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MacOS could drop below 6% market share this month

17 points by geospeck 10y ago

sogen 10y ago
April is 9.56%, so I shouldn't trust those stats a lot
- scholia 10y ago
  Agreed. Netmarketshare's figures for all operating systems vary in unbelievable ways ... and April's 9.56% looks like one of those unbelievable variations. (The Mac share went up 2 points for no discernible reason, then came down 2 points over the next three months.) It's not too far-fetched to believe that the Mac's share used to be roughly 7-8% and is now roughly 6-7%, which is as much as I'd take from Netmarketshare numbers. However, that would be against the historic trend of the Mac's increasing market share, and I don't see any evidence for it in the marketplace. The people who were waiting for new Macs didn't stop using their old Macs.
  - sogen 10y ago
    Agreed, if more people are using Macs/Macbooks, it doesn't click. For this, I always try to compare stats from three sites, because they all differ.
StringyBob 10y ago
Key word from title is desktop, although I presume that does include laptop, but not other mobile devices.
- dumb-saint 10y ago
  MacOS doesn't run on other mobile devices.
  - skookum 10y ago
    I'm not sure what higher-level point the GP was trying to make[1], but I'm fairly sure they knew macOS doesn't run on mobile. Their implication is that were mobile devices included in the tally they would have contributed significantly to the denominator. [1] I suspect it is that macOS + iOS would be a better numerator to pit against "Windows on all devices". However the GP having corrected themselves immediately means its not clear what the point is.
maverick_iceman 10y ago
I wonder why they are not including Chrome OS?
- prairiedock 10y ago
  Seconded. Their statistics without Chrome OS are of little interest, and a distortion of actual desktop trends.
  - nextweek2 10y ago
    Wouldn't the Linux column include Chrome OS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Desktop_and_laptop_computers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_syste...
    - maverick_iceman 10y ago
      I don't think the Linux column includes Chrome OS. Chromebooks have recently outsold Macs. The Linux numbers couldn't be that small if Chromebooks are included.
foozed 10y ago
from the "Can you explain the Net Market Share methodology for collecting data?" part of NetMarketShares FAQ[0]: "[...]43% are commerce sites [...]" Could it just be that christmas shopping skews these statistics? Then again, statistics for the previous years don't seem to support this theory. All in all this doesn't seem like information I would want to base any claims on. [0] -> https://www.netmarketshare.com/faq.aspx#methodology https://www.netmarketshare.com/faq.aspx#methodology
- Fnoord 10y ago
  Just like Alexa Rank, can't take either serious.

17 points by geospeck 10y ago

sogen 10y ago

April is 9.56%, so I shouldn't trust those stats a lot

scholia 10y ago
Agreed. Netmarketshare's figures for all operating systems vary in unbelievable ways ... and April's 9.56% looks like one of those unbelievable variations. (The Mac share went up 2 points for no discernible reason, then came down 2 points over the next three months.) It's not too far-fetched to believe that the Mac's share used to be roughly 7-8% and is now roughly 6-7%, which is as much as I'd take from Netmarketshare numbers. However, that would be against the historic trend of the Mac's increasing market share, and I don't see any evidence for it in the marketplace. The people who were waiting for new Macs didn't stop using their old Macs.
- sogen 10y ago
  Agreed, if more people are using Macs/Macbooks, it doesn't click. For this, I always try to compare stats from three sites, because they all differ.

StringyBob 10y ago

Key word from title is desktop, although I presume that does include laptop, but not other mobile devices.

dumb-saint 10y ago
MacOS doesn't run on other mobile devices.
- skookum 10y ago
  I'm not sure what higher-level point the GP was trying to make[1], but I'm fairly sure they knew macOS doesn't run on mobile. Their implication is that were mobile devices included in the tally they would have contributed significantly to the denominator. [1] I suspect it is that macOS + iOS would be a better numerator to pit against "Windows on all devices". However the GP having corrected themselves immediately means its not clear what the point is.

maverick_iceman 10y ago

I wonder why they are not including Chrome OS?

prairiedock 10y ago
Seconded. Their statistics without Chrome OS are of little interest, and a distortion of actual desktop trends.
- nextweek2 10y ago
  Wouldn't the Linux column include Chrome OS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Desktop_and_laptop_computers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_syste...
  - maverick_iceman 10y ago
    I don't think the Linux column includes Chrome OS. Chromebooks have recently outsold Macs. The Linux numbers couldn't be that small if Chromebooks are included.

foozed 10y ago

from the "Can you explain the Net Market Share methodology for collecting data?" part of NetMarketShares FAQ[0]: "[...]43% are commerce sites [...]" Could it just be that christmas shopping skews these statistics? Then again, statistics for the previous years don't seem to support this theory. All in all this doesn't seem like information I would want to base any claims on. [0] -> https://www.netmarketshare.com/faq.aspx#methodology https://www.netmarketshare.com/faq.aspx#methodology

Fnoord 10y ago
Just like Alexa Rank, can't take either serious.