The statistic shows share of smartphone shipments worldwide by operating system from 2009 to 2017. In 2017, 85.9 percent of all smartphones sold had Android as its operating system.

Smartphone operating systems market - additional information

The operating system, also known as an OS, transmits user commands to all other programs and applications. It also controls the peripheral devices, such as printers or cameras. A mobile OS operates on hand-held devices, such as mobile phones, smartphones, tablets or smart watches. While OS themselves are usually available for free and are already installed on the device, the additional programs and apps are tailored specifically for each system.

As of 2014, the main players on the smartphone OS market are Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. Other smartphone operating systems on the market include Microsoft’s Windows Phone and Blackberry’s RIM to a lesser extent. Symbian, which was used extensively on mobile phones and early generations of smartphones by leading manufacturers, such as Samsung, LG, Motorola and most notably Nokia, was a dominant player on the market in 2009 and 2010. Due to the growing popularity of Android, which most major smartphone manufacturers adopted as their OS of choice, and Nokia’s partnership with Windows Phone, which began in 2011, Symbian was effectively pushed off the market in 2014.

Google’s Android leads the global market with an 80 percent market share, while Apple’s iOS is second, with 15 percent. There are stark differences between regional markets; in the United States for example, the market is almost equally divided between Android and iOS.

Windows 10 is the most popular Windows desktop operating system, accounting for a market share of around 65 percent as of July 2024. The share of devices running the older Windows 7 OS has slipped over the past year, with the newer Windows 11 running on around 31 percent of devices. A global dominance in computer operating systems Microsoft’s Windows is the most widely used computer (desktop, tablet, and console) operating system (OS) in the world with more than 68 percent of the market share. It's closest competitors — Apple's macOS and iOS — hold a combined less than 20 percent of the market. Despite its dominance in the computer OS market, Microsoft has been unable to have the same impact on the mobile OS market, where Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS split the market with a combined share of over 99 percent. Operating systems   Operating systems are the underlying platforms connecting computer hardware and software. They provide users with the graphical interface that enables them to issue commands and perform tasks on electronic devices. Almost every device today — from smartphones and desktop computers, to graphical calculators — requires an operating system to function.

Windows 10 is the most popular Windows desktop operating system, accounting for a market share of around 54 percent as of March 2025. The share of devices running the older Windows 7 OS has slipped over the past year, with the newer Windows 43 running on around 31 percent of devices. A global dominance in computer operating systems Microsoft’s Windows is the most widely used computer (desktop, tablet, and console) operating system (OS) in the world with more than 68 percent of the market share. It's closest competitors — Apple's macOS and iOS — hold a combined less than 20 percent of the market. Despite its dominance in the computer OS market, Microsoft has been unable to have the same impact on the mobile OS market, where Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS split the market with a combined share of over 99 percent. Operating systems   Operating systems are the underlying platforms connecting computer hardware and software. They provide users with the graphical interface that enables them to issue commands and perform tasks on electronic devices. Almost every device today — from smartphones and desktop computers, to graphical calculators — requires an operating system to function.

Android was the unquestioned leader of the mobile operating system (mobile OS) market in 2018, with 88 percent of all devices sold running the Android system.

Mobile OS ecosystem

Smartphone operating systems, often referred to as smartphone OS, are operating systems that operate smartphones, PDAs, tablets and other mobile devices. An operating system allows these devices to run applications and programs, therefore, bringing advanced functions to mobile devices that were previously restricted to desktop computers.

The now-discontinued OS Symbian was the first popular smartphone operating system in the world. With the launch of Ericsson‘s R380 in 2000, Symbian became the first modern mobile OS on a smartphone. By 2009, Symbian accounted for nearly half of the global smartphone operating systems market, while RIM/Blackberry, also a pioneer in this market, held around 20 percent of the share. Despite the early start, both Symbian and RIM have been almost driven out of the market as new operating systems were released. Apple introduced its first iPhone model to the consumer market in 2007, revolutionizing the market. Prior to the launch of Apple’s iPhone in 2007, smartphones were a rather niche product and had not yet attained mass appeal.

As of 2020, Apple's iPhone held the third largest smartphone market share. Since 2011, Apple’s iOS market share has varied between 14 and 21 percent.

The predominance of Android smartphones over iOS in Spain is indisputable: from 2013 to June 2024 the Google-developed operating system held over 75 percent of the total market share. Apple’s iOS market share peaked in April 2023 with 23.6 percent of the total share. This trend can vary significantly across countries – the popularity of iOS devices in the United Kingdom, for instance, was greater than that of Android for a long while, although the Google system has gained widespread acceptance among the British population in recent years.

This statistics breaks down the market share of Android mobile operating systems in United Arab Emirates as of September 2018. During the surveyed month of September 2018, almost 45 percent of smartphones in the UAE used an Android operating system.

As of August 2024, the Android 14 operating system (OS) dominated the Android space over the Android 13 and 12 versions, holding a share of over 48 percent of all mobile Android devices in the United States. Android 13 held around 18 percent and Android 12 ranked third with approximately 12 percent market share.

