# Watch: Windows 10 hasn’t beaten Windows 7’s market share… yet

Published 2018-02-08 · Updated 2026-03-19 · Energy on MarketScale
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> Analysts at StatCounter recently announced that Windows 10 overtook Windows 7’s market share for the first time. A rival analytics firm has a different story, claiming that Windows 10 is still behind by nearly 10%. Both firms examine live web traffic to analyze hundreds of millions to billions of page views. Which firm is on…

Analysts at StatCounter recently announced that Windows 10 overtook Windows 7’s market share for the first time. A rival analytics firm has a different story, claiming that Windows 10 is still behind by nearly 10%. Both firms examine live web traffic to analyze hundreds of millions to billions of page views. Which firm is on the money? There’s no way to know for sure, as analysts keep the details of their methods locked tight.

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