TL;DR
This dataset covers IDC's preliminary Q3 2026 worldwide traditional PC shipment data released on October 8, 2026: 62.7 million units total, -20.1% year over year (78.5M in Q3 2025) and -9.1% quarter over quarter. Vendor-level shipments and shares for Lenovo, HP, Dell, Apple and ASUS are listed below.
Data Notes
- Source: IDC (International Data Corporation) official press release 'PC Market Woes Continue: Shipments Fall 20.1% in Q3 2026', published October 8, 2026 (US Eastern time).
- Definition: traditional PCs = desktops, notebooks and workstations; excludes tablets and x86 servers; preliminary results from the IDC Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.
- YoY base: Q3 2025 worldwide shipments were 78.5 million units.
- Reference: Q2 2026 declined 3.8% YoY; Q3 2026 is the second consecutive quarterly decline.
Core Data
pc_shipments_q3_2026 (by vendor)
| vendor | company | 3q26_shipments_m | 3q26_share | 3q25_shipments_m | 3q25_share | yoy_growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lenovo | Lenovo | 14.9 | 23.8% | 19.3 | 24.6% | -22.6% |
| hp | HP Inc | 10.3 | 16.5% | 15.0 | 19.1% | -30.9% |
| dell | Dell Technologies | 7.6 | 12.1% | 10.1 | 12.9% | -25.0% |
| apple | Apple | 5.9 | 9.5% | 6.7 | 8.5% | -11.3% |
| asus | ASUS | 5.5 | 8.7% | 6.0 | 7.6% | -8.6% |
| others | Others | 18.4 | 29.4% | 21.4 | 27.3% | -14.0% |
| total | Total | 62.7 | 100.0% | 78.5 | 100.0% | -20.1% |
market_overview_q3_2026
| metric | indicator | value |
|---|---|---|
| total_shipments_m | Worldwide shipments (millions) | 62.7 |
| yoy_growth | Year-over-year growth | -20.1% |
| qoq_growth | Quarter-over-quarter growth (vs Q2 2026) | -9.1% |
| prior_year_shipments_m | Prior-year Q3 shipments (millions) | 78.5 |
| decline_reason | Main drivers | H1 inventory pull-in, supply constraints, higher prices from AI data-center build-out, worsening macro |
| publish_date | Release date | 2026-10-08 |
Field Notes
- 3q26_shipments_m / 3q25_shipments_m: shipments in millions of units for Q3 2026 / Q3 2025 (IDC official table, rounded).
- 3q26_share / 3q25_share: market share for the respective quarter.
- yoy_growth: Q3 2026 vs Q3 2025 growth.
- qoq_growth: Q3 2026 vs Q2 2026 growth.
- decline_reason: drivers as stated by IDC in the press release (per research director Jitesh Ubrani).
Sources
- IDC press release (October 8, 2026): PC Market Woes Continue: Shipments Fall 20.1% in Q3 2026
- Cailianshe (October 9, 2026): Memory crisis hits the global PC market: Q3 shipments fall over 20%
- 36Kr (October 9, 2026): PCs are not selling