Editing Windows XP (section)

===Market share===
{{See also|Usage share of operating systems}}
{{Update-section|date=October 2024}}
According to [[web analytics]] data generated by [[Net Applications#Market share statistics|Net Applications]], Windows XP was the most widely used operating system until August 2012, when Windows 7 overtook it (later overtaken by [[Windows 10]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://marketshare.hitslink.com:80/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=11&qpcustomb=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909203552/http://marketshare.hitslink.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=11&qpcustomb=0|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 9, 2012|title=Operating system market share|date=September 9, 2012|access-date=September 8, 2018}}</ref> while [[StatCounter]] indicates it happening almost a year earlier.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-201106-201304|title=Desktop Windows Version Market Share Worldwide|website=StatCounter Global Stats|language=en|access-date=July 2, 2019|archive-date=April 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420180627/http://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/worldwide#monthly-201106-201304|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2014, Net Applications reported a market share of 29.23%<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57618211-75/oops-windows-xp-gains-in-january-but-so-does-windows-8.1/ | title=Oops, Windows XP gains in January but so does Windows 8.1 | publisher=CBS Interactive | work=CNET | date=February 2, 2014 | access-date=March 16, 2014 | last=Crothers | first=Brooke | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221215154/http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57618211-75/oops-windows-xp-gains-in-january-but-so-does-windows-8.1/ | archive-date=February 21, 2014 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> of "desktop operating systems" for XP (when XP was introduced there was not a separate mobile category to track), while [[W3Schools]] reported a share of 11.0%.<ref name=marketshare>{{cite web|url=https://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp|title=OS Platform Statistics|publisher=w3schools|access-date=September 14, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917051729/http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp|archive-date=September 17, 2015|date=<!--N/A-->|author=<!--N/A-->}}</ref>

{{As of|2022|9}}, in most regions or continents, Windows XP market share on PCs, as a fraction of the total Windows share, had gone below 1% (0.5% in Africa<ref>{{cite web |title=Desktop Windows Version Market Share Africa |url=https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/africa#monthly-202002-202209 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220922002604/https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/africa%23monthly-202002-202209 |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |access-date=September 22, 2022 |website=StatCounter Global Stats |language=en}}</ref>). XP retains a double-digit market share in a few countries, such as Armenia, where it is continues to be used on about 75% of Windows PCs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Desktop Windows Version Market Share Armenia |url=https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/armenia/#monthly-202403-202502 |access-date=March 18, 2025 |website=StatCounter Global Stats |language=en}}</ref><!-- For me at least, Wayback hasn't saved the specific searches; archived versions are redirects to the search page. --><!-- Armenia does show some fluctuation, and while Windows 7 was most popular there in 2017, it has just been gradually replaced by Windows 10, still now XP shows most popular. https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/albania/#weekly-202015-202024 https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/eritrea/#weekly-202015-202024 -->