global Mac sales increase 31.3% year-over-year — Apple World Today

In the fourth quarter of 2020, Apple’s Mac had 8.7% of the global personal computer market, per the research group (neither Gartner nor IDC count tablets such as iPads in their tallies of personal computers).

This places Apple number four on the list of global personal computer companies. Ahead of it are Lenovo (27.1% percent market share in quarter four of 2020); HP (19.8%), and Dell (16.6%).

Gartner says the U.S. personal computer market had another strong quarter, registering 20.6% growth year over year. Despite economic and political disruptions in the region throughout the fourth quarter of 2020, the consumer personal computer market continued to perform well, led by surging mobile personal computer demand. For the full year, the U.S. personal computer market experienced its highest growth in 20 years.

Per Gartner, U.S. Mac sales in the fourth quarter of 2020 tallied 2.7 million, compared to 2.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, an increase of 32% year-over-year. 

Apple is in fourth place among personal computer makers in the U.S. with 14.3% market square, up 32% year-over-year. Ahead of it in the U.S. are HP (28% market share as of quarter four of 2020), Dell (25.2%), and Lenovo (18.2%).