how many people still use Office 2016 2025

Office 2016 was still used by a meaningful share of users in 2025, but there isn’t one single global count. The best available public signals suggest it remained common among small and midsize business users, even as support ended in October 2025.

What the evidence says

• A report on German SMEs said 70% were still using Office 2016/2019 in late 2024, before support ended in October 2025.

• A later article said 65% of small businesses in Germany still used Office 2016/2019 after support ended, showing migration was slow.

• That means Office 2016 was still “alive” in real-world use in 2025, especially in business environments, even though it was no longer supported.

Practical interpretation

• For consumers, usage was likely much lower than in business settings, because many home users tend to move to newer Microsoft 365 or newer perpetual versions over time.
• For organizations, especially smaller firms, Office 2016 stayed attractive because it was already installed, familiar, and costly to replace quickly.

A fair estimate

If you want a plain-English answer: in 2025, Office 2016 was still used by millions of people globally, but exact worldwide user counts are not publicly tracked in a reliable way. The strongest public evidence shows it remained widely used in small-business settings right up to and even after end-of- support.

Important context

Office 2016 reached end of support on October 14, 2025, so it could still run, but it no longer received security updates after that date. That makes ongoing use more of a compatibility choice than a safe long-term strategy.

TL;DR: Office 2016 was still widely used in 2025, especially by small businesses, but there is no trustworthy public global user count; the clearest available figures suggest it remained very common in some business segments even after support ended.