Global PC shipments fall 20.1% as high prices slow demand
Worldwide PC shipments fell 20.1% to 62.7 million units in the third quarter of 2026, as high prices, supply shortages, and unsold stock slowed orders, according to preliminary results from…
Gartner: Global PC shipments up by 4% in Q1 2026
Worldwide PC shipments reached 62.8 million units in the first quarter of 2026, a 4% increase year over year, according to the latest data from Gartner, a business and technology…
IDC cuts 2026 PC forecast as memory shortage hits supply
Market intelligence firm International Data Corp. (IDC) now expects global PC shipments to drop 11.3% in 2026, sharply lower than the 2.4% decline it projected in November 2025, as memory…
Gartner: 130% memory price surge to cut PC, smartphone shipments
Surging memory costs are expected to sharply reduce global PC and smartphone shipments in 2026, according to re Gartner Inc., a business and technology insights company. Worldwide PC shipments are…
IDC: PC shipments grow by 6.5% in Q2 as vendors brace for tariffs
Global PC shipments grew 6.5% year over year in the second quarter of 2025, with worldwide volumes reaching 68.4 million units, according to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC).…
Gartner: PC shipments up 4.8% in early 2025 as US, Japan lead demand
PC shipments around the world reached 59 million units in the first quarter of 2025, up 4.8% from the same period last year, according to the latest data from research…
Gartner: Global PC shipments grew by 1.4% in Q4 2024, modest growth seen
Global PC shipments reached 64.4 million units in the fourth quarter of 2024, showing a 1.4% rise compared to the same period in 2023, according to preliminary data from research…
Gartner reports decline in Apac PC shipments in Q2
According to preliminary results from research and consulting firm Gartner Inc., PC shipments in the Asia/Pacific (Apac) market declined by 2.2% year-over-year. This marks a less steep decline compared to…
IDC: APAC PC market faces decline while recovery prospects uncertain
The Asia Pacific (APAC) PC market experienced a setback in 2023, with a 16.1% decline, according to the latest report from the International Data Corp. (IDC). Totaling 97.4 million units,…
IDC reports 2.7% decline in PC shipments for Q3 2023
The fourth quarter of 2023 saw a 2.7% decline in global PC shipments, marking the lowest volume for the holiday quarter since 4Q06, according to the International Data Corp. (IDC),…
IDC forecasts global PC shipments to rebound in 2024
In the third quarter of 2023, the global PC market saw shipments totaling 68.5 million units, surpassing initial predictions but still marking a 7.2% decrease compared to the same period…
IDC: PC shipments continue to decline in third quarter
Preliminary data from the International Data Corp. (IDC), a market intelligence firm, reveals a decline in PC shipments in the third quarter of 2023. However, this downtrend comes after two…
IDC projects decline in PC shipments in 2023
The International Data Corp. (IDC), a market intelligence company, is forecasting a 13.7% year-over-year decline in PC shipments, totaling 252 million units in 2023, despite indications of a recovering market.…
IDC: Shift in IT spending causes dip in PC shipments in Q2 2023
IDC said this is the sixth consecutive quarter of contraction for the industry, driven by macroeconomic challenges, sluggish demand from consumers and businesses, and a shift in IT spending away…
PC shipments continue to drop due to poor demand — IDC
Traditional PC shipments are getting the brunt of the post-pandemic world as the International Data Corp. (IDC) reports what it calls a “precipitous drop” in the first quarter of 2023…
‘Pandemic boom’ over for PC market — IDC
Sales of personal computing (PC) devices are dropping, according to the latest data from market intelligence firm International Data Corp., Global shipments for traditional PC fell by 28.1% compared to…
PH PC market continues slump in 3Q22 — IDC
PC shipments in the Philippines continued to drop, declining 19.8% year over year (YoY) and 11% quarter over quarter (QoQ), reaching 565,000 units in the third quarter of 2022 (3Q22),…
Worldwide PC shipments decline 15% in Q3 2022 — IDC
With the workforce mostly reporting on-site now and students going to schools for their classes, PC devices are experiencing a decline in shipments. According to the latest data from International…
PC shipments decline by 15.3% in Q2 2022 — IDC
Following two years of growth, personal computing (PC) shipments dropped by 15.3% year over year to 71.3 million units in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22), the second-worst quarter, according…
PC shipments forecast to decline 8.2% in 2022 — IDC
The International Data Corp. (IDC) forecasts that global shipments of traditional PCs will fall 8.2% year over year in 2022 to 321.2 million units while worldwide tablet shipments forecast has…
Global PC shipments decline by 5.1% in Q1 2022 — IDC
Global shipments of traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, declined 5.1% in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22) but exceeded earlier forecasts, according to preliminary results from the International…
PC shipments grew by 1% in Q4 2021, 14.8% for the full year 2021 — IDC
Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) reached 92.7 million units during the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21), marking 1.0% growth over the same quarter in 2020, according…
IDC: PC market forecast to grow by 14.2% in 2021
Remote workforce, online classes, and the continued will be instrumental in the 14.2% growth in PC worldwide shipments for 2021, according to the latest forecast from the International Data Corp.…
Worldwide PC shipments grew 13.2% YoY in Q2 2021 — IDC
The International Data Corp. (IDC) said the continued demand for personal devices keeps the growth trajectory of personal computing devices in terms of shipments. This, despite the shortage in global…
IDC: Worldwide PC shipments up by 55% in first quarter of 2021
As predicted, global shipments of traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, grew 55.2% year over year during the first quarter of 2021 (1Q21), according to preliminary results from the…
IDC: Worldwide PC shipments forecast to grow 18.2% in 2021
Despite many regions beginning their reopening process from COVID-19, PC demand across the globe remains strong and in some cases at record levels exiting 2020. The largest drivers of demand…
PC shipments to decline 12.4% in 2020 after a brief spike during lockdowns
As countries around the world continue to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, International Data Corp. (IDC) expects the global economy to face challenges as consumers and businesses cope with financial…