⚡ Operating Systems in China

Server operating systems are designed for computers that provide network services, such as hosting websites or storing data.

China is an East Asian country with a population of around 1.4 billion people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 15.3% of websites from China.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top operating systems on websites in China in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Windows, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 86% share.
It is followed by Linux with 13.1% and Ubuntu with 8.8%.

Windows 86%
Linux 13.1%
Ubuntu 8.8%
CentOS 2.6%
Unix 1.2%
Debian 0.4%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 0.09%
SUSE Linux 0.07%
Rocky Linux 0.05%
Fedora 0.008%
Amazon Linux 0.008%
AlmaLinux 0.008%
FreeBSD 0.008%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top systems that are more popular in China than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. Windows ^(-1)
4. CentOS ^(-1)
5. Unix ^(-1)
8. SUSE Linux ^(-8)
9. Rocky Linux ^(-1)
10. Fedora ^(-2)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 13 operating systems used on sites from China, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Windows Redmond, Washington, United States A family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments. $1,176+	86%
2	Linux San Francisco, California, United States A family of open-source, Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, originally created by Linus Torvalds and now maintained by a global community of contributors. FreeOpen source	13.1%
3	Ubuntu London, United Kingdom A free operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux, designed for use on desktops, laptops, servers, and mobile devices. FreeOpen source$500+/year	8.8%
4	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with RHEL. Legacy	2.6%
5	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	1.2%
6	Debian New York, United States A free and open source Linux distribution. FreeOpen source	0.4%
7	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A commercial Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the enterprise market. $383.90+	0.09%
8	SUSE Linux Nuremberg, Germany A Linux-based operating system developed by SUSE. FreeOpen source€477.24+/year	0.07%
9	Rocky Linux Albany, California, United States An open-source enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. FreeOpen source	0.05%
10	Fedora A Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. FreeOpen source	0.008%
11	Amazon Linux Seattle, Washington, United States A supported and maintained Linux image provided by Amazon Web Services for use on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. Free	0.008%
12	AlmaLinux Estero, Florida, United States An open source, community owned and governed, free enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability. FreeOpen source	0.008%
13	FreeBSD Boulder, Colorado, United States An open-source operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. FreeOpen source	0.008%

👉 See Also

🌎 Operating Systems in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 81,287 websites from China.
Statistics were last calculated on February 3, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.