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Market share of mobile operating systems worldwide 2012-2018
Mobile operating systems' market share worldwide from January 2012 to December 2018
This statistic shows the global market share held by the leading mobile operating systems from January 2012 to December 2018, based on internet use. In December 2018, Android had a worldwide market share of 75.16 percent.
Mobile operating systems' market share worldwide from January 2012 to December 2018
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This statistic shows the global market share held by the leading mobile operating systems from January 2012 to December 2018, based on internet use. In December 2018, Android had a worldwide market share of 75.16 percent.
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StatCounter calculates the data based on more than 1.7 billion page views per month worldwide. StatCounter defines a mobile device as a pocket-sized computing device. As a result, tablets are not included.
* StatCounter: "Nokia devices (including some S40 devices) had been grouped largely under Symbian OS. With assistance from Nokia and a number of individual users, this error was corrected on 23rd April 2012 and from that date all Nokia devices are now tracked as Symbian or S40 or Meego as appropriate".
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StatCounter calculates the data based on more than 1.7 billion page views per month worldwide. StatCounter defines a mobile device as a pocket-sized computing device. As a result, tablets are not included.
* StatCounter: "Nokia devices (including some S40 devices) had been grouped largely under Symbian OS. With assistance from Nokia and a number of individual users, this error was corrected on 23rd April 2012 and from that date all Nokia devices are now tracked as Symbian or S40 or Meego as appropriate".
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