14 DAY TRIAL // The usage of Opera Mini is still on the rise, and the same applies to the number of women that are accessing the mobile Web, a recent report from Opera shows.
According to the software company, the number of women accessing the web from their mobile devices increased 575% during the past two years, reaching 23% of the total number of mobile web users out there.
It seems that the number of males users that access the web from their handsets is growing at a slower pace, as it went up 233% between May 2008 and July 2010.
These figures are the results of a survey Opera deployed for its users, and which saw a number of 300,000 survey responses collected from all around the world in the course of several weeks starting with late July.
In addition to these survey results, Opera also unveiled some more info on the global trends it observed related to its Opera Mini browser, including the fact that it had over 62.3 million users in July.
This marks an increase of 4.8% from June 2010, and a 114.3% growth from July 2009. These people viewed 29.6 billion pages in July, up 8.5% from June, and up 146.3% on a yearly basis.
Other findings of the report include: - In July 2010, Opera Mini users generated over 445 million MB of data for operators worldwide. Since June, the data consumed went up by 6.9%. Data in Opera Mini is compressed by up to 90%. If this data were uncompressed, Opera Mini users would have viewed over 4.1 petabytes of data in July. Since July 2009, data traffic is up 138.1%. - Kenya joins the list of top 10 countries for Opera Mini users, replacing Nigeria. The current top 10, in order, is: Indonesia, Russia, India, China, Ukraine, South Africa, the United States, Vietnam, the United Kingdom and Kenya.
“We believe access to the Web is a universal right and the mobile Web is all about breaking down barriers to access,” said Jon von Tetzchner, co-founder, Opera Software.
“Seeing more women on the mobile Web is important to ensuring the mobile Web remains the rich tapestry of ideas it is. Further diversity can only improve things for everyone,” he continued.