🆚 Gentoo vs. Windows
- 📈 Windows is much more popular than Gentoo.
- 🌍 Windows is more popular in all countries.
- ⭐ Gentoo is particularly popular in Russia.
Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data
Type
Operating system
Operating system
About
Gentoo 
Linux is a Linux distribution built using the Portage package management system.
Windows is a family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments.
In its Windows Server editions, it combines web hosting through IIS with support for 
ASP.NET, application pools and SSL management, alongside Active Directory for centralized identity, Hyper-V virtualization, PowerShell automation, and hybrid cloud integration with Azure.
Headquarters
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Redmond, Washington, United States
Pricing
Free version ❌
Windows Server 2025
Standard edition$1,176
Datacenter edition$6,771
Categories
Operating Systems › Rank #13
Operating Systems › Rank #2
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The Windows operating system is 262 times more popular than Gentoo.
Total websites
Market share
Operating Systems
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Windows is more popular than Gentoo in all countries.
United States
China
United Kingdom
Italy
Turkey
India
Netherlands
Canada
Germany
Brazil
Awards
- ⭐ 6th most popular in Russia in the Operating Systems category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in the Czech Republic in the Operating Systems category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Switzerland in the Operating Systems category.
- 🔥 13rd most popular in Germany in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥇 Most popular in China in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Turkey in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Denmark in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Iran in the Operating Systems category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Windows is more popular than Gentoo in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
Health
Travel
Internet Services
Software/Hardware
Public Information
Sports
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,375,483 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.