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Android phones came a year after the release of the iPhone. 5 years later, the iPhone still dominates web usage share. I see a similar trend when comparing web

Android phones came a year after the release of the iPhone. 5 years later, the iPhone still dominates web usage share. I see a similar trend when comparing web usage share between Android tablets and iPads.

zmmmmm 13y ago
> Android phones came a year after the release of the iPhone In 2010, 3 years after iPhone release, Android had around 8% market share. It grew something like 1200% that year. These things aren't linear with time.
- Samuel_Michon 13y ago
  Currently, Android has 80% smartphone market share. Android smartphone market share growth is over. And yet, iPhone web usage share remains much higher than Android’s.
  - spot 13y ago
    "Android barely beats iOS in terms of mobile web browsers that actually go online." http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2013/10/16/why-do-online-browsing-habits-favor-iphones-and-ios-devices-over-android/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2013/10/16/why-do-onl... where do you get your numbers?
    - Samuel_Michon 13y ago
      Hitslink and Statcounter.
      - spot 13y ago
        so you are tracking your own sites. well maybe they appeal to iOS users.
        Samuel_Michon 13y ago
        Eh, no. Hitslink’s data[1] comes from approximately 160 million visitors per month. StatCounter’s data[1] comes more than 3 million websites. Caveat: StatCounter’s hasn’t been reporting very reliable global stats lately, it’s most useful for Europe and North America. Personally, I use Mint[3] for analytics on my websites, iOS usage share is much higher for those. [1] http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=0&qpcustomd=1 http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qp... [2] http://gs.statcounter.com/ http://gs.statcounter.com/ [3] http://haveamint.com http://haveamint.com
        spot 13y ago
        neither of those is specifically for tablets.
        Samuel_Michon 13y ago
        http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/22/apple-announces-170m-ipads-sold-with-81-tablet-usage-share-and-475k-apps/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/22/apple-announces-170m-ipads-...

zmmmmm 13y ago

> Android phones came a year after the release of the iPhone In 2010, 3 years after iPhone release, Android had around 8% market share. It grew something like 1200% that year. These things aren't linear with time.

Samuel_Michon 13y ago
Currently, Android has 80% smartphone market share. Android smartphone market share growth is over. And yet, iPhone web usage share remains much higher than Android’s.
- spot 13y ago
  "Android barely beats iOS in terms of mobile web browsers that actually go online." http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2013/10/16/why-do-online-browsing-habits-favor-iphones-and-ios-devices-over-android/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2013/10/16/why-do-onl... where do you get your numbers?
  - Samuel_Michon 13y ago
    Hitslink and Statcounter.
    - spot 13y ago
      so you are tracking your own sites. well maybe they appeal to iOS users.
      - Samuel_Michon 13y ago
        Eh, no. Hitslink’s data[1] comes from approximately 160 million visitors per month. StatCounter’s data[1] comes more than 3 million websites. Caveat: StatCounter’s hasn’t been reporting very reliable global stats lately, it’s most useful for Europe and North America. Personally, I use Mint[3] for analytics on my websites, iOS usage share is much higher for those. [1] http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=0&qpcustomd=1 http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qp... [2] http://gs.statcounter.com/ http://gs.statcounter.com/ [3] http://haveamint.com http://haveamint.com
        spot 13y ago
        neither of those is specifically for tablets.
        Samuel_Michon 13y ago
        http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/22/apple-announces-170m-ipads-sold-with-81-tablet-usage-share-and-475k-apps/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/22/apple-announces-170m-ipads-...