⚡ Operating Systems in Saudi Arabia

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

Saudi Arabia is a Western Asian country with a population of over 37 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 13.3% of websites from Saudi Arabia.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Windows with an impressive share of 53.6%, followed by Linux with 43.9% and Ubuntu with 21.6%.

Windows 53.6%
Linux 43.9%
Ubuntu 21.6%
Unix 2.5%
Debian 1%
CentOS 0.6%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 0.6%
AlmaLinux 0.4%
Rocky Linux 0.2%
Oracle Linux 0.2%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. Windows ^(-1)
4. Unix ^(-2)
9. Rocky Linux ^(-1)
10. Oracle Linux ^(-4)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 10 operating systems used on sites from Saudi Arabia, 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+	53.6%
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	43.9%
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	21.6%
4	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	2.5%
5	Debian New York, United States A free and open source Linux distribution. FreeOpen source	1%
6	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with RHEL. Legacy	0.6%
7	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A commercial Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the enterprise market. $383.90+	0.6%
8	AlmaLinux Estero, Florida, United States An open-source, community owned and governed, free enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability. FreeOpen source	0.4%
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	0.2%
10	Oracle Linux Austin, Texas, United States A Linux distribution based on RHEL source code, freely distributed by Oracle.	0.2%

👉 See Also

🌎 Operating Systems in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 3,894 websites from Saudi Arabia.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.