Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS jointly possess over 99 percent of the global market share.īoth unveiled in 2007, Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS have advanced their software over the years and provide regular updates to their operating systems. In Apple's home market, iOS leaped from 21.5 percent a year ago to nearly 38 percent, while Android slipped from just more than 66 percent to 57.5 percent.Android maintained its position as the leading mobile operating system worldwide in June 2021, controlling the mobile OS market with a close to 73 percent share. However, it was a different story in the U.S. In that region, Google's mobile OS rose to a 67 percent share, compared with 51 percent for the same stretch a year ago, while iOS edged down slightly, to 16.5 percent. Numbers released by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech earlier this week show Android continuing to make market share gains across Europe in the 12 weeks of sales that ended September 30. This factor and others have led to loss of share for competitors, with few exceptions." Many of its competitors, with weaker tie-ins to the mobile OS, do not. "Google has a thriving, multifaceted product portfolio. "The smartphone operating system isn't an isolated product, it's a crucial part of a larger technology ecosystem," IDC Senior Research Analyst Kevin Restivo said in a statement. It ended this quarter with just a 4 percent share of the market. While iOS trailed far behind Android, IDC believes that its performance was still slightly bumped by the late quarter launch of the iPhone 5 and lowered prices of older models. According to IDC, Samsung devices running Android's OS were the most popular among users. With three out of every four shoppers buying a smartphone with Android, the operating system's 91.5 percent year-over-year growth was nearly double the overall market growth rate of 46.4 percent in the third quarter. In addition, the combination of smartphone vendors, mobile operators, and end-users who have embraced Android has driven shipment volumes higher." "In every year since then, Android has effectively outpaced the market and taken market share from the competition. "Android has been one of the primary growth engines of the smartphone market since it was launched in 2008," IDC Mobile Phones Research Manager Ramon Llamas said in a statement. In a distant second place, Apple's iOS grabbed fewer than 15 percent of the world's market share. With a whopping 75 percent of market share and more than 181 million smartphones shipped, Android's operating system is apparently just fine with most phone users. Data from IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker for the third quarter of 2012.Īndroid commanded the worldwide smartphone market share in the third quarter, new data from research firm IDC has revealed.
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