Popularity

Popularity demonstrates the overall data trends regarding the count of ratings about software in the Operating System industry. While our popularity section does not explore user satisfaction, product affordability, competition dynamics, or language support - Yummy will have pages for those subjects as well.

Overall Popularity

Operating System is currently the 20th most popular software category based on our data with 6,991 reviews last year. Year over year, Operating System's popularity rose 315.39%. Operating System reached its highest popularity level in 2016 coming in 14th place with 1,068 ratings. On the other hand, it was at its minimum popularity in 2018 coming in 37th place with 722 customer reviews. Over the last 10 years, the category has accumulated 14,537 total ratings. Ranking as the 20th most reviewed software category globally, Operating System is a highly popular category, and this is not Operating System's first time inside our top twenty-five. Additionally, Operating System cracked the top 10 in 2016.

Oldest and Newest Products in the Market

The earliest Operating System product in our records is Apple OS X Mountain Lion with its first tracked review showing up 10 years ago. The most recent Operating System product in the market is macOS Sierra with its earliest known review popping up in 2016.

Around the World

The United States uses Operating System software products at higher numbers than any other nation with an impressive 4,677 ratings. The United States is followed by India, Indonesia, Venezuela, and the United Kingdom with an overall average of 1,430 ratings. Over this past year Operating System category gained popularity in the United States to become the country's 37th most reviewed category this last year. The most heavily used Operating System products are Windows 10 with 3,813 ratings, Android with 2,594 customer reviews, and Ubuntu with 1,784 reviews.

Big and Small

Many companies using Operating System software products are small businesses, accounting for 50% of all clients. They are followed by medium business customers (26%), and large business clients (23%). The adoption of Operating System software for small businesses appears to be increasing currently, growing by 401% in the past year. Operating System software for large businesses have experienced an increase as well, growing by 194% over the past year.

Industry Makes All Things Easy

The top industries for Operating System are information technology and services, computer software, financial services, higher education, and education management.