In a brand new report, StockApps famous that Google’s Android cellular working system’s market share has fallen from 77.32 % in 2018 to 69.74 % in January 2022. Whereas the most well-liked OS has misplaced 7.58% of the market over the previous 5 years, Apple’s iOS has elevated from 19.4% to 25.49%.

Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS dominate the smartphone working system (OS) area. As we speak 7 out of 10 telephones run on the Android OS, whereas two of the remaining three are most certainly to be iOS powered. Sometimes, one out of these three will probably be utilizing one of many different much less recognized OS’. Nonetheless, Android’s dominance is coming beneath rising stress from the opposite gamers if we go by market knowledge.

Though Android is the primary selection in most areas, the North American market is dominated by iOS and the competitors between the 2 cellular working methods is fierce.

Android loses 8% of its world OS market share to the iPhone

The research identified that the Asian and South American continents accounted for 81% and 90% of Android shares respectively. The share of iOS in Asia and South America is 18% and 10%. As for the opposite cellular working methods, they’ve a mixed share of lower than 1% on each continents.

In North America and Oceania, iOS and Android go head-to-head – iOS has a 54% share of the 2 aforementioned markets, Android has practically 45%, and the remainder of the OSs once more complete lower than 1%.

Final however not least, though the information does present a major drop in Android’s share. However in 10 cellular gadgets, Google OS nonetheless occupies greater than 7. Clearly, Apple nonetheless has an extended method to go to utterly dominate the worldwide cellular gadget market.

“Android’s lack of market share boils right down to heightened competitors inside the OS area. A have a look at the information reveals that  iOS gained 6% between July 2018 and January 2022. From 19.4% then, Apple has grown its OS market share to 25.49%. Different small scale OS builders account for the remaining 1.58% that Google shed”.

Out there knowledge reveals that the OS’ dominance is geographic. As an example, 84% of all smartphones in Africa are android-based. iOS accounts for roughly 14% of the continent’s gadgets, whereas Samsung, Nokia, and KaiOS share the remaining two % or so.

The same scenario obtains in Europe, the place Android OS has a market share of 69.32%. Whereas iOS registers higher prospects right here than it does in Africa, because it runs 30% of all of the telephones right here. Once more Samsung, Nokia and different builders must take care of a miserly 1% of the market.