>From the publisher of "Louisville" magazine, who lives on Stilz, a block from >the Adams. I send this stuff bec I figure it is not broadly reported, and >sometimes insightful.
On Apr 20, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Dan Crutcher <[email protected]> wrote: > I know this phenomenon has been noted elsewhere, but I still find it > remarkable and puzzling: > > According to the latest stats I can find on U.S. smartphone ownership, 38% > have iPhones, 52% have Android devices and 10% have other types. In tablets, > iPad has 54%, Android devices 43% and 3% are other. > > Presuming that there are many more smartphones than tablets, it's obvious > that Android has a greater share of the mobile OS market than Apple (profits, > of course, are an entirely different matter). Yet when I look at the Google > Analytic statistics for Louisville.com, I see that in the month of March we > had 34,858 visits from iOS users, 12,638 from Android users and 741 visits > from other mobile OS's. > > In percentages, that's 72% iOS, 26% Android and 2% other. > > So why, if there are more internet-capable Android devices than iOS devices, > do iOS users outnumber Android visitors on our site by almost 3 to 1? Is it > that iOS devices give users a better Internet experience or is that iOS users > are more Internet-centric and savvy or …. what? > > Any ideas? > > And, by the way, let me note that for the first time since I've been tracking > Louisville.com statistics — going back to the late '90s — there were more > non-Windows-OS visitors to the site than Windows in a one-month period > (March), with a 51% to 49% margin for non-Windows devices. To compare over > time, in 2007 94% of our visitors used Windows OS. What a remarkable > turnaround in just five or so years. > > Macintosh OS (11%) and iOS (26%) represented 37% of our March visitors, > compared to Windows' 49%. Unless Microsoft can make some significant inroads > into Windows smartphones and tablets in the next few years, it looks like > Apple's combined OS's will overtake Microsoft's in internet-access usage > within a couple of years. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _____________________ Nelsn Helm 4112 Massie Av 3 Louisville, KY 40207-2179 _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
