Of course, this could simply be because our readership has grown in markets where Google’s phones are less popular rather than Google becoming unpopular.
Samsung Galaxy S, Google Pixel, and Apple products are the most popular with Android Authority readers.The Google Pixel 5 sits behind them as the most popular individual handset.Each time we’ve looked into our reader stats you folks have been ahead of the typical Android update curve and this year’s edition is no exception.That’s not as ideal but pretty much par for the course, given that some OEMs are quite slow to update their phones and eventually drop support.
The 13.9% still on Android 9 Pie might start feeling rather out of date by the time Android 12 rolls around later in 2021.In 2017, just 13.5% of you were running the latest Android version at the time (Nougat).Our 2019 data showed a notable improvement, with 18.6% running Android 9.0 Pie, and now we’re up to 29.8% on Android 11.
58.7% of you visit the site on your Android device and a further 14.6% on iOS.
Funnily enough, 0.2% of you have visited Android Authority from a Tizen-powered device.Now that you know a bit more about your fellow wonderful Android Authority readers, do you fit the mold or are you a statistical anomaly