Comscore Reports October 2013 U.S. Smartphone Subscriber Market Share
Motorola Moves Up to Become the 3rd Leading Smartphone Manufacturer
RESTON, VA, December 5, 2013 – 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 October 2013. Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 40.6 percent OEM market share, while Google Android led as the #1 smartphone platform with 52.2 percent platform market share. Google Sites ranked as the top mobile media property, while Facebook was the top individual app.
Smartphone OEM Market Share
149.2 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (62.5 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in October, up 4.1 percent since July. Apple ranked as the top OEM with 40.6 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers (up 0.2 percentage points from July). Samsung ranked second with 25.4 percent market share (up 1.3 percentage points), while Motorola made the leap to third with 7 percent (up 0.1 percentage points). HTC and LG followed with 6.7 percent and 6.6 percent, respectively.
Top Smartphone OEMs | |||
| Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers | ||
Jul-13 | Oct-13 | Point Change | |
Total Mobile Subscribers | 100.0% | 100.0% | N/A |
Apple | 40.4% | 40.6% | 0.2 |
Samsung | 24.1% | 25.4% | 1.3 |
Motorola | 6.9% | 7.0% | 0.1 |
HTC | 8.0% | 6.7% | -1.3 |
LG | 6.8% | 6.6% | -0.2 |
Smartphone Platform Market Share
Android ranked as the top smartphone platform in October with 52.2 percent market share (up 0.4 percentage points), followed by Apple with 40.6 percent (up 0.2 percentage points), BlackBerry with 3.6 percent, Microsoft with 3.2 percent (up 0.2 percentage points) and Symbian with 0.2 percent.
Top Smartphone Platforms | |||
| Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers | ||
Jul-13 | Oct-13 | Point Change | |
Total Smartphone Subscribers | 100.0% | 100.0% | N/A |
Android | 51.8% | 52.2% | 0.4 |
Apple | 40.4% | 40.6% | 0.2 |
BlackBerry | 4.3% | 3.6% | -0.7 |
Microsoft | 3.0% | 3.2% | 0.2 |
Symbian | 0.3% | 0.2% | -0.1 |
Top Smartphone Properties & Apps
Google Sites ranked as the top web property on smartphones, reaching 88 percent of the mobile media audience (mobile browsing and app usage), followed by Facebook (84.4 percent), Yahoo Sites (77.9 percent) and Amazon Sites (65.3 percent). Facebook ranked as the top smartphone app, reaching 75.7 percent of the app audience, followed by Google Play (54 percent), Google Search (52.2 percent) and Pandora (48.2 percent).
Top 15 Smartphone Properties & Apps | ||||
| Top 15 Properties | % Reach | Top 15 Apps | % Reach |
| Smartphone Browsing + App Audience | 100.0% | Smartphone App Audience | 100.0% |
1 | Google Sites | 88.0% | Facebook (Mobile App) | 75.7% |
2 | 84.4% | Google Play (Mobile App) | 54.0% | |
3 | Yahoo Sites | 77.9% | Google Search (Mobile App) | 52.2% |
4 | Amazon Sites | 65.3% | Pandora Radio (Mobile App) | 48.2% |
5 | Apple Inc. | 49.6% | YouTube (Mobile App) | 48.0% |
6 | AOL, Inc. | 49.5% | Gmail (Mobile App) | 45.6% |
7 | PANDORA.COM | 48.5% | Apple App Suite (Mobile App) | 43.8% |
8 | Microsoft Sites | 48.1% | Google Maps (Mobile App) | 43.1% |
9 | Wikimedia Foundation Sites | 40.8% | Yahoo Stocks (Mobile App) | 29.9% |
10 | Turner Digital | 38.7% | Instagram (Mobile App) | 25.5% |
11 | eBay | 36.2% | Yahoo Weather Widget (Mobile App) | 23.6% |
12 | CBS Interactive | 36.0% | Apple Maps (Mobile App) | 23.2% |
13 | Glam Media | 33.1% | Twitter (Mobile App) | 21.8% |
14 | ESPN | 30.8% | The Weather Channel (Mobile App) | 20.9% |
15 | Weather Company, The | 29.6% | Facebook Messenger (Mobile App) | 19.0% |
*Apple App Suite includes iTunes, Apple App Store, and Apple Game Center
About Mobile Metrix
Comscore 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 MobiLens
MobiLens 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 Comscore
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