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Windows 11 still struggles to convince users to upgrade, but it only has itself to blame

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A new study of userbase growth shows that Windows 11 continues to struggle with users, as it only had a usage growth of less than 0.4% in April in an analyst’s survey.
Despite all the hype behind Microsoft’s latest operating system, it seems to be struggling to get users to upgrade several months after its release. According to a survey by market analyst AdDuplex for April 2022, Windows 11 has had a growth of less than 0.4% month-over-month. This puts it at a 19.7% total user base, compared to 19.4% from last month. Meanwhile, Windows 10 21H2 has a total install base of 35% while Windows 10 21H1 is installed on an additional 26.4% of Windows PCs. Another study from Lansweeper, an IT asset management company, found that there were more PCs in its study running Windows XP (1.71%) than Windows 11 (1.44%). However, it’s important to note that only 60,000 Windows 10 and 11 PCs were part of the AdDuplex survey, and that was only for PCs running the AdDuplex software in the first place.

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