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Wow, their data is enlightening. Sept to Nov 2015* by Mobile OS Worldwide http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-ww-monthly-201509-201511-map http://gs.statcount
by tedmiston 11y ago
Wow, their data is enlightening.
Sept to Nov 2015* by Mobile OS Worldwide http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-ww-monthly-201509-201511-map http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-ww-monthly-201509-20151...
These percentages are from the CSV export:
Country Android iOS WP
------- ------- ----- ----
U.S. 46.81 50.7 1.63
Germany 67.72 28.34 2.67
UK 43.14 44.2 3.62
European countries dominated by iOS
- Denmark
- Faroe Islands
- Gibraltar
- Guernsey
- Isle of Man
- Jersey
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Norway
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom (though 44.2% iOS vs. 43.14% Android)
Asian countries dominated by iOS
- Christmas Island
- Japan
- Macao
If you filter out the rich/small/weirder island nations, both lists are... quite short.
A few more for the curious:
Top 5 Android Countries by %:
Country %
----------- -----
Myanmar 92.32
Niue 87.05
Iran 86.86
North Korea 86.53
Poland 86.31
Top 5 iOS Countries by %:
Country %
---------------- -----
Norfolk Island 77.27
Christmas Island 71.74
Monaco 70.07
Japan 65.4
Guernsey 62.04
*The free version limits to 3 months for a map.
- nly 11y agoI don't know why iPhone is so popular in Japan, but the other 4 countries in your top 5 are fairly small...perhaps this is driven by carrier deals?
- bsder 11y agoBecause the entrenched incumbents were pushing piles of garbage for phones because they thought they had a walled garden due to Japanese language support. iPhones came in and blew a hole in that.
- digi_owl 11y agoApple products have a special place in Japan in general. their computers was perhaps the first personal computers that supported the Japanese alphabets.
- diminish 11y agoAlso beware, September to November is peak ios moment in the year due to release cycle. 2016 q2, q3 would be quite different in Europe too.