The statistic depicts an estimate of the number of internet users worldwide, from 2012 to 2017, by operating system. In 2015, there were an estimated 1.3 billion internet users using a version of the Windows operating system.
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The statistic depicts an estimate of the number of internet users worldwide, from 2012 to 2017, by operating system. In 2015, there were an estimated 1.3 billion internet users using a version of the Windows operating system.
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The statistic depicts an estimate of the number of internet users worldwide, from 2012 to 2017, by operating system. In 2015, there were an estimated 1.3 billion internet users using a version of the Windows operating system.
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For this statistic, the data represents a combination of the estimated number of internet users reported by the ITU on May 28th, 2015, available here, combined with the reported operating system market share provided by StatCounter.
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For this statistic, the data represents a combination of the estimated number of internet users reported by the ITU on May 28th, 2015, available here, combined with the reported operating system market share provided by StatCounter.
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