⚡ Operating Systems in Hong Kong

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

Hong Kong is an East Asian special administrative region of China with a population of around 7.5 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 11.5% of websites from Hong Kong.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Windows with an impressive share of 54.8%, followed by Linux with 41.4% and Ubuntu with 12.9%.

Windows 54.8%
Linux 41.4%
Ubuntu 12.9%
CentOS 10.2%
Unix 3.7%
Debian 1.5%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1.4%
AlmaLinux 0.6%
Fedora 0.4%
FreeBSD 0.3%
Rocky Linux 0.2%
Oracle Linux 0.1%
Amazon Linux 0.05%
Scientific Linux 0.05%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. Windows ^(-1)
4. CentOS ^(-1)
5. Unix ^(-1)
9. Fedora ^(-3)
12. Oracle Linux ^(-2)
14. Scientific Linux ^(-6)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 14 operating systems used on sites from Hong Kong, 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+	54.8%
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	41.4%
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	12.9%
4	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with RHEL. Legacy	10.2%
5	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	3.7%
6	Debian New York, United States A free and open source Linux distribution. FreeOpen source	1.5%
7	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A commercial Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the enterprise market. $383.90+	1.4%
8	AlmaLinux Estero, Florida, United States An open-source, community owned and governed, free enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability. FreeOpen source	0.6%
9	Fedora A Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. FreeOpen source	0.4%
10	FreeBSD Boulder, Colorado, United States An open source Unix-like operating system designed for reliability, performance, and advanced networking across servers, desktops, and embedded systems. FreeOpen source	0.3%
11	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	0.2%
12	Oracle Linux Austin, Texas, United States A Linux distribution based on RHEL source code, freely distributed by Oracle.	0.1%
13	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	0.05%
14	Scientific Linux A discontinued Linux distribution based on RHEL. Legacy	0.05%

👉 See Also

🌎 Operating Systems in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 17,964 websites from Hong Kong.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.