Android is now the most popular smartphone platform among BGR mobile readers

By on May 31, 2011 at 3:01 PM
mobile May 31, 2011

While Apple’s iPhone had a head start, there’s just no stopping Google’s Android OS as far as market share is concern. What’s interesting is that, generally, web browsing on an iPhone had been a much more enjoyable experience, thus the higher web browsing stats from the iPhone versus other smartphones. Fast forward to today, and web browsing is pretty comparable on both platforms, with each having their strengths and weaknesses. For the first time ever, our internal statistics showed that Android phones visited the BGR site more than iPhone users in May, making Android the most used smartphone platform for browsing on BGR.com. The iPhone isn’t far behind with around 1% separating the two, and iOS devices combined (iPhone, iPad and iPod touch) absolutely drawf Android at over 61% of total mobile browsing share compared to Android’s 35%. Another bit of data we found interesting? It’s pretty sad to see, but iPod touch users actually use web browsing on their devices more than BlackBerry users, with BlackBerry users only making up 2.01% of the mobile browsing on BGR compared to 2.98% for the iPod touch.

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  • Anon

    Does that include google reader stats?  Just wondering as that is what I use to look at bgr on my android.

  • Anonymous

    Ha just read the title again.  BGR, change the title, smartphone != mobile, mobile == mobile and iOS use is 61% compared to 35% for Android.

  • http://twitter.com/Avian Avian

    Now if you would just get rid of that god-awful iPhone app clone mobile interface….

  • 1T2dirtnap

    WHY DO YOU CENSOR ME BGR?

  • Anonymous

    if the BGR iphone app was updated then iPhone probably would take back over

  • Anonymous

    For me NO Skype video call the phone worth “0″

  • Chris

    Wow. iPads make up 25% of BGR browsing?

  • Anonymous

    ANDROID ARMY!!! 

  • Jokernj

    And still no Android BGR app. Its fine though, I get it all with Pulse Reader.

  • Anonymous

    Soooo… can we get an official app, phone a teblet format? Pretty please!!!?

  • TuhTuhTourrr!!!

    I’m amazed that 2.5% of the readers on BGR have the patience to use a BB browser for anything at all!

  • punyparker01

    I’m guessing us webOS users are in the “Unknown” category? We stand united.

  • http://www.sk1wbw.wordpress.com Wayne Williams

    Reports like this are so freaking flawed, I’m surprised they make it online.  If there are 500 branded handsets from 20 manufacturers that use Android, that doesn’t mean anything.  Android is given away to any swinging dick who can slap it on a handset.  Android is the new Windows as it relates to marketing numbers like this.

    • Anonymous

      Do you realize you’re essentially validating the premise you call flawed?  

  • Alienquest7

    I’ve been trying out android on a new Samsung Infuse for the past few days, and I can see that the iPhone os blows Android out of the water when it comes to web browsing!! I’m thinking of returning the Infuse and going back to my untouchable iPhone 4. Thats the way it is in my world and the way I feel. You may think differently and that’s OK. But, iOS still is much better as far as ease of use and getting things done faster and better. I do like the Android speech commands though. I believe iOS will be getting this soon, too, which will be even more awesome.

  • Jason

    What?  I thought for sure Web OS would be the most popular!

  • Anonymous

    So the logic in not including all iOS devices is…?

  • Musberger

    Considering that BGR loves all things Google and Microsoft, I wonder why it took so long. I also wonder how this is news. At my website today, Linux users just overtook Windows and Mac as the source of my most visitors. Stop the presses.

  • http://digithoughts.com digithoughts

    No wonder, I looked in your review section and apparently you guys only review one iPhone per year…

  • Anonymous

    Like it or not..Android is doing to the mobile world what Microsoft did to computers. The Army is getting stronger and stronger! RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.

  • krunk fu

    Maybe if you update that iPhone app then they will take the top again.

  • Anon41716

    Do these stats include Opera Mini Users? I’m sure there are a bunch of WinMo and Nokia out there using Opera Mini as their primary browser…. so these stats may be a off….

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