microsoftstorewindows10It seemed a little crazy when Microsoft set the ambitious goal to put Windows 10 on 1 billion devices within the next few years, but just one month after the launch the company is 7.5 percent of the way there.

That stat comes courtesy of a tweet storm this morning from Windows marketing head Yusuf Mehdi.

With 75 million installations after four weeks, Windows 10 is clearly spreading faster than any of Microsoft’s previous operating systems. Windows 7 and 8 both needed about six months to reach 100 million sales. At this pace, Windows 10 will hit that milestone in under six weeks.

To be fair, the company’s most recent operating system launch is hard to compare to its predecessors. This is the first time most Windows users have been able to upgrade for free, there are more computers in the world today compared to when Windows 7 launched in 2010 and Windows 10 runs on a variety of devices instead of limiting its possible customers to PC users.

But nonetheless, the numbers are pretty impressive.

Windows 10 was Microsoft’s bid to reclaim its fanbase and pickup marketshare after controversial changes under Windows 8 left many users frustrated. So far, the operating system seems to be doing just that.

Win10_Windows_ProductFamily_WebInstallations will likely slow in the coming months after the free upgrades are exhausted, but Microsoft would still hit its 1 billion devices goal even if it were to see half as many downloads from now on.

Mehdi tossed out a few other interesting stats, reporting that the Windows app store is seeing six times as many downloads on Windows 10 compared Windows 8, Cortana has told over 500,000 jokes in response to the “tell me a joke” command and the operating system has reached 192 countries, which is just a few shy of every country on earth.

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