iPhone Users Love Opera Mini

iPhone Displaces Blackberry in  the US in Opera's State of the Mobile Web Report

 

 

 

More than 2.6 million people used Opera Mini on their iPhones, in the two weeks following  its April  launch. Globally, the iPhone immediately became the third-most-popular device  being used by Opera Mini users worldwide.

 

 

This surge in new Opera Mini users reshaped both the top 10 countries using the mobile browser and the list of top handsets being used for mobile Web access, according to Oslo-based Opera's State of the Mobile Web Report, issued this week.

 

 

In April 2010, the Opera Mini  mobile browser had more than 58.9 million users, a 6.6% increase from March 2010 and 152% more than in  April 2009, the Norweigan company said.

 

 

As predicted by Opera, due to the release of a version of the browser for Apple's device, the iPhone became the Number 3 device being used by Opera Mini users worldwide last month.

 

 

The United States jumped two spots in the top 10 country ranking, displacing South Africa and Nigeria.

 

 

The United States is  now ranked Number 1 in terms of Opera Mini users on the iPhone, and the iPhone is the Number 1 handset being used by Opera Mini users in the United States, well ahead of its rival device the  BlackBerry, which previously occupied the top spot.

 

 

Opera Software Co-founder Jon von Tetzchner said:"While many iconic smartphones are superb web-browsing tools, today it is possible to make nearly every phone capable of browsing the Web gracefully,"

 

"Because the number of mobile-web users will eventually dwarf wireline users, making the Web works flawlessly only on a handful of mobile devices is to turn our collective backs on more than a billion new users. We believe access to the Web is a universal right, and as more companies embrace developing sites for the wide spectrum of mobile-web users, we will come closer to that goal than ever before."

 

 

iPhone impact

When Opera examined the impact of Opera Mini becoming available on the Apple iPhone, it found there were more than 2.6 million unique users of Opera Mini on the iPhone from April 13-30.

 

 

The top 10 countries for Opera Mini usage in April 2010 wereRussia, Indonesia, India, China, Ukraine, United States, South Africa, Nigeria, Vietnam and the United Kingdom. Due to Opera Mini on the iPhone launch, the United States leaped ahead of South Africa and Nigeria.

 

 

Most likely due to the interest generated by Opera Mini's new availability on the iPhone, the United States jumped from Number 8 to Number 6 in Opera's list of the  top 10 countries using its browser .

 

 

The United Kingdom is ranked Number 4 in terms of Opera Mini users on the iPhone, and the iPhone is now the 5th most popular handset being used by Opera Mini users in the United Kingdom.

 

 

Russia is ranked Number 7 in terms of Opera Mini users on the iPhone, but the iPhone is not one of the top 10 handsets in Russia according to Opera Mini usage.

 

 

Countries outside of the top 10 where Opera Mini on the iPhone has become popular include Japan, Germany, France, Canada, Netherlands, Italy and South Korea.

CIS trends.

 

Global trends

Those 58.9 million people viewed more than 26.3 billion pages in April 2010. Since March, page views have gone up 1.6%. Since April 2009, page views have increased 203%.

 

 In April 2010, Opera Mini users generated over 398 million MB of data for operators worldwide.

 

Since March, the data consumed went up by 0.6%. Data in Opera Mini is compressed by up to 90%. If this data were uncompressed, Opera Mini users would have viewed over 3.7 petabytes of data in April. Since April 2009, data traffic is up 164%.

 

Opera Software ASA has redefined web browsing for PCs, mobile phones and other networked devices. Its cross-platform web-browser technology is renowned for its performance, standards compliance and small size, while giving users a faster, safer and more dynamic online experience.

 

 

Opera Software is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices around the world. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OPERA.

 

 

 Part 3 of this month's  Opera report looks at countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The top 11 countries using Opera Mini in that region are Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

 

 

From April 2009 to April 2010, page views in the top 11 countries of the CIS increased by 84%, while unique users increased by 63% and data transferred increased by 97%.

 

 

 Growth rates in the CIS: Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan lead the top 11 countries of the region in terms of page-view growth (508,484.1% and 663.9%, respectively). Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan also lead the top 11 countries of the region in growth of unique users (194,769.2% and 551.2%, respectively). Armenia leads the top 11 countries of the region in page views per user, with each user browsing 1085 pages on average each month.

 

 

In the CIS, the big winners (as usual) are Vkontakte, Mail.Ru, odnoklassniki.ru, Yandex and Google.

Opera Mini users in the CIS generally prefer Nokia handsets, followed by Sony Ericsson and Samsung.

 

Opera's State of the Mobile Web Report, published monthly, provides information on the top global trends affecting the mobile Web. The full report is available from opera.com

 

 

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