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1.84%
1.84% -- operating system market share for macOS (2023-07)
In Steam's July 2023 hardware survey, macOS accounted for 1.84 percent of users' machines.
- Based on Steam's monthly anonymized opt-in user hardware survey
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1.84%
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2023-07
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30
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86
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Steam
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/linux-surpasses-the-mac-among-steam-gamers/ ↗
Source Article
Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers
Apple’s macOS has been the second most popular operating system on the Steam game distribution platform for a long time, but that has now changed. Linux has surpassed macOS for the No. 2 spot, according to Steam’s July user hardware survey.
Steam regularly asks its users to give an anonymized look a…
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Steam's July user hardware survey
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macOS: 1.84% operating system market share. Source: Steam (2023-07). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/macos-market-share-steam-gamers
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/macos-market-share-steam-gamers" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>1.84%</strong> -- operating system market share for macOS<br><small>Source: Steam (2023-07) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/macos-market-share-steam-gamers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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