Windows
Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, United StatesWindows is a family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments.
In its Windows Server editions, it combines web hosting through IIS with support for ASP.NET, application pools and SSL management, alongside Active Directory for centralized identity, Hyper-V virtualization, PowerShell automation, and hybrid cloud integration with Azure.
According to our data, Windows is the second most popular operating system on the web.
It has 30.3% of the operating system market share and is detected on 4% of all websites.
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Wikipedia💸 Pricing
Windows is a commercial product priced starting at $1,176.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Operating Systems
- Rank: 2
- Market share: 30.3%
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⚡ Sites Using Windows
We have data on 141,297 websites that use the Windows operating system. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Windows is outlook.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #74 | United States | English | |
| 2 |  stackoverflow.com |
#101 | English | |
| 3 | #188 | American English | ||
| 4 | #227 | Guernsey | ||
| 5 | #261 | India | English | |
| 6 | #342 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 7 | #474 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 8 | #527 | Spanish | ||
| 9 | #716 | Ireland | English | |
| 10 | #728 | Thailand | Thai | |
| 11 | #846 | United Kingdom | Persian | |
| 12 | #1,002 | English | ||
| 13 |  adp.com |
#1,085 | United States | English |
| 14 | #1,129 | India | English | |
| 15 | #1,133 | Korea | Korean | |
| 16 | #1,166 | United States | English | |
| 17 | #1,168 | English | ||
| 18 | #1,344 | United States | English | |
| 19 | #1,400 | Czech Republic | Czech | |
| 20 | #1,510 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Windows:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Windows are from the United States, China, and the United Kingdom.
- United States 23.9%
- China 8.1%
- United Kingdom 6.7%
- Italy 5.7%
- Turkey 4.1%
- India 3.9%
- Netherlands 2.6%
- Canada 2.4%
- Germany 2.4%
- Other 40.2%
Most Windows users speak English, Chinese, or Italian.
- English 52.9%
- Chinese 9.1%
- Italian 4.4%
- Spanish 3.8%
- Turkish 3.6%
- German 2.7%
- Portuguese 2.6%
- Dutch 2%
- Czech 1.7%
- Other 17.2%
The Windows operating system is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 43.4%
- .org 6.3%
- .it 3.5%
- .net 3.2%
- .co.uk 2.9%
- .cn 1.8%
- .cz 1.6%
- .dk 1.5%
- .nl 1.5%
- Other 34.3%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Windows include business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference.
- Business 21.6%
- Marketing/Merchandising 9.3%
- Education/Reference 9%
- Online Shopping 6.9%
- Health 4.4%
- Travel 4.2%
- Internet Services 4.1%
- Software/Hardware 3.6%
- Public Information 3.5%
- Other 33.4%
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What is the company behind Windows?
Windows is owned by Microsoft Corporation, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States.
Can I use Windows for free?
No, Windows is a paid solution.
How much does it cost?
Windows is priced from $1,176 for the Standard edition plan.
Which country uses Windows the most?
The majority of Windows users are from the United States.
Who uses Windows?
According to our data, Windows is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as outlook.com,
stackoverflow.com, and w3schools.com.
Is Windows used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by wb.gov.in and
portal.gov.cz. In total, we found Windows on 746 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Windows?
Yes, quite a few! In total, we know of 559 academic websites in the United States that use Windows.
How does Windows stack up against the competition?
Windows is one of the most popular operating systems, second only to 
Linux.
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Microsoft Azure🗃️ 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 3,531,795 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.