Fall Creators Update now installed on more than half of all Windows 10 PCs, AdDuplex says

AdDuplex has released its latest monthly report concerning the Windows ecosystem, giving us another look at how far the Fall Creators Update has spread since launch. According to the firm's latest numbers, the Fall Creators Update is now installed on 53.6 percent of Windows 10 PCs. That's up sharply from the 20.4 percent share that the Fall Creators Update commanded in November.

FCU December Reach

The biggest share that suffered in the latest numbers is that of the Creators Update, which first started rolling out this past spring. It's down to a 33.7 percent share, which is significantly lower than its 63.5 percent share in November. The Anniversary Update is down much less dramatically, moving from 13.6 percent to 10.5 percent. Windows 10 version 1511 is down from 1.5 percent to 1.3 percent, and 1507 has remained virtually static, moving from 0.6 percent to 0.5 percent.

In terms of worldwide spread, Europe is seeing the most installs with more than 60 percent of PCs running the Fall Creators Update "in many countries," AdDuplex says. The U.S. and Canada are showing a similar percentage of installs. Overall, the Fall Creators Update's rollout is showing a much sharper rise over time than the Creators Update, but it's still slightly behind the pace of the Anniversary Update.

FCU By Country

As always, keep in mind that AdDuplex's numbers are based on a sample of 5,000 Windows Store apps that use its SDK. Real figures likely differ, but AdDuplex's monthly report is a useful tool for tracking trends. The numbers for the December report were gathered on December 20.

Dan Thorp-Lancaster

Dan Thorp-Lancaster is the former Editor-in-Chief of Windows Central. He began working with Windows Central, Android Central, and iMore as a news writer in 2014 and is obsessed with tech of all sorts. You can follow Dan on Twitter @DthorpL and Instagram @heyitsdtl

14 Comments
  • This is good. Some computers in the office have updated automatically (before I changed the to the business branch) and so far don't seem to have any issues.
  • Can anyone tell me if MSFT ever fixed HDR on Windows 10 ??? Seen many videos showing it is broken and screen goes wonky. BTW MSFT has another PC activation...me !!! Got a Dell gaming laptop for $200 off. Very happy. Love Edge browser.
  • Edge has been really bad for me the last month or so. I have tried everything I know and nothing works. Been thinking about downloading firefox or.....chrime! lol
  • yeah fall creator update has it own share of bugs on edge in its initial launch. Now it's sort of stable
  • So, of the 2.5 billion or so PCs in the world, the latest version of Windows is on about 300 million.   This is nothing to brag about.  
  • Nope and since it was  free for 12 months and more it is not good at all.  
  • Older PC might have problem running Win10. PC HW/OS/API last longer than mobiles.
    And some statistic on the internet shows Win10 is growing.
  • Any SP4 users? Did msft fix the touch keyboard in FCU?
  • They made it worse. It's buggier 
  • Im SP3 user, and yes Its total buggy  
  • Im still waiting for them to fix compatibility problems with an old Corel databse program I use daily (I had to revert back after forcing the update).  
  • Still cannot upgrade on my laptop. Always restore to previous version of windows after restarted.
  • The update went smoothly on my old Dell 7010. No problems until I turned my Epson Photo R1900 printer on. Then it printed page after page of random letters and numbers. I let it go on for 30 pages, disconnected the USB cable and it stopped. I deleted and reinstalled the drivers and epson software, reinstalled then turned the printer on, same problem. I the reverted to the pre FCU status and the printer now works! I haven't seen this problem anywhere else.
  • Friend’s mom is on a 18+ month old build cause windows update fails with an error message. Faced the issue myself, but left her PC alone cause I don’t have any more time to waste. Microsoft Update is hurting the people who need help the most - those people who are completely oblivious to any issues and don’t know how to fix them. So she’s using a PC with likely many potential security issues, because the platform is completely inept at keeping itself up to date.