September 3, 2015

Comscore Reports July 2015 U.S. Smartphone Subscriber Market Share

Apple Music Ranks Among Top 15 Smartphone Apps in First Month New Service is Introduced*

RESTON, VA, September 3, 2015 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a global leader in digital media analytics, today released data from Comscore MobiLens® and Mobile Metrix®, reporting key trends in the U.S. smartphone industry for July 2015. Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 44.2 percent OEM market share, while Google Android led as the #1 smartphone platform with 51.4 percent platform market share. Facebook ranked as the top individual smartphone app.

Smartphone OEM Market Share
191.4 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (77.1 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in July. Apple ranked as the top OEM with 44.2 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers (up 1.1 percentage points from April). Samsung ranked second with 27.3 percent market share, followed by LG with 8.7 percent (up 0.3 percentage points), Motorola with 4.9 percent and HTC with 3.5 percent.

Top Smartphone OEMs
3 Month Avg. Ending Jul. 2015 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Apr. 2015
Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Age 13+
Source: Comscore MobiLens

Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers

Apr-15

Jul-15

Point Change

Total Smartphone Subscribers

100.0%

100.0%

N/A

Apple

43.1%

44.2%

1.1

Samsung

28.6%

27.3%

-1.3

LG

8.4%

8.7%

0.3

Motorola

4.9%

4.9%

0.0

HTC

3.7%

3.5%

-0.2

Smartphone Platform Market Share
Android ranked as the top smartphone platform in July with 51.4 percent market share, followed by Apple with 44.2 percent (up 1.1 percentage points from April), Microsoft with 2.9 percent, BlackBerry with 1.3 percent and Symbian with 0.1 percent.

Top Smartphone Platforms
3 Month Avg. Ending Jul. 2015 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Apr. 2015
Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Age 13+
Source: Comscore MobiLens

Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers

Apr-15

Jul-15

Point Change

Total Smartphone Subscribers

100.0%

100.0%

N/A

Android

52.2%

51.4%

-0.8

Apple

43.1%

44.2%

1.1

Microsoft

3.0%

2.9%

-0.1

BlackBerry

1.5%

1.3%

-0.2

Symbian

0.1%

0.1%

0.0

Top Smartphone Apps
Facebook ranked as the top smartphone app, reaching 73.3 percent of the app audience, followed by Facebook Messenger (59.5 percent), YouTube (59.3 percent) and Google Search (52 percent).

Top 15 Smartphone Apps
July 2015
Total U.S. Smartphone Mobile Media Users, Age 18+ (iOS and Android Platforms)
Source: Comscore Mobile Metrix

Top 15 Apps

% Reach

1

Facebook

73.3%

2

Facebook Messenger

59.5%

3

YouTube

59.3%

4

Google Search

52.0%

5

Google Play

51.8%

6

Google Maps

50.6%

7

Pandora Radio

43.9%

8

Gmail

43.4%

9

Instagram

38.7%

10

Yahoo Stocks

31.1%

11

Apple Maps

28.2%

12

Amazon Mobile

26.1%

13

Twitter

25.7%

14

Apple Music*

24.1%

15

Snapchat

21.9%

*Clarification: “Apple Music,” as it appears in Comscore’s July reporting, is the same measured entity as the previously named “iTunes Radio/iCloud” that has been reported in past months’ mobile rankings. This entity, now under the new name, is referring to Apple’s native music app, which captures all music activity within that app, including listening via the streaming service, radio service and users’ personally downloaded music libraries. (Sept. 4)

About Comscore
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