Most Popular Operating Systems
Ranked by Wikipedia monthly pageviews — the real-world attention signal across 8 languages.
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Ranked
63,803
Total Monthly Views
1
Linux
family of Unix-like operating systems
235,000
views / year
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2
Linux distribution
operating system based on the Linux kernel and often core GNU components
42,664
views / year
views / year
3
DOS
group of closely-related PC-compatible operating systems
40,592
views / year
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4
Windows Phone
operating system for mobile devices created by Microsoft
32,342
views / year
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5
Unix-like operating system
operating system that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system
31,579
views / year
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6
mobile operating system
operating system that operates a mobile device
20,667
views / year
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7
real-time operating system
computer operating system intended to process data as it comes in with minimal delay
15,207
views / year
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8
monolithic kernel
type of kernel computer program
14,241
views / year
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9
lightweight Linux distribution
operating system with low resource requirements
13,849
views / year
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10
Windows NT 3.1
32-bit cross-platform operating system developed by Microsoft and the first member of the Windows NT family that was released on July 27, 1993
13,791
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11
ring
layer of protection in computer systems
11,574
views / year
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12
user space
software run under a kernel
8,352
views / year
views / year
13
Mac OS operating systems
operating system for Apple Mac
7,971
views / year
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14
OpenIndiana
Solaris-like operating system based on illumos
6,556
views / year
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15
cross-platform software
computer software implemented on multiple computing platforms
5,915
views / year
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16
iPadOS 13
mobile operating system of the iPad
3,934
views / year
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17
Live CD
operating system distribution/image/copy bootable from CD, DVD and possibly other similar media
3,422
views / year
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18
System Management Mode
operating mode of x86 central processor units
3,118
views / year
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19
network operating system
computer software for running local area networks
2,768
views / year
views / year
20
Red Hat Enterprise Linux derivative
2,500
views / year
views / year
21
DOS/V
variant of PC-DOS/MS-DOS developed for Japan
2,438
views / year
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22
Linux on System z
operating system
2,361
views / year
views / year
23
embedded operating system
operating system
2,141
views / year
views / year
24
distributed operating system
operating system designed to operate on multiple systems over a network
2,116
views / year
views / year
25
GNU variants
operating systems based on GNU
1,941
views / year
views / year
26
SliTaz
Linux distribution
1,930
views / year
views / year
27
security-focused operating system
operating systems, that are focused on anonymous, privacy and security
1,657
views / year
views / year
28
hobbyist operating system
operating system developed as a hobby
1,286
views / year
views / year
29
supercomputer operating system
operating system designed for use on a supercomputer
970
views / year
views / year
30
Object-oriented operating system
operating system
912
views / year
views / year
31
single address space operating system
operating system classification
766
views / year
views / year
32
operating environment
environment in which users run application software
709
views / year
views / year
33
cross-browser compatibility
506
views / year
views / year
34
kernel mode
lowermost protection domain
444
views / year
views / year
35
Android distribution
operating system based on Android
369
views / year
views / year
36
UNIX 03
Version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification
350
views / year
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37
Trusted operating system
operating system that provides sufficient support for multilevel security and evidence of correctness to meet a particular set of requirements
298
views / year
views / year
38
IBM PC ROM BIOS
289
views / year
views / year
39
Dyson
free Unix operating system
117
views / year
views / year
40
Windows NT 3.x
107
views / year
views / year
41
Commodore BASIC V2
BASIC programming language used in Commodore computer
100
views / year
views / year
42
GIS Live DVD
type of the thematic Live CD
92
views / year
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43
FreeBSD-Distribution
82
views / year
views / year
44
AT&T UNIX
The original commercial Unix operating system by AT&T
81
views / year
views / year
45
single-user operating system
operating system that does not support user-account-based isolation
43
views / year
views / year
46
Nemesis
25
views / year
views / year
47
live distribution
operating system that is directly run from removal media (such as CD, DVD or USB) without being installed on the hard disk
21
views / year
views / year
48
Denali
computer software from University of Washington
9
views / year
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49
BRLix
Linux distribution
2
views / year
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