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RESTON, VA, October 7, 2014 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from Comscore MobiLens® and Mobile Metrix®, reporting key trends in the U.S. smartphone industry for August 2014. Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 42 percent OEM market share, while Google Android led as the #1 smartphone platform with 52 percent platform market share. Facebook ranked as the top individual smartphone app.
Smartphone OEM Market Share174 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (72 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in August, up 3 percent since May. Apple ranked as the top OEM with 42 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers (up 0.1 percentage points from May). Samsung ranked second with 28.9 percent market share (up 1.1 percentage points), followed by LG with 6.7 percent (up 0.2 percentage points), Motorola with 5.4 percent and HTC with 4.5 percent.
Top Smartphone OEMs3 Month Avg. Ending Aug. 2014 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending May 2014Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Age 13+Source: Comscore MobiLens
Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
May-14
Aug-14
Point Change
Total Smartphone Subscribers
100.0%
N/A
Apple
41.9%
42.0%
0.1
Samsung
27.8%
28.9%
1.1
LG
6.5%
6.7%
0.2
Motorola
6.3%
5.4%
-0.9
HTC
5.1%
4.5%
-0.6
Smartphone Platform Market ShareAndroid ranked as the top smartphone platform in August with 52 percent market share, followed by Apple with 42 percent (up 0.1 percentage points from May), Microsoft with 3.5 percent (up 0.1 percentage points), BlackBerry with 2.3 percent and Symbian with 0.1 percent.
Top Smartphone Platforms3 Month Avg. Ending Aug. 2014 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending May 2014Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Age 13+Source: Comscore MobiLens
Android
52.1%
52.0%
-0.1
Microsoft
3.4%
3.5%
BlackBerry
2.3%
0.0
Symbian
0.1%
Top Smartphone AppsFacebook ranked as the top smartphone app, reaching 72.4 percent of the app audience, followed by YouTube (54.9 percent), Google Play (51.2 percent) and Google Search (47.2 percent). In addition, Facebook Messenger (45.2 percent) jumped from #10 to #6 in the ranking after Facebook disabled the messaging feature from its flagship app and transitioned users over to the standalone Messenger app.
Top 15 Smartphone AppsAugust 2014Total U.S. Smartphone Mobile Media Users, Age 18+ (iOS and Android Platforms)Source: Comscore Mobile Metrix
Top 15 Apps
% Reach
Smartphone App Audience
1
Facebook (Mobile App)
72.4%
2
YouTube (Mobile App)
54.9%
3
Google Play (Mobile App)
51.2%
4
Google Search (Mobile App)
47.2%
5
Google Maps (Mobile App)
46.2%
6
Facebook Messenger (Mobile App)
45.2%
7
Pandora Radio (Mobile App)
45.1%
8
Gmail (Mobile App)
9
Instagram (Mobile App)
31.2%
10
Yahoo Stocks (Mobile App)
30.1%
11
Apple Maps (Mobile App)
28.4%
12
Yahoo Weather Widget (Mobile App)
24.7%
13
Google+ (Mobile App)
22.9%
14
Twitter (Mobile App)
22.3%
15
iTunes Radio/iCloud (Mobile App)
21.7%
About Mobile MetrixComscore Mobile Metrix provides mobile audience measurement across smartphones and tablets. Using a combination of panel and census-based measurement methods, Mobile Metrix offers an unduplicated view of mobile browsing and app audiences at the media property, website and individual app level.
About MobiLensMobiLens data is derived from an intelligent online survey of a nationally representative sample of mobile subscribers age 13 and older. Data on mobile phone usage refers to a respondent’s primary mobile phone and does not include data related to a respondent’s secondary device.
About ComscoreComscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in digital measurement and analytics, delivering insights on web, mobile and TV consumer behavior that enable clients to maximize the value of their digital investments. For more information, please visit www.comscore.com/companyinfo.