If you want to build an app to engage a significant number of users, you need to understand what type of OS your target audience uses. According to Statсounter, a real-time web analytics service provider, iOS and Android for mobile devices are indeed the most popular operating systems for smartphones and tablets around the globe. As for 2019, Android has 75,44% market share worldwide, while iOS has 22,52%.
Below you can check the two most popular operating systems around the world — iOS and Android.
Statista, a company specializing in market data, provides data on mobile operating system distribution for software development around the globe in 2021. You can clearly see that iOS and Android account for 45%, whereas solely Android accounts for 41%, iOS — 11%, and 2% for other OS platforms.
Another piece of data from Statista shows the number of apps present in the most popular app stores as of the second quarter of 2020:
Google Play — 2 870 000
Apple Store — 1 960 000
Windows Store — 669 000
Amazon Appstore — 450 000
Despite the fact that 2020 has been a difficult year for almost every business sphere, it seems that it has not affected the mobile app market. According to Sensor Tower, global application revenue reached more than 50 billion dollars in the first part of 2020 throughout the world. Users have spent their money on various applications in Google Play Store and Apple Store. The company says that it’s 23,4% rise compared to 2019.
If you would like to have a strong influence on the mobile application market to the fullest, you should target both Android and iOS users. There are two reliable ways you can hit the mark — through native and cross-platform development tools.