Comments on: iPhone Web Stats

By: Ram Krishnan

Ram Krishnan — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:31:38 +0000

I have updated the statistics about iPhone browsing and the numbers are even more amazing! Read about it in my latest blog entry:

http://mobilebroadbandblog.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/does-iphone-increase-browsing-better-believe-it/

By: marcol

marcol — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:26:34 +0000

1) What about the applications that use safari to run? If any of these (e-mail, RSS readers?) are pinging websites and identifying themselves as safari, that can add up to some serious traffic. Does iTunes wireless purchasing work via safari?

[INDENT]"We use a unique methodology for collecting this data. We collect data from the browsers of site visitors to our exclusive on-demand network of live stats customers. The data is compiled from approximately 160 million visitors per month. The information published is an aggregate of the data from this network of hosted website statistics. The site unique visitor and referral information is summarized on a monthly basis."[/INDENT]

More here:

http://marketshare.hitslink.com/

I don't know but I'd be very surprised iTunes was part of the "exclusive on-demand network of live stats customers".

2) As stated, a lot of WM users rely on other browsers, namely opera, minimo, and hacking PIE to identify itself as IE6 (for banking sites etc). 3) Maybe iPhone just appeals to a market that does more surfing than actual work (like push e-mail on the blackberry)? Betcha total internet traffic on WM6 devices outnumbers iPhone by a LOT.

Do have any numbers at all to back this up?

By: PSB22

PSB22 — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:01:59 +0000

Some other ponderables...

2) As stated, a lot of WM users rely on other browsers, namely opera, minimo, and hacking PIE to identify itself as IE6 (for banking sites etc).

3) Maybe iPhone just appeals to a market that does more surfing than actual work (like push e-mail on the blackberry)? Betcha total internet traffic on WM6 devices outnumbers iPhone by a LOT. Wonder what the traffic #s for Verizon vs. AT&T are in terms of ave bytes per user per month?

By: Fred333

Fred333 — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:25:54 +0000

Would have to agree that the iphone usage with do nothing but go up especially after the holidays.

By: marcol

marcol — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:06:05 +0000

The iPhone edged out the entirety of all Windows CE-based devices in web usage according to data provided by Market Share at Hitslink.com. The iPhone came in at #10 with 0.09%, whereas Windows CE weighed in at 0.06% for #11.

iPhone browser use seems to be growing at a pace. For the whole of December iPhone = 0.12%, for last two days 0.17%. WinCE is still 0.06% (whole of December figure).

http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=10 http://marketshare.hitslink.com/articles.aspx

If we assume that WinCE install base is something like 5-10x that of iPhone these figures point to the typical iPhone user clocking something like 10-30x the browser usage of the typical WinCE user.

By: Stig

Stig — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:01:06 +0000

Nokia's S60 Symbian OS shows up at #14 with 0.01%.

Symbian has a great browser. I'll miss it when I move from my Nokia E61 to a WM6 phone. Even Opera Mini is poor by comparison.

By: murrayalex

murrayalex — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:04:30 +0000

well said Antoine…it’s true folks, you may have the latest and greatest o/s via WM6 but the browser is soooooo 90′s it should have a shellsuit skin option.

By: Antoine of MMM

Antoine of MMM — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:00:07 +0000

The numbers might be off, but they should be correct. Remember, most of the iPhone's allure is in applications based on using the web browser. And while it might be that a ton of folks might have been jailbreaking their devices, there are many more that have not and are using it just as it was designed to. Making more sites get more impressions from more users.

The numbers just mean that Internet on the iPhone is better than it is on WM, and that just brutal honesty, nothing that statistics need to help contribute towards.

By: Doc31

Doc31 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:59:00 +0000

just seems hard to believe. I guess it you ask the right question you get the answer you want to hear.

By: Dieter Bohn

Dieter Bohn — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:58:12 +0000

excellent question. No idea - PalmOS hardware doesn't seem to show.

I do see that NetFront (basis of Blazer) does have .01% of the overall browser share...

By: phrogpilot73

phrogpilot73 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:40:04 +0000

Where is Palm OS?

By: Dieter Bohn

Dieter Bohn — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:32:26 +0000

Here's the WMExperts reply!

Alright, we'll make this an official Round Robin thread, because it's fun to pit smartphones against each other! Heck, we even combined the comment threads on the two articles for more enjoyable smackery.