In December 2024, Google Chrome was the most popular mobile internet browser in the United States, with a market share of over 48 percent. Apple’s Safari came as a close second, with around 45.98 percent of market share. U.S. browser market Considering Apple iPhone’s high user rate in the United States, it is no wonder that Safari, the browser pre-installed on every iPhone, is also widely used. When it comes to the overall browser market, however, Safari’s leading status gets lost: Chrome is the number one internet browser in the United States with a market share of about 52 percent, while Safari trails as a second with around 32 percent share. Safari lags even further behind in the desktop browser market, with only around 18 percent share. This correlates to Apple’s standing in the PC market: ranked as number four in the market as of the third quarter of 2021, Apple’s Mac computers enjoy a relatively niche yet loyal user group. With a nearly 60 percent share, Chrome is the dominating figure in the U.S. desktop browser market.

According to DeviceAtlas's data, Apple's iPhone 7 was the most popular iPhone model in 2020 with a 10.53 percent share in the overall global web usage . Among the other Apple smartphone models,iPhone 6S, iPhone 8, iPhone X and iPhone 6 enjoyed large share as well in that year. Apple was the vendor with the highest most smartphones sold globally as of the fourth quarter of 2020. This trend has been observed for the past couple of years, except for the third quarter of 2019, when Huawei generated more smartphone sales than Apple and therefore, ranked second.

 What part of Apple’s revenue comes from iPhones?  

iPhone sales composed more than half of Apple’s global revenue in the first quarter of 2021. This was a large increase from the quarter before, but the peak was reached in the first quarter of 2018, when nearly 70 percent of the company’s revenue came from selling smartphones.

 Apple Pay   

With digital payments getting more and more popular, the number of Apple Pay users has also increased in recent years. Apple Pay is a mobile payment and digital wallet service by apple, initially released in October 2014. As of September 2019, nearly half of global iPhone users were using the service.

As of March 2025, Google Chrome accounted for around 53 percent of overall internet browser market share in the United States. Seemingly the only competitor that could challenge Google Chrome’s position at the top of the U.S. market is Apple’s Safari browser, which accounted for an additional 32 percent of the market share at that time. No other web browsers reached even ten percent market share. Web browsers Web browsers serve as the vehicle through which users gain access to the World Wide Web. They allow users from around the world to access a huge variety of content including everything from entertainment sites, to social media, to online shopping. In recent years, social media sites such as Facebook have become some of the most frequently visited sites in the world, as users seek to keep up to date with the digital presence of their friends, families, and favorite celebrities. Types of browser Web browsers, and internet access in general, were initially only available to desktop computers, but as technology has advanced, browsers are becoming standard features of smartphones, TVs, and other consumer electronic devices. Today, Chrome for Android and Safari for iPhone rank among the most widely user web browsers in the world alongside their desktop counterparts.

In the first quarter of 2025, Apple generated a total of 26.34 billion U.S. dollars in services revenue. These services include iTunes, the company’s online entertainment library, as well as software, digital content, AppleCare, Apple Pay, and licensing. Overall, Apple’s services segment has shown strong growth over the last few years, passing the mark of ten billion U.S. dollars in revenue in a quarter for the first time in 2018. Apple's services segment now only trails the revenue generated by its largest segment, the iPhone, which brings in tens of billions of U.S. dollars each quarter. Apple Inc. Since its famous beginning in a garage in California, Apple has grown into a giant of the technology industry, becoming one of the most valuable companies in the world. Every year, it brings in hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars and revolutionize the industry time and time again with its various consumer electronic devices. Some of the company’s most famous products include the Apple I, MacBook, iPod, Apple Watch, and the iPhone. In order to continue to innovate and improve its product offerings, Apple allocates over ten billion U.S. dollars per year towards its research and development budget. This massive R&D budget not only helps from a hardware perspective, but also assists in the development of more digital solutions to everyday needs such as iCloud and Apple Pay.