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Distro Popularity

Popularity based on measured, real-world data instead of page hits. Each rating is a signal for a specific audience, not overall market share.

Gamers

Most popular among Linux gamers

Steam · July 2026
  1. 1
    SteamOS
    0.5922.24%
  2. 2
    CachyOS
    0.2814.31%
  3. 3
    Ubuntu
    0.208.58%
  4. 4
    Arch Linux
    0.578.29%
  5. 5
    Linux Mint
    0.228.12%
  6. 6
    Bazzite
    0.457.73%
  7. 7
    Fedora
    0.534.58%
  8. 8
    Debian
    0.031.99%
  9. 9
    EndeavourOS
    0.081.69%
  10. 10
    Nobara Project
    0.531.64%
  11. 11
    Pop!_OS
    0.011.53%

Share of Steam's Linux users only (not overall usage). Versions of the same distro are combined; trend is the net month-over-month change. Source: Steam Hardware & Software Survey, updated monthly.