The Workspaces census
What's actually in everyone's setup? We're keeping track.
542 tours, 3,684 products, one running tally since 2020. No sponsorships, no review units, just what people actually own.
The headlines
01 · The archive
542 tours
6 years of desks, counted.
Workspaces has been touring real home offices since 2020. 542 interviews and counting, averaging 12 items per desk. Every number on this page is recounted from scratch each time a new tour publishes.
02 · The monopoly
63%
One laptop rules everything.
The MacBook Pro appears in 63% of tours. Number two, the Apple Magic Keyboard, is at 25%. By rank twenty, the share falls to 5%.
03 · The landscape
7/10
Of the top ten, 7 are Apple.
The only non-Apple products in the top ten: Herman Miller Aeron and Logitech MX Master 3 and Logitech MX Master 3S.
04 · The long tail
92%
Almost everything appears exactly once.
Of 3,684 distinct products, 3,385 show up on a single desk and never again. Only 53 items reach ten or more appearances.
05 · The stereotype
7%
The "default desk" barely exists.
MacBook Pro + Magic Keyboard: 18% of desks. Add the Magic Trackpad and the full combination appears on just 35 desks.
06 · The ecosystem
81%
Apple owners keep buying Apple.
81% of MacBook Pro owners have at least one more Apple product on the desk. Still, no category has a majority leader: the Apple Magic Keyboard tops keyboards at 35%, and the desk category's leader holds just 14%.
The 50
Once appeared in 12 consecutive tours (#110 to #121).
Rafael Conde has brought it to 4 separate tours.
Once appeared in 4 consecutive tours (#318 to #321).
Yann-Edern Gillet has brought it to 3 separate tours.
Owns 53% of every tablet appearance in the archive.
Once appeared in 3 consecutive tours (#122 to #124).
75% of its desks also have the Apple Magic Keyboard.
One in every 10 desks in the archive.
Once appeared in 3 consecutive tours (#128 to #131).
40% of its appearances came in the newest 100 tours.
Rafael Conde has brought it to both of their tours.
Gavin Nelson has brought it to both of their tours.
Michele Hansen has brought it to both of their tours.
Noah Stokes has brought it to 3 separate tours.
Its owners run maximalist: 16.1 items per desk against the archive's average of 13.
One in every 16 desks in the archive.
Its owners run maximalist: 17.4 items per desk against the archive's average of 13.
Ben Chon has brought it to both of their tours.
Gavin Nelson has brought it to both of their tours.
Matt D. Smith has brought it to both of their tours.
Its owners run maximalist: 16.1 items per desk against the archive's average of 13.
Patrick Morgan has brought it to both of their tours.
Patrick Morgan has brought it to both of their tours.
One in every 25 desks in the archive.
Vanished for 150 straight tours, then returned in #539.
Matt Armstrong has brought it to both of their tours.
One in every 26 desks in the archive.
Matt D. Smith has brought it to both of their tours.
Charles Patterson has brought it to both of their tours.
Its owners run maximalist: 17.0 items per desk against the archive's average of 13.
One in every 30 desks in the archive.
Yann-Edern Gillet has brought it to both of their tours.
Its owners run maximalist: 15.5 items per desk against the archive's average of 13.
63% of its desks also have the Apple Studio Display.
Its owners run maximalist: 16.3 items per desk against the archive's average of 13.
One in every 37 desks in the archive.
One in every 40 desks in the archive.
One in every 40 desks in the archive.
Charles Patterson has brought it to both of their tours.
Its owners run maximalist: 15.8 items per desk against the archive's average of 13.
Vanished for 169 straight tours, then returned in #472.
One in every 40 desks in the archive.
Yann-Edern Gillet has brought it to 3 separate tours.
Its owners run maximalist: 17.3 items per desk against the archive's average of 13.
Its owners run maximalist: 18.0 items per desk against the archive's average of 13.
Its owners run maximalist: 16.9 items per desk against the archive's average of 13.
One in every 43 desks in the archive.
Vanished for 180 straight tours, then returned in #354.
Its owners run maximalist: 16.7 items per desk against the archive's average of 13.
Its owners run maximalist: 16.1 items per desk against the archive's average of 13.
The bar shows how many desks an item appears on; the arrow shows whether it's rising or fading in the newest 100 tours. Click any row for more.
Rising & fading
Change in share of tours: the newest 100 versus everything before them. Items with at least ten total appearances, sorted by swing.
How we counted
01
Written lists only
Every count comes from the gear list each guest submits with their tour. 542 interviews and counting.
02
Variants merged
The same normalizer that powers our gear database. A 14″ and a 16″ MacBook Pro count as one item.
03
Once per tour
An item counts at most once per interview, no matter how many times it shows up.
04
Photos don't count
Gear that's visible but unnamed is skipped. If anything, these numbers run low.
05
Recounted weekly
Everything recomputes when a new tour publishes. Trends compare the newest 100 tours to the archive before them.
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