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Dissecting the Cortana numbers

Posted on December 14, 2016 at 12:16 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

Brad Sams has a great back-of-the-envelope analysis of Cortana’s penetration, on Thurrott.com (premium content). He drew on some obscure references ferreted out by @teroalhonen.

Microsoft claims 145 million monthly active users. Brad takes the number apart, and shows – quite convincingly – that there’s less here than meets the eye. Just for starters, if you type into the Win10 Search box, bingo, there’s another hit for Cortana.

Another excellent article from Thurrott Premium.

Windows News Cortana

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