--- title: 'infographic: How many people use Ubuntu?' description: Discover the range of industries, people and services that are using Ubuntu right now. Netflix. Snapchat. Dropbox. Uber. Tesla…and the International space station – what do they all have in common? They run on Ubuntu. To celebrate our upcoming 16.04 LTS we wanted to shine a bit of light on how many people in the […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-is-everywhere --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Alexia Emmanoulopoulou](https://canonical.com/blog/author/alexia-emman "More about Alexia Emmanoulopoulou") 7 April 2016 # infographic: How many people use Ubuntu? [cloud](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/cloud) [IoT](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/iot) [Phone](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/phone) [Tablet](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/tablet) [Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubuntu) --- Share the article Discover the range of industries, people and services that are using Ubuntu right now. [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/gb/). [Snapchat](https://www.snapchat.com/). [Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/). [Uber](https://www.uber.com/). [Tesla](https://www.teslamotors.com/en_GB/)…and the International space station – what do they all have in common? They run on Ubuntu. To celebrate our upcoming 16.04 LTS we wanted to shine a bit of light on how many people in the world actually use Ubuntu. As users aren’t required to register their installation, devices are pre-loaded with the software and servers powered by Ubuntu – this means it’s not as easy to track users. However the reality is, hundreds of millions of  PCs, servers, devices, virtual machines, and containers have booted Ubuntu to date and are in use! Thanks to a blog [Dustin Kirkland](https://plus.google.com/+DustinKirkland/posts), a member of our Product team, wrote we’ve put together an infographic to show you where Ubuntu lives! [Learn more about Ubuntu]( http://www.ubuntu.com/?utm_source=Infographic&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=FY16Q%24_Ubuntu_Infgraphic&) [Download Ubuntu](http://www.ubuntu.com/download?utm_source=Infographic&utm_medium=Infographic&utm_campaign=FY17Q1_Ubuntu_Infographic&) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. In submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Notice](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy/contact) and [Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Arduino® VENTUNO™ Q is available for pre-order with Ubuntu pre-installed](https://canonical.com/blog/arduino-ventuno-q-is-available-for-pre-order-with-ubuntu-pre-installed) London, UK – August 25, 2026 – Following our initial collaboration announcement in March 2026, Canonical and Arduino (a subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.) are excited... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 25 August 2026 [### Canonical announces the alpha release of Charmed OpenShell to help secure autonomous AI agent fleets](https://canonical.com/blog/charmed-openshell-alpha-release) To streamline enterprise deployment and lifecycle management, Canonical is announcing the alpha release of Charmed OpenShell. [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 28 September 2026 [### Ubuntu coming soon to Snapdragon X2 Series platforms, unlocking more Linux PCs for the agentic world](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-coming-soon-to-qualcomm-snapdragon-x2-series-platforms) Canonical and Qualcomm Technologies announce upcoming native Ubuntu support for Qualcomm’s flagship laptop silicon, delivering multi-day battery life, 80 TOPS NPU acceleration,... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 23 September 2026 [### Canonical announces Zephyr 26.04 LTS, delivering up to 15 years of support for MCU-grade devices](https://canonical.com/blog/zephyr-lts-announcement) The new enterprise distribution provides a trusted Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) to solve critical Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) compliance and developer experience... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 21 September 2026