Windows 10 usage has increased since Microsoft began serving the operating system as an automatic upgrade to PCs running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, according to an analysis of data from two metrics sources.

But the growth in Windows 10‘s usage share so far this month has been significantly less than late last year, when it soared, probably due to new PCs bought around the holidays and the increased use of Windows 10-powered devices when people were not at work.

Two weeks ago, Microsoft confirmed that it was pushing the Windows 10 upgrade to customers running the older editions, saying at the time that the automatically-delivered bits were being rolled out in a “phased approach.”

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