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RESTON, VA, September 5, 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 July 2014. Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 42.4 percent OEM market share, while Google Android led as the #1 smartphone platform with 51.5 percent platform market share. Facebook ranked as the top individual smartphone app.
Smartphone OEM Market Share173 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (71.8 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in July, up 3 percent since April. Apple ranked as the top OEM with 42.4 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers (up 1 percentage point from April). Samsung ranked second with 28.4 percent market share (up 0.7 percentage points), followed by LG with 6.4 percent, Motorola with 5.7 percent and HTC with 4.7 percent.
Top Smartphone OEMs3 Month Avg. Ending Jul. 2014 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Apr. 2014Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Age 13+Source: Comscore MobiLens
Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
Apr-14
Jul-14
Point Change
Total Smartphone Subscribers
100.0%
N/A
Apple
41.4%
42.4%
1.0
Samsung
27.7%
28.4%
0.7
LG
6.5%
6.4%
-0.1
Motorola
6.3%
5.7%
-0.6
HTC
5.3%
4.7%
Smartphone Platform Market Share Android ranked as the top smartphone platform in July with 51.5 percent market share, followed by Apple with 42.4 percent (up 1 percentage point from April), Microsoft with 3.6 percent (up 0.3 percentage points), BlackBerry with 2.3 percent and Symbian with 0.1 percent.
Top Smartphone Platforms3 Month Avg. Ending Jul. 2014 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Apr. 2014Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Age 13+Source: Comscore MobiLens
Android
52.5%
51.5%
-1.0
Microsoft
3.3%
3.6%
0.3
BlackBerry
2.5%
2.3%
-0.2
Symbian
0.2%
0.1%
Top Smartphone Apps Facebook ranked as the top smartphone app, reaching 71.6 percent of the app audience, followed by YouTube (53.7 percent), Google Play (51.7 percent) and Google Search (47.5 percent).
Top 15 Smartphone AppsJuly 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)
71.6%
2
YouTube (Mobile App)
53.7%
3
Google Play (Mobile App)
51.7%
4
Google Search (Mobile App)
47.5%
5
Google Maps (Mobile App)
46.2%
6
Pandora Radio (Mobile App)
45.9%
7
Gmail (Mobile App)
41.0%
8
Instagram (Mobile App)
30.9%
9
Yahoo Stocks (Mobile App)
30.0%
10
Facebook Messenger (Mobile App)
29.5%
11
Apple Maps (Mobile App)
27.5%
12
Yahoo Weather Widget (Mobile App)
25.5%
13
iTunes Radio/iCloud (Mobile App)
21.7%
14
Twitter (Mobile App)
21.6%
15
Google+ (Mobile App)
21.5%
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