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.
Liek said, all data is biased, and that’s why we sould rely on multiple sources. The absolute values are really hard to get a precise mapping of, but the trends seem to be consistent. There’s a recent dip in windows usage in that chart as well