More Than 100 Million U.S. Mobile Subscribers Now Use Smartphones
RESTON, VA, March 6, 2012 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the Comscore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending January 2012. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.4 percent market share. Google Android continued to grow its share in the smartphone market, accounting for 48.6 percent of smartphone subscribers.
OEM Market Share
For the three-month average period ending in January, 234 million Americans age 13 and older used mobile devices. Device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 25.4 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers, followed by LG with 19.7 percent share and Motorola with 13.2 percent share. Apple continued to capture share in the OEM market with 12.8 percent of total mobile subscribers (up 2.0 percentage points), while RIM rounded out the top five with 6.6 percent.
Top Mobile OEMs3 Month Avg. Ending Jan. 2012 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Oct. 2011Total U.S. Mobile Subscribers (Smartphone & Non-Smartphone) Ages 13+Source: Comscore MobiLens
Share (%) of Mobile Subscribers
Oct-11
Jan-12
Point Change
Total Mobile Subscribers
100.0%
N/A
Samsung
25.5%
25.4%
-0.1
LG
20.6%
19.7%
-0.9
Motorola
13.6%
13.2%
-0.4
Apple
10.8%
12.8%
2.0
RIM
6.6%
0.0
Smartphone Platform Market Share
The number of U.S. smartphone subscribers surpassed the 100-million mark in January, up 13 percent since October to 101.3 million subscribers. Google Android ranked as the top smartphone platform with 48.6 percent market share (up 2.3 percentage points) followed by Apple with 29.5 percent market share (up 1.4 percentage points). RIM ranked third with 15.2 percent share, followed by Microsoft (4.4 percent) and Symbian (1.5 percent).
Top Smartphone Platforms3 Month Avg. Ending Jan. 2012 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Oct. 2011Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Ages 13+Source: Comscore MobiLens
Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
Total Smartphone Subscribers
Google
46.3%
48.6%
2.3
28.1%
29.5%
1.4
17.2%
15.2%
-2.0
Microsoft
5.4%
4.4%
-1.0
Symbian
1.6%
1.5%
Mobile Content Usage
In January, 74.6 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers used text messaging on their mobile device, up 2.8 percentage points. Downloaded applications were used by 48.6 percent of subscribers (up 4.8 percentage points), while browsers were used by 48.5 percent (up 4.5 percentage points). Accessing of social networking sites or blogs increased 3.4 percentage points to 35.7 percent of mobile subscribers. Game-playing was done by 31.8 percent of the mobile audience (up 2.6 percentage points), while 24.5 percent listened to music on their phones (up 3.3 percentage points).
Mobile Content Usage3 Month Avg. Ending Jan. 2012 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Oct. 2011Total U.S. Mobile Subscribers (Smartphone & Non-Smartphone) Ages 13+Source: Comscore MobiLens
Sent text message to another phone
71.8%
74.6%
2.8
Used downloaded apps
43.8%
4.8
Used browser
44.0%
48.5%
4.5
Accessed social networking site or blog
32.3%
35.7%
3.4
Played Games
29.2%
31.8%
2.6
Listened to music on mobile phone
21.2%
24.5%
3.3
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.
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