For the first time, Linux has officially broken the 5% desktop market share barrier in the United States. This is a milestone in the history of open source and the Linux community. 
While many consider Linux to be a niche choice, this new data shows that a significant change is occurring.
According to the latest StatCounter Global Stats for June – July 2025, Linux now holds 5,03% of the desktop operating system market share in the United States.
It took eight years for Linux to go from 1% to 2% (as of April 2021), and then just 2,2 years to reach 3% (June 2023). A few months later it reached 4% (February 2024)” and now, here we are, with a share of over 5% in the US!
This exponential growth suggests that we are on a promising upward trend.
Although the press releases will range from very select to rare, I said I'd pass...because sometimes the editors hide.
