14 DAY TRIAL // While most researches put Android way ahead of iOS both worldwide and in the United States, new data provided by analytics firm Mixpanel claims Apple’s operating system actually leads the market in some countries.
One of them is the US, where iOS is the number one mobile operating system with a share of 65.5 percent, while Google’s Android runs on 34.46 percent of the devices.
There are several regions where iOS usage is more than three times higher than in the case of Android. For example, 77.88 percent of mobile phone users in Alaska run iOS, with Android far behind at 22.12 percent, while in Connecticut, 76.94 percent of the users own an iPhone. iOS also leads in New York with 72.57 percent share versus 27.43 percent for Android.
This means that Safari has become the leading the browser on mobile, with an average share of 58.06 percent, while Google Chrome is in the leading spot with 32.48 percent.
Chrome, the leader on desktop
On the other hand, the study also shows that Facebook app is becoming a popular alternative to Safari and Chrome as well, as its in-app browser is being used by 8.82 percent of users.
Things are entirely different on the desktop where Google Chrome is leading in an obvious manner. On PCs, Google Chrome is the preferred choice for more than 60 percent of the users, while Mozilla Firefox is the runner-up with over 9 percent share.
Microsoft Edge, which is the default option in Windows 10, is far behind with some 4 percent share. Apple Safari is also among the least-used browsers, mostly because it remains exclusively available on macOS.
Microsoft is also trying to become a more important player in the browser world on mobile, but its own iOS and Android version of Microsoft Edge is evolving at a rather slow pace and it still isn’t considered a rival to Google Chrome and Safari.