⚡ 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.

Statistics based on 4K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ 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 44% and Ubuntu with 22.2%.

Windows 53.6%
Linux 44%
Ubuntu 22.2%
Unix 2.4%
CentOS 0.7%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 0.7%
Debian 0.7%
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)
6. Red Hat Enterprise 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	44%
3	Ubuntu London, United Kingdom A free operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux, designed for desktops, servers, cloud, and IoT environments. FreeOpen source$500+/year	22.2%
4	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	2.4%
5	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Legacy	0.7%
6	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A commercial enterprise Linux distribution designed for hybrid cloud deployments across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. $383.90+	0.7%
7	Debian New York, United States A free and open-source Linux distribution that provides a stable operating system with a strong focus on reliability, security, and universal compatibility across multiple hardware architectures. FreeOpen source	0.7%
8	AlmaLinux Estero, Florida, United States An open-source enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability and binary compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code, freely distributed by Oracle.	0.2%

👉 See Also

🌎 Operating Systems in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 4,075 websites from Saudi Arabia.
We currently track the presence of 22 operating systems across the web.
Of these, 10 were detected on websites from Saudi Arabia.
Statistics were last calculated on June 20, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.