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We use the data sources on the side for ranking solutions and awarding badges in operating system category. Our data sources in operating system category include;
Operating systems (OS) are system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. The most common operating systems available today are Microsoft’s Windows, Apple’s OS X, and Linux. Additionally, there are mobile operating systems specific for smartphones.
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We use the data sources on the side for ranking solutions and awarding badges in operating system category. Our data sources in operating system category include;
review websites
social media websites
search engine data for branded queries
According to the weighted combination of 7 data sources
Windows 10
Android
Apple iOS
Windows 7
Ubuntu
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the current operating system market leaders. Market leaders are not the overall leaders since market leadership doesn’t take into account growth rate.
Windows 10
Apple iOS
Android
Windows 7
CentOS
These are the number of queries on search engines which include the brand name of the solution. Compared to other IT / Tech categories, Operating System is more concentrated in terms of top 3 companies’ share of search queries. Top 3 companies receive 59%, 22% more than the average of search queries in this area.
1 employees work for a typical company in this solution category which is 20 less than the number of employees for a typical company in the average solution category.
In most cases, companies need at least 10 employees to serve other businesses with a proven tech product or service. 40 companies with >10 employees are offering operating system. Top 3 products are developed by companies with a total of 500k employees. The largest company building operating system is IBM with more than 300,000 employees.
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the fastest growing solutions:
Windows 10
Android
Ubuntu
Apple iOS
Oracle Solaris
We have analyzed reviews published in the last months. These were published in 4 review platforms as well as vendor websites where the vendor had provided a testimonial from a client whom we could connect to a real person.
These solutions have the best combination of high ratings from reviews and number of reviews when we take into account all their recent reviews.
This data is collected from customer reviews for all Operating System companies. The most positive word describing Operating System is “Easy to use” that is used in 14% of the reviews. The most negative one is “Difficult” with which is used in 4.00% of all the Operating System reviews.
According to customer reviews, most common company size for operating system customers is 1-50 Employees. Customers with 1-50 Employees make up 42% of operating system customers. For an average IT / Tech solution, customers with 1-50 Employees make up 40% of total customers.
These scores are the average scores collected from customer reviews for all Operating System. Operating System is most positively evaluated in terms of "Overall" but falls behind in "Customer Service".
This category was searched on average for 288.2k times per month on search engines in 2022. This number has increased to 301k in 2023. If we compare with other it / tech solutions, a typical solution was searched 710 times in 2022 and this decreased to 480 in 2023.