from different people to get an idea how good it is (I know little odd comparison :D). In example Cloudflare data is only relevant to those communities and sites that can pay for it and don’t have a different solution. Cloudflare is also a “recent” phenomenon; not sure how relevant that info is though…