The most recent PC shipment data shows that while overall PC market shipment numbers declined for the first time in two years, Apple’s Mac shipments rose by more than 10%
IDC’s report of Q2 2026 global PC shipments, published on Wednesday, shows that overall, global PC shipments fell 4.9% year-over-year during Q2 2026, with total units shipped falling to 68.2 million units, down from 71.7 million units in in the same 2025 quarter.
The top-five computer maker rankings remained identical to the Q2 2025 rankings, although it should be noted that only Apple and ASUS showed year-over-year increases in their shipments numbers.
Lenovo held on to the top slot, with a 24.4% share of the market, although it saw a 2.1% year-over-year decline in its PC shipments. HP maintained its runner up spot, holding onto a 19.1% share despite a 9% slide in shipments, Dell’s 13.6% share of the marker was good for third place, despite a 5% slide in shipments. Rounding up the top five were Apple, with a 9.9% share of total shipments, which showed an impressive increase of 10.1% year over year, and ASUS, whose shipments creeped up 0.2% for a 7.4% piece of the action.
“Apple’s share gain coincided with its latest product launch, the MacBook Neo, and while the company did raise prices in line with the broader market, it still remains well positioned against rivals facing the same cost pressures,” noted the report.
IDC said the ongoing memory supply shortage and ever-elevating price hikes as partially causing the market-wide drop in shipments, although “geopolitical issues” also played a role.
IDC also shared two factors that could affect future PC upgrade cycles, expecting increase price pressures, “as interest in on-device AI processing continues to grow.” The second risk is of the biggest PC makers – like Apple, Dell, and Lenovo – could gain an even larger share of the PC market thanks to their scale of operation, which includes other product lines, like smartphones and servers, to better secure memory supply, possibly squeezing smaller companies out of the memory market.
Q2 2026 marked the first year-over-year decline for PC shipments since 2024, and things aren’t looking great for the industry in the short term, although IDC sees Apple as possibly being able to weather future storms better than its competitors.
“As market conditions continue to worsen, the importance of supply chain management and capabilities are increasingly important. The largest vendors, with their buying power and long-standing supplier ties, are best positioned to take share from smaller rivals,” said Jean Philippe Bouchard, vice president for consumer devices at IDC. “Apple’s share gain coincided with its latest product launch, the MacBook Neo, and while the company did raise prices in line with the broader market, it still remains well positioned against rivals facing the same cost pressures.”
