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33% according to the latest Stack Overflow developer survey. A healthy enough number to focus on that user base. I do think there are bubbles though. Macs are
by haswell 3y ago
33% according to the latest Stack Overflow developer survey. A healthy enough number to focus on that user base.
I do think there are bubbles though. Macs are popular in SV, and there’s a very healthy portion of the developer community focused on this user base.
- chme 3y agoThis is a pretty useless poll when trying to compare MacOS, Windows and Linux usage, because they split Linux up into different distributions. Because adding all numbers up, you get >100%, I suppose multiple-choice were allowed, which doesn't even allow adding all Linux-like operating systems together. So not really a good Argument that MacOS is used more... https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023 https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023
- haswell 3y agoIf you look around the web, most attempts to answer this market share question land in roughly the same ballpark. The argument is not that macOS is used more. The argument is that macOS is prevalent enough that it makes sense to focus on it as a market.