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India PC shipments surpass pandemic peak as first-time users upgrade
Publisher description: Pandemic-driven lockdowns exposed many people in India to PCs for the first time, expanding the country's PC userbase and creating demand for upgrades as those devices age.
TechCrunch | Mar 6, 2026 | Jagmeet Singh
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Pandemic-driven lockdowns exposed many people in India to PCs for the first time, expanding the country’s PC userbase and creating demand for upgrades as those devices age, Bharath Shenoy, a research manager at IDC, told TechCrunch. India’s share of global PC shipments rose to 5. 6% in 2025 from 3. 3% in 2020, IDC data shared with TechCrunch shows. Worldwide PC shipments grew 8. 1% to 284. 7 million units in 2025, according to IDC’s earlier report.
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