Apple iOS Based Devices Clock 2% Of Browser Market

Net Applications recently released their latest worldwide browser market share findings. ‎Accordingly, in the month of January, the iOS mobile operating system and the Mobile ‎Safari browser developed by Apple reached the 2 percent share for the first time.

The iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, operating on the iOS, touched 2.06 percent of all global ‎browsing in January. The growth of iOS market share was particularly noticeable during ‎the holidays, indicating that Apple’s products were given away as gifts.

Apple recorded their greatest market share in Singapore, where iOS clocked 9.98 percent ‎of all Web browsing traffic. In Australia, 5.6 percent of browser traffic came from iOS ‎devices. The U.K. recorded a strong showing, with 5.1 percent of total Web traffic. In the ‎U.S., it was 3.4 percent of all browser traffic.‎

Apple has now sold more than 160 million iOS devices since the iPhone ‎was first launched in 2007. Growth was particularly high in 2010 with the ‎introduction of the iPad and the iPhone 4.‎

Date: Tuesday February 1, 2011