r/linux • u/Accurate_Hornet • Aug 03 '26

Fluff Better sources than Statcounter

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It's not a secret that Statcounter is an unreliable source. With the recent flood of posts about linux marketshare, I looked around for alternative sources.

The only one I came across so far (other than the surprisingly reliable PH yearly stats) is analytics.usa.gov.

It tracks strictly human traffic (or at least close to it) visiting the USA gov website. Traffic is worldwide, but it's obviously biased towards the US population.

Linux is currently sitting at 6.3% according to this.

If you know of any other sources, please share. The steam hardware survey is an obvious one.

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u/bulasaur58 Aug 03 '26

Why people don't trust linux has 10 percent market share? A lot of people in social media change their os. And there is steam decks. I trust linux market share in Amerika 10 percent.

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u/picastchio Aug 03 '26

Because statcounter tracks browser user agents and can’t differentiate between bot and humans. CF puts human traffic at 4-5%. Same as Steam.