Dive Brief:
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Windows 10 set a record for a one-month increase in user share for any operating system, according to analytics firm Net Applications.
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The Net Applications report found that Windows 10's user share — a measure of the number of unique users who used the OS to go online — grew 4.8 percentage points to 5.2% in August.
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August was the first full month Windows 10 was available to download.
Dive Insight:
The 4.8-point user share jump was the largest tracked by Net Applications in the 11 years it has published user share data.
Windows 10 accounted for 5.7% of all Windows devices in August, a slightly higher number than its raw user share number because Windows powered "just" 91%, not 100%, of all systems tallied by Net Applications. During August, Windows 10's share of all Windows devices climbed by 5.3 percentage points.
