Windows 11 has become the most used desktop operating system, surpassing Windows 10, with 52 percent market share compared to 44.59 percent for Windows 10.
Windows 11 recently became the most popular OS for PC gaming, but its overall adoption had been slower than Windows 10 until now.
Windows 11 faced slow adoption due to stricter hardware requirements, leaving behind millions of machines that couldn't upgrade.
Windows 10 is set to reach its end of support on October 14th, prompting Microsoft to offer free year of extra security updates for consumers who enable Windows Backup and sync their Documents folder to OneDrive.