Percentage of Android phone owners that don’t use a lockscreen:
Last updated 1/22/16
Percentage of smartphones that get either broken or lost:
Last updated 2/3/16
Percentage of U.S. smartphone owners that use voice recognition software on it:
Last updated 2/1/16
Percentage of US smartphone owners that ordered a taxi or car ride using their phone in 2015:
Percentage of US smartphone owners that booked a restaurant using their phone in 2015:
Percentage of US smartphone owners that booked an airline flight using their phone in 2015:
Growth in global mobile data traffic from 2014-2015:
Average amount of global mobile data used per month in 2015:
Projected Average amount of global mobile data used per month in 2016:
Last updated 2/3/16
Percentage of total global mobile data traffic that was due to video traffic in 2015:
Average monthly data traffic per smartphone globally in 2015:
An estimated 51% (yes, a majority of online holiday shopping this year) of all holiday online shopping visits in the U.S. this year will come from smartphones.
22.7% of all global site traffic on ecommerce websites come from smartphones.
(Last updated 10/28/15)
The most popular iPhone/iPad app of all time is Facebook.
(Last updated 9/9/15)
Average amount of data that 4G users in China use monthly:
Last updated 4/26/17
US age group with highest smartphone penetration rate:
Last updated 11/15/16
US age group with lowest smartphone penetration rate:
Last updated 11/15/16
Percentage of US smartphone users that download zero apps per month:
Last updated 9/16/16
Percentage of US households that only have a cell phone and no landlilne:
Last updated 1/20/17
Number of apps downloaded in 2016:
Increase in global app downloads from 2015-2016:
Total revenue generated from mobile apps in 2016:
Number of people that play mobile games (global):
Last updated 1/27/16
Amount of revenue mobile games generated in 2016:
Projected number of US mobile payment users in 2017:
Last updated 1/26/17
Projected number of US mobile payment users in 2020:
Last updated 1/26/17
Projected total mobile payment transactions value for 2017:
Last updated 1/26/17
Number of people employed globally by the mobile ecosystem in 2016:
Percentage of US consumers that use mobile devices for shopping:
Last updated 2/23/17
Percentage of smartphone owners that download apps because they are featured by Google or Apple:
Last updated 9/15/16
Percentage of smartphone owners that download apps because they they think they will help with a specific task:
Last updated 9/15/16
Percentage of smartphone owners that download apps because of friend recommendations:
Last updated 9/15/16
Percentage of smartphone owners that download apps because of app ads:
Last updated 9/15/16
Average number of apps downloaded per month per smartphone user that downloads apps:
Last updated 9/13/16
Percentage of US website visits that are driven by smartphones in 2015:
Percentage of Japan website visits that are driven by smartphones in 2015:
Percentage of India website visits that are driven by smartphones in 2015:
Percentage of UK website visits that are driven by smartphones in 2015:
Percentage of Australia/New Zealand website visits that are driven by smartphones in 2015:
Projected percentage of people in India that have smartphones by end of 2017:
Last updated 4/25/17
Average amount of time per week millennials spend on their smartphones:
Last updated 3/22/17
Average amount of time US adults spent browsing the mobile web on their smartphones daily in 2016:
Average amount of time US adults spent in apps on their smartphones daily in 2016:
2 hours and 11 minutes per day
Percentage of US adult mobile internet time that apps account for:
Last updated 4/17/17
The average driver spends 3.5 minutes on their smartphone per each 1 hour driving.
Last updated 4/17/17
Projected increase in smartphone shipments year over year from 2016-2017:
Last updated 3/1/17
Projected increase in smartphone shipments year over year from 2017-2018:
Last updated 3/1/17
Projected number of smartphones to be shipped in 2017:
Last updated 3/1/17
Projected number of smartphones to be shipped in 2021:
Last updated 3/1/17
Number of mobile phones shipped in China in 2016:
Increase in mobile phones shipped in China from 2015-2016:
Percentage of mobile phones shipped in China in 2016 that were from domestic makers:
Percentage of mobile phones shipped in China in 2016 that support 4G networks:
Percentage of internet users in China that use a phone to access it:
Last updated 1/22/17
Percentage of US mobile device owners that used their phone in-store to research competitor pricing:
Last updated 11/3/16
This report contains all the mobile statistics I have been able to dig up over the years; 140 of them updated for February 2018 including stats on:
- Global mobile usage and activity stats
- US mobile usage and activity stats
- China mobile usage and activity stats
- Smartphone sales stats
- Mobile commerce stats
- Mobile advertising stats
- Etc.- all in one place
I try to go through each and every stat regularly and update as much as possible, but we all know that some stats are easier to track down than others. As always, every stat is linked to its original source and has the source date listed.
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