⚡ Operating Systems in Iran

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

Iran is a Western Asian country with a population of over 89 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 12.9% of websites from Iran.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Windows, which dominates the market with a substantial 68.2% share.
It is followed by Linux with 31.2% and Ubuntu with 11.8%.

Windows 68.2%
Linux 31.2%
Ubuntu 11.8%
Rocky Linux 1.2%
Debian 0.9%
CentOS 0.7%
Unix 0.7%
AlmaLinux 0.1%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 0.04%
Amazon Linux 0.04%
FreeBSD 0.04%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. Windows ^(-1)
4. Rocky Linux ^(-6)
10. Amazon Linux ^(-1)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 11 operating systems used on sites from Iran, 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+	68.2%
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	31.2%
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	11.8%
4	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	1.2%
5	Debian New York, United States A free and open source Linux distribution. FreeOpen source	0.9%
6	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with RHEL. Legacy	0.7%
7	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	0.7%
8	AlmaLinux Estero, Florida, United States An open-source, community owned and governed, free enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability. FreeOpen source	0.1%
9	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A commercial Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the enterprise market. $383.90+	0.04%
10	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	0.04%
11	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	0.04%

Data is based on the analysis of 21,367 websites from Iran.
Statistics were last calculated on March 31, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.