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JohnTHaller

> The iPhone is the best selling model in the United States.

To clarify: It has the best selling model, but it is not the most used mobile OS among US mobile phone users.

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iOS's market share in the US is 61.25% according to [1].

[1] https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/united-sta...

StatCounter shows the number of folks who visit sites with StatCounter on it.

Fun fact: iOS users generally do more browsing, so this has a tendency to skew stats like StatCounter.

Similarly NetMarketShare shows Android at over 70%, since they are more business website heavy. This stat is just as flawed as StatCounter's is.

What data are you basing this on?

Pretty much any mobile industry stat. Most have Android at a bit over 50% in the US and Apple at a bit under. Worldwide, Apple is under 20% market share. Remember, iOS is just Apple whereas Android is Samsung + LG + HTC + Google + Oppo + OnePlus + etc...

Examples:

https://www.counterpointresearch.com/us-market-smartphone-sh...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/266572/market-share-held...

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