Steam just released its monthly hardware survey, and there are a few noteworthy trends worth commenting on. While the majority of Steam users have 16GB of RAM (47.08%), a good number are quickly migrating to 32GB. Users with 32GB are still a far second at 28.72%, but this number jumped by 0.63% compared to the previous month — the largest growth in any of the RAM configurations Steam lists.
On the other hand, 16GB systems saw a massive 1.18% drop. This is a curious development, especially as Microsoft set 16GB as its default requirement for AI PCs. However, it could be just the case of many users upgrading their 16GB PCs to 32GB (or beyond). Nevertheless, considering the other percentage changes, 0.78% of 16GB PC users upgraded their RAM to something higher, while the remaining 0.4% seemingly downgraded their systems.
