How many customers does Microsoft have?

July 16, 2015 · 1 min read

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As of Feb 2015

Windows

  • One and a half billion people use Windows every day.
  • There are over 1.7 million registered Windows Insiders. Together they’ve installed Windows 10 over 3 million times on a broad range of devices.
  • There are more than 585,000 apps in the Windows Store. Hundreds more are added every day.
  • Internet Explorer’s usage share on desktop devices was more than **58%**worldwide in October 2014.

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