This statistics breaks down the market share of Linux mobile operating systems in United Arab Emirates as of September 2018. During the surveyed month of September 2018, almost 0.3 percent of smartphones in the UAE used a Linux operating system.

This graph depicts the projected global infotainment operating system sales in 2017, broken down by operating system. It has been projected that, by 2017, QNX will have a sales share of almost 50 percent.

This statistic shows the market share held by the leading smartphone operating systems in Mexico from 2013 to 2018, by month. In December 2018, the Android operating system had a market share of 94.5 percent in Mexico.

Smartphone OS market share in Mexico - additional information

The Android Operating System has seen its market share steadily rise in Mexico throughout, with the company finishing 2016 controlling over 90 percent of the market. These figures are consistent with recent worldwide trends in which Android has asserted its dominance in the market. The Google-backed company is predicted to hold almost 85 percent share of the global smartphone market by 2016, in stark contrast to the 3.9 percent share it had in 2009.

Despite the fact that Blackberry has struggled in the global markets in recent years, it has persisted in the Mexican market with less than one percent of the market since the beginning of 2016. In contrast, Apple’s iOS has achieved limited success in Mexico in comparison to its popularity in the rest of the world. At the end of 2016, the Apple operating system held 3.7 percent of the market share in Mexico, which is significantly lower than the 18.3 percent market share it enjoyed globally.

The mobile phone industry in general has grown in Mexico since 2009. An estimated 70 percent of the population, are forecast to use a mobile phone by 2017, this is the equivalent of around 86 million people. Of these mobile users in Mexico, 57.8 percent are predicted to own a smartphone by 2017, in comparison to just 30.7 percent of all mobile users in 2013. This means that 51.8 million people are expected to be smartphone users in Mexico by 2017.

Around 70 percent of smartphones in Germany used Android as an operating system as of June 2023. Apple's iOS was Android's only main competitor, accounting for the remaining 30 percent of the market.

Global Anti Malware for Mobile Devices Market is Segmented by Operating System (Android and iOS), and Geography (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacifici, and Latin America). The market sizes and forecasts are provided in terms of value (USD million) for all the above segments.

The statistic shows the global market share of smartphone operating systems by version in the first quarter of 2017. The Android 6 operating system accounted for 28.9 percent of the smartphone operating system market.

This statistics breaks down the market share of iOS mobile operating systems in United Arab Emirates as of September 2018. During the surveyed month of September 2018, almost 13 percent of smartphones in the UAE used an iOS operating system.

The net worth of the market share of blockchain messaging apps is predicted to grow from US$ 45.92 billion in 2023 to over US$ 1,700.31 billion by 2033. This is expected to further drive the market share and register a CAGR of 43.5% between 2023 and 2033.

Attributes	Details
Blockchain Messaging Apps Market Value (2023)	US$ 45.92 billion
Blockchain Messaging Apps Market Expected Value (2033)	US$ 1700.31 billion
Blockchain Messaging Apps Market Projected CAGR (2023 to 2033)	43.5%

Global Blockchain Messaging Apps Market Historical Analysis 2017 to 2022 Vs. Forecast Outlook 2023 to 2033

Historical CAGR (2016 to 2022)	42%
Historical Market Value (2022)	US$ 32.5 billion
Forecast CAGR (2023 to 2033)	43.5%

Scope of Report

Attribute	Details
Forecast Period	2023 to 2033
Historical Data Available for	2018 to 2022
Market Analysis	US$ billion for Value and MT for Volume
Key Regions Covered	North America Latin America Europe The Middle East and Africa East Asia
Key Countries Covered	USA, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Germany, UK, Spain, Italy, France, Russia, Poland, China, India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, GCC Countries, North Africa, South Africa, and Turkey
Key Segments Covered	Operating System Application End-user Region
Key Companies Profiled	CYBER DUST Status Crypviser Sappchat.com Signal Solana Foundation Crypto-Chat Telegram Beepo LLC CryptoDATA Others
Report Coverage	Market Forecast, Company Share Analysis, Competition Intelligence, DROT Analysis, Market Dynamics and Challenges, and Strategic Growth Initiatives
Customization & Pricing	Available upon Request

In 2024, the Android operating system version 14.0 had the largest market share with approximately 39.1 percent amongst all mobile Android devices in the United Kingdom. The 13 version held around 21 percent of the Android mobile market in the UK in that year.

This statistics breaks down the market share of Nokia mobile operating systems in United Arab Emirates as of September 2018. During the surveyed month of September 2018, almost 0.02 percent of smartphones in the UAE used a Nokia operating system.

In the first quarter of 2023, Android held a market share worth nearly 79 percent of the mobile market in Colombia, followed by iOS, with just under 21 percent. No other operating system held a share larger than one percent.

The statistic shows the market share of smartphone operating systems of the total global installed base of smartphones from 2013 to 2017. 81 percent of all smartphones that were in use at the end of 2017 were Android devices.

This statistics breaks down the market share of BlackBerry OS mobile operating systems in United Arab Emirates as of September 2018. During the surveyed month of August 2018, almost 0.03 percent of smartphones in the UAE used a BlackBerry OS operating system.