Agreed. Netmarketshare's figures for all operating systems vary in unbelievable ways ... and April's 9.56% looks like one of those unbelievable variations. (The Mac share went up 2 points for no discernible reason, then came down 2 points over the next three months.)
It's not too far-fetched to believe that the Mac's share used to be roughly 7-8% and is now roughly 6-7%, which is as much as I'd take from Netmarketshare numbers.
However, that would be against the historic trend of the Mac's increasing market share, and I don't see any evidence for it in the marketplace. The people who were waiting for new Macs didn't stop using their old Macs.
I'm not sure what higher-level point the GP was trying to make[1], but I'm fairly sure they knew macOS doesn't run on mobile. Their implication is that were mobile devices included in the tally they would have contributed significantly to the denominator.
[1] I suspect it is that macOS + iOS would be a better numerator to pit against "Windows on all devices". However the GP having corrected themselves immediately means its not clear what the point is.
I don't think the Linux column includes Chrome OS. Chromebooks have recently outsold Macs. The Linux numbers couldn't be that small if Chromebooks are included.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 49.8 ms ] threadIt's not too far-fetched to believe that the Mac's share used to be roughly 7-8% and is now roughly 6-7%, which is as much as I'd take from Netmarketshare numbers.
However, that would be against the historic trend of the Mac's increasing market share, and I don't see any evidence for it in the marketplace. The people who were waiting for new Macs didn't stop using their old Macs.
For this, I always try to compare stats from three sites, because they all differ.
[1] I suspect it is that macOS + iOS would be a better numerator to pit against "Windows on all devices". However the GP having corrected themselves immediately means its not clear what the point is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_syste...
Could it just be that christmas shopping skews these statistics? Then again, statistics for the previous years don't seem to support this theory.
All in all this doesn't seem like information I would want to base any claims on.
[0] -> https://www.netmarketshare.com/faq.aspx#methodology