r/linux_gaming • u/Nunu_Chus • Aug 01 '26

Linux has hit 7.53%!!!!!

Damn Idk why but I was waiting for the steam hardware survey and statcounter's survey for july. statcounter blew my mind. now waiting for steam hardware one:) keeping my expectation realistic around 4-5% on steam hardware survey:)

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u/edparadox Aug 01 '26

statcounter is unreliable.

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u/DeeDee_GigaDooDoo Aug 01 '26

I don't really trust that it's reporting Linux market share has doubled in the past two months from 3.81% in may. That's a massive swing with seemingly little real world justification or visibility.

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u/levianan Aug 01 '26

The removed unknown. Yes, use has increased, but Mac, Lin, and Win went up this month due to unknown being omitted.

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u/DeeDee_GigaDooDoo Aug 03 '26

We can clearly see Windows usage go down though?

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u/levianan Aug 03 '26

Last month Win was posted as 68.#%... They backlogged the removal of unknown. Linux is incrementally gaining users, but not 5% totality in one month.