# Consider downgrading Windows 32-bit from Tier-1 to Tier-2 or Tier-3? (in Python 3.13?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Core Development\ **Created:** [September 14, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/consider-downgrading-windows-32-bit-from-tier-1-to-tier-2-or-tier-3-in-python-3-13/33719 "2023-09-14T10:43:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 69
**Author:** ![hugovk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/hugovk/32/14505_2.png) [@hugovk](https://discuss.python.org/u/hugovk)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/consider-downgrading-windows-32-bit-from-tier-1-to-tier-2-or-tier-3-in-python-3-13/33719/69 "2025-12-12T11:26:25Z")
This doesn’t reflect the 32-bit execution point, but we’ve been counting file downloads from [python.org](http://python.org) for nearly four days (see File Downloads at the end of [this page](https://analytics.python.org/python.org?f=is,goal,File%20Download&period=custom&keybindHint=C&from=2025-12-08&to=2025-12-12)). This is only clicks via the website, and not any direct downloads, so isn’t the full picture or directly comparable with [these numbers](https://discuss.python.org/t/python-download-stats-for-march-2022/14908/1). | Category | Filename | Visitors | V % | Events | E % | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Win 64-bit | python-X.Y.Z-amd64.exe | 173,867 | 51.6% | 215,989 | 51.8% | | Win | python-manager-X.Y.msix | 109,337 | 32.5% | 140,203 | 33.6% | | source | Python-X.Y.Z.tar.xz | 26,544 | 7.9% | 30,984 | 7.4% | | macOS | python-X.Y.Z-macos11.pkg | 15,035 | 4.5% | 16,362 | 3.9% | | source | Python-X.Y.Z.tgz | 3,974 | 1.2% | 4,314 | 1.0% | | Win 32-bit | python-X.Y.Z.exe | 1,638 | 0.5% | 1,838 | 0.4% | | Win 32-bit | python-X.Y.Z.msi | 1,254 | 0.4% | 1,464 | 0.4% | | Win 64-bit | python-X.Y.Z-embed-amd64.zip | 1,158 | 0.3% | 1,293 | 0.3% | | Android | python-X.Y.Z-aarch64-linux-android.tar.gz | 753 | 0.2% | 827 | 0.2% | | Win 64-bit | python-X.Y.amd64.msi | 639 | 0.2% | 722 | 0.2% | | Win | python-manager-X.Y.msi | 567 | 0.2% | 634 | 0.2% | | Win 64-bit | python-X.Y.Z.amd64.msi | 464 | 0.1% | 536 | 0.1% | | Android | python-X.Y.Z-x86\_64-linux-android.tar.gz | 377 | 0.1% | 422 | 0.1% | | macOS | python-X.Y.Z-macosx10.9.pkg | 368 | 0.1% | 440 | 0.1% | | Win 32-bit | python-X.Y.msi | 315 | 0.1% | 345 | 0.1% | | Win 64-bit | python-X.Y.Z-arm64.exe | 127 | 0.0% | 139 | 0.0% | | source | Python-X.Y.tgz | 74 | 0.0% | 77 | 0.0% | | Win 32-bit | python-X.Y.Z-embed-win32.zip | 71 | 0.0% | 80 | 0.0% | | Win 64-bit | python-X.Y.Z-amd64-webinstall.exe | 66 | 0.0% | 123 | 0.0% | | other | Python-X.Y.Z.tgz.spdx.json | 47 | 0.0% | 50 | 0.0% | | Win 32-bit | Python-X.Y.Z.exe | 27 | 0.0% | 29 | 0.0% | | other | python-X.Y.Z-amd64.exe.spdx.json | 27 | 0.0% | 28 | 0.0% | | Win 32-bit | BeOpen-Python-X.Y.exe | 25 | 0.0% | 27 | 0.0% | | macOS | python-X.Y-macosx10.5.dmg | 22 | 0.0% | 22 | 0.0% | | macOS | python-X.Y.Z-macosx10.6.pkg | 19 | 0.0% | 19 | 0.0% | | Win 32-bit | python-X.Y.Z-webinstall.exe | 18 | 0.0% | 22 | 0.0% | | | Total | 336,813 | 100.0% | 416,989 | 100.0% | Here’s just the categories (I think I got the categorisation correct): | Category | Visitors | V % | Events | E % | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Win 64-bit | 176,321 | 52.3% | 218,802 | 52.5% | | Win | 109,904 | 32.6% | 140,837 | 33.8% | | source | 30,592 | 9.1% | 35,375 | 8.5% | | macOS | 15,444 | 4.6% | 16,843 | 4.0% | | Win 32-bit | 3,348 | 1.0% | 3,805 | 0.9% | | Android | 1,130 | 0.3% | 1,249 | 0.3% | | other | 74 | 0.0% | 78 | 0.0% | | Total | 336,813 | 100.0% | 416,989 | 100.0% | And Windows-only, ignoring the new Python install manager: | Category | Visitors | V % | Events | E % | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Win 64-bit | 176,321 | 98.1% | 218,802 | 98.3% | | Win 32-bit | 3,348 | 1.9% | 3,805 | 1.7% | | Total | 179,669 | 100.0% | 222,607 | 100.0% | --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.python.org/t/consider-downgrading-windows-32-bit-from-tier-1-to-tier-2-or-tier-3-in-python-3-13/33719)._