Analyst firm Trendfocus has published data for the fourth quarter of 2021 related to the hard disk drive (HDD) market. According to their calculations, between October and December, 63.40-64.70 million HDDs were shipped. This is 2.3-4.3% less than in the third quarter, and 7.7%-9.5% less than in the fourth quarter of 2020, that is, in annual terms.

Seagate is in first place in terms of supply. In the last quarter, it shipped 27.20-27.70 million drives, or 7.1-8.8% less in annual terms. Seagate's share of the HDD market is 42.8–42.9%.

Second place goes to WDC. This company managed to ship 23.50-24.00 million drives for the quarter, which corresponds to a decrease in shipments in annual terms by 6.4-8.3%. As a result, the share of WDC for the quarter amounted to 37.1%.

Toshiba, which ranks third, reduced deliveries year-on-year by the most — by 11.1%-13.2%. During the quarter, it shipped 12.70-13.00 million HDDs, which corresponds to a share of 20.0-20.1%.

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