Mobile Web Stats
Worldwide Mobile Web Stats You Should Know
- 2007 mobile phone sales were over 1.15 billion units
- There are 3.3 billion mobile phone units worldwide - half of the world’s population
- 4 million Apple iPhones were sold in the first 6 months of their production
- 2.3 million Apple iPhones were sold in the 4th quarter of 2007 alone
- India is the fastest growing mobile market
- China is the world’s most mobile nation followed by India
- 8 million subscribers in India were added in October 2007 alone, bringing the total to more than 250 million subscribers
- That number is expected to double by 2011
- Mobile penetration is expected to reach 90% worldwide by 2010
Most people in developing countries don’t have access to a PC, leaving a mobile phone as their only way to connect to the Internet. This situation produces a captive audience with numbers that should catch the attention of web marketers, designers and developers!
US Mobile Stats of Interest
Total mobile subscribers = 226 M
Top Browsed:
- Web Search: 14.8 M
- Weather: 14.2 M
- News: 13.6 M
- Sports News: 12.1 M
- Entertainment News: 10 M
Top Search Brand Reach
- Google: 9.3 M
- Yahoo: 5.3 M
- Current Mobile Network: 3.7 M
- MSN/Windows Live Search: 1.5 M
- AOL Mobile: .8 M
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