14 DAY TRIAL // Third-party data provided by AdDuplex shows that Windows 10 May 2019 Update, or version 1903, is already showing early signs of success, as its market share increased significantly in the first week of availability.
AdDuplex says Windows 10 May 2019 Update now runs on 1.4% of the Windows 10 devices out there, despite Microsoft using a gradual rollout to devices worldwide.
Windows 10 April 2019 Update, which was launched more than a year ago, continues to be the leading version of Windows 10 with a share of 61.1%, ahead of the October 2018 Update, or version 1809, which is now running on 31.3% of all Windows 10 computers.
The October update fiasco
While the October 2018 Update increased its share by 2%, its adoption is still the slowest of all Windows 10 versions released so far, and it’s all for a good reason.
Published in early October, this update was pulled a few days later after Microsoft discovered a critical bug potentially causing the removal of user files stored in libraries. After being re-released more than a month later, the update continued to experience other issues, eventually convincing a substantial part of the userbase to delay the upgrade.
Judging from these early numbers on the May update, not the same thing would happen with version 1903, which so far proves to be running rather smoothly on my devices.
The other good news for Microsoft is that the older versions of Windows 10 which are no longer supported for Home and Pro SKUs, are declining at a fast pace. Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is currently running on just 2.9% of all Windows 10 devices, while the older Windows 10 Creators Update and previous versions all hold a market share of 3.2%.
A total of 0.2% of devices have been updated to Windows 10 preview builds as part of the Insider program.