--- title: Linux's market share in North America has breached 10%... description: StatCounter data shows Linux desktop market share in North America has crossed 10% for the first time, reaching 10.61% in June 2026, up from 3.56% in May 2026.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-s-market-share-in-north-america-has-breached-10-for-the-first-time-says-statcounter-dua2cp2pn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Linux's market share in North America has breached 10% for the first time, says StatCounter | daily.dev og:description: StatCounter data shows Linux desktop market share in North America has crossed 10% for the first time, reaching 10.61% in June 2026, up from 3.56% in May 2026.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-s-market-share-in-north-america-has-breached-10-for-the-first-time-says-statcounter-dua2cp2pn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dUA2Cp2pN.png og:image:alt: Linux's market share in North America has breached 10% for the first time, says StatCounter og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Linux's market share in North America has breached 10% for the first time, says StatCounter **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary StatCounter data shows Linux desktop market share in North America has crossed 10% for the first time, reaching 10.61% in June 2026, up from 3.56% in May 2026. Much of the gain appears to come at Windows' expense, which dropped from 64.66% to 57.63%. However, the dramatic spike raises questions about bot activity inflating the numbers, making it unclear whether this represents genuine user adoption or automated traffic. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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