The latest monthly report on the Windows ecosystem from AdDuplex is here, allowing us to see how the reach of the Windows 10 Creators Update has expanded and more. After finally crossing the 50 percent threshold in July, August's numbers reveal that the Creators Update is now installed on nearly two-thirds of Windows 10 PCs.
That's much higher than the Anniversary Update's share of the pie, which is down to 30.1 percent. However, as AdDuplex notes, the Creator's Update is still lagging behind where the Anniversary Update was at this point following its release. The Anniversary Update, by comparison, had well surpassed 75 percent coverage of Windows 10 PCs by this point in its release.
Drilling down into coverage by manufacturer, it seems Microsoft has made some gains over the past month. In July, Microsoft was lagging behind other manufacturers in Creators Update coverage. Now, Microsoft is in the top three, with gains largely thanks to the Surface Pro 3 jumping from 20 percent coverage to more than 60 percent. That said, all of the sampled manufacturers show that around 60-70 percent of their machines now have the Creators Update installed, so there aren't any major outliers.
Finally, AdDuplex dives into Surface market share numbers, showing that the Surface Pro 4 is still by far the most prevalent Surface in use with a 43.6 percent share. Surface Pro 3 follows with a 22.2 percent share, while Surface 3 claims a 12.2 percent share. Microsoft's latest Surfaces, the Surface Pro and Surface Laptop, claim shares of 3.7 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively.
As always, it's worth noting that AdDuplex's numbers are based on a sampling of 5,000 Windows Store apps that use the AdDuplex SDK. Real figures likely differ, but the firm's monthly reports are useful for tracking trends. The numbers for the August report were gathered on August 22.
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