Net Applications’ Operating System stats for September 2008 show Apple’s Mac hit a new all-time high with 8.23% share of the operating systems visiting Net Applications’ network of websites worldwide. The stats also show Apple iPhone with 0.32% share and Apple iPod with 0.04%.
Net Applications’ September 2008 Operating System Stats:
Microsoft Windows: 90.29% (vs. MAY 2006: 95.09%)
– Windows XP: 68.67%
– Windows Vista: 18.33%
– Windows 2000: 1.89%
– Windows NT: 0.80%
– Windows 98: 0.34%
– Windows ME: 0.19%
– Windows 95: 0.01%
Apple Macintosh: 8.23% (vs. MAY 2006: 4.43%)
– Intel: 5.80%
– PowerPC: 2.43%
Linux: 0.91%
Apple iPhone: 0.32%
Apple iPod: 0.04%
Playstation: 0.03%
FreeBSD: 0.01%
Nintendo Wii: 0.01%
SunOS: 0.01%
Net Applications’ Operating System Market Share for September 2008:
Net Applications’ Operating System Market Share Trend for Apple Macintosh for October 2006 to September 2008:
More details can be seen via Net Applications’ here.
MacDailyNews Note: As always, the actual percentage numbers are not as important as the trends shown since all “market share” reports have unique measurement sources. Net Applications, for example measures 40,000 corporate and ecommerce websites — how many of which are restricted to WIndows and/or IE, if any, we do not know. If anything, Net Applications is providing one measure of installed base, rather than “market share.” Again, what’s important is the trend (and consistent data points). The trend shows Apple’s Macintosh ascending.
I noticed they dont show windows mobile OS or Xbox… are both of these added as part of the windows OS numbers?
win mobile or xbox?
the 7 instances of those are just rounded off…….
I’m surprised PlayStation shows up, that browser isn’t all that great. Really wish they would put webkit on there instead of whatever they are using…
shen, its just odd to see the nintendo wii and playstation in there and not see xbox. And seeing the iphone and not windows mobile or blackberryis odd. Knowing how microsoft is, it wouldn’t shock me to see them add all the numbers in
@jtc
actually, knowing MS they add them in, and then list them separately as well so that they are counted twice. i imagine their “internal numbers” are very different from reality.
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Hey! Where is BeOS on this list?
Looking forward to Windows getting in the 80’s…
Everywhere I go, I see twice as many macs (mostly MacBooks) as I did 2 years ago (airports, coffee shops, on trains, etc.). A lot of my friends have converted (the same one’s who thought I was nuts for buying a mac in 1995). These numbers make a lot of sense.
I can’t wait to see the overall Mac numbers eclipse Vista. That will send some chairs flying in Redmond.
The trend appears to be ~1.5 % per year. Next year Apple could be at 10 %. There does not seem to be any significant acceleration in market share. There is an acceleration in terms of units sales the since overall PC sales are increasing.
Whilst this may not seem so significant, Apples cost of goods are decreasing with increasing sales and will allow them to drop prices without sacrificing too much on margins.
If Oct 14 brings on a more aggressive pricing structure then Mac sales could rocket and market share increase more than the 1.5% current rate.
i too am curious regarding Blackberrys. i have alot of friends with data plans via T-mobile… since they hate AT&T;. if Apple ever decides to add T-mobile, their user base will indeed grow because of carrier quality loyalty.
I don’t know, but multiple factors, such as the potential loss of production we could see due to the reduced availability of credit MOST PC-builders will be seeing, could lead to a bragging point this next quarter: one Mac for every ten PCs! We’re really only about half a percentage point away right now.
Then – maybe this quarter, maybe next – we could break into the double-digits.
Not too long after, we could move up a notch in the standings.
I’m not sure we can hit #1 in the world market, but #1 in the US market seems possible. By then, though, Vista will be phasing out (XP, too) and Seven phasing in. So … I don’t think breaking past Vista ought to be considered a significant goal.
Maybe I ought to check to see if my BUY order found a SELLer!
People still use 98 and ME? Who are these people?!?!
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“I can’t wait to see the overall Mac numbers eclipse Vista. That will send some chairs flying in Redmond.”
With Vista at 18% and growing about a percent a month, it’ll be a long time before you see that.
“could lead to a bragging point this next quarter: one Mac for every ten PCs! We’re really only about half a percentage point away right now. “
Only by this biased statistic. By Apple’s own sales. numbers they’re just over 3% of worldwide share of new system sales. There’s no way that selling at that rate that they’re moving toward owning 10% of the installed base. So while the network application numbers may indicate a trend, it’s obviously more biased towards consumer use in the US market and vastly overstates Apple’s proportion of worldwide installed base.
Apple’s own sales numbers showed they’re over 4% worldwide, not “just over 3%”. The IDC numbers for the last quarter estimated 3%, but then Mac sales came in much higher when Apple released results.
4% isn’t bad considering Apple still have a long way to go to create a sizeable retail presence in the EU.
I see that only by this biased statistic. By Apple’s own sales. numbers they’re just over 3% of worldwide share of new system sales.
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