⚡ Operating Systems in Russia

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

Russia is a Eurasian country with a population of around 144 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 9.7% of websites from Russia.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Linux with a substantial share of 87.5%, followed by Ubuntu with 54.1% and Debian with 11.9%.

Linux 87.5%
Ubuntu 54.1%
Debian 11.9%
Windows 9.8%
CentOS 6.1%
Gentoo 2.9%
Unix 1.7%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1.2%
FreeBSD 1.1%
AlmaLinux 0.4%
Rocky Linux 0.2%
Fedora 0.2%
Oracle Linux 0.08%
SUSE Linux 0.02%
OpenBSD 0.02%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Ubuntu ^(-1)
3. Debian ^(-1)
6. Gentoo ^(-7)
13. Oracle Linux ^(-1)
14. SUSE Linux ^(-2)
15. OpenBSD ^(-2)
17. Scientific Linux ^(-3)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 17 operating systems used on sites from Russia, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	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	87.5%
2	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	54.1%
3	Debian New York, United States A free and open source Linux distribution. FreeOpen source	11.9%
4	Windows Redmond, Washington, United States A family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments. $1,176+	9.8%
5	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with RHEL. Legacy	6.1%
6	Gentoo Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States A Linux distribution built using the Portage package management system.	2.9%
7	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	1.7%
8	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A commercial Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the enterprise market. $383.90+	1.2%
9	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	1.1%
10	AlmaLinux Estero, Florida, United States An open-source, community owned and governed, free enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability. FreeOpen source	0.4%
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	Fedora A Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. FreeOpen source	0.2%
13	Oracle Linux Austin, Texas, United States A Linux distribution based on RHEL source code, freely distributed by Oracle.	0.08%
14	SUSE Linux Nuremberg, Germany A Linux-based operating system developed by SUSE. FreeOpen source€477.24+/year	0.02%
15	OpenBSD Edmonton, Alberta, Canada A security-focused open-source operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution.	0.02%
16	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	0.01%
17	Scientific Linux A discontinued Linux distribution based on RHEL. Legacy	0.01%

👉 See Also

🌎 Operating Systems in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 90,449 websites from Russia.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.