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Facebook, mobile games account for half the time spent on iOS, Android devices

Published Apr 3rd, 2013 9:42PM EDT
Facebook, Mobile Games

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Maybe Facebook (FB) is onto something after all with its notion that people want their smartphones to be centered more around its social networkFlurry Analytics released a new report on Wednesday showing that iOS and Android users spend roughly half their time either playing mobile games, which accounted for 32% of all time spent on both platforms, or using Facebook’s mobile app, which accounted for 18% of all time spent. The report, which used both Flurry’s own data as well as data from comScore and NetMarketShare, found that mobile users spend 80% of their time using some kind of mobile app on their devices and spend just 20% of their time using some kind of mobile browser.

Brad Reed
Brad Reed Staff Writer

Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.