I can say that Opera has been the #1 browser in Georgia (Republic Of) for many years. Now it's either 2nd or 3rd, after Chrome and IE.
Many teens still prefer Opera for unknown reasons here.
Many teens still prefer Opera for unknown reasons here.
This demographic trend in true in many places.
One reason could be that Opera offers an unprecendented level of hackability and configurability (for a closed source browser) that in turn gives teens a "I am soo much in control of this whole browsing experience thing" feeling?
(Correct me if I am wrong) :-)