{"id":2219,"date":"2026-01-29T03:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/windows-11-has-reached-1-billion-users-faster-than-windows-10\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T03:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:17:14","slug":"windows-11-has-reached-1-billion-users-faster-than-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/windows-11-has-reached-1-billion-users-faster-than-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11 has reached 1 billion users faster than Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"Windows 11 has reached a big milestone | Image: Getty Images\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/gettyimages-1247086031.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tWindows 11 has reached a big milestone | Image: Getty Images\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Windows 11 now has 1 billion users. Microsoft hit the milestone during the recent holiday quarter, meaning Windows 11 has managed to reach 1 billion users faster than Windows 10 did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/3\/16\/21116762\/microsoft-windows-10-active-devices-billion-7-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nearly six years ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u00ab\u00a0Windows reached a big milestone, 1 billion Windows 11 users,\u00a0\u00bb said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the company&rsquo;s fiscal Q2, 2026 earnings call.  \u00ab\u00a0Up over 45 percent year-over-year.\u00a0\u00bb The growth of Windows 11 over the past quarter will be related to Microsoft&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/799098\/microsoft-windows-10-end-of-life-notepad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">end of support for Windows 10<\/a>, which also helped increase Microsoft&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/869493\/microsoft-q2-2026-earnings-revenue-profits-windows-xbox-gaming-surface\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows OEM revenues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Microsoft must have had a strong number of Windows 11 users throughout December, as Windows \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/869889\/microsoft-windows-11-1-billion-users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 11 has reached a big milestone | Image: Getty Images Windows 11 now has 1 billion users. 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