{"id":319,"date":"2019-12-07T07:40:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T07:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.pfind.com\/?p=319"},"modified":"2025-05-12T08:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:45:21","slug":"ios-and-iphone-stats-and-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebool.com\/hub\/ios-and-iphone-stats-and-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS & iPhone – 30 Surprising Stats and Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Apple is one of\nthe most successful companies in the world. It was the first US-based company\nto be worth $1 trillion and only the second modern company to do so, after\nPetroChina. Arguably its most famous products are the iPhone and the iPad. Both\nof these devices run on Apple\u2019s proprietary mobile operating software called\niOS. Although, from 2019, iPads have been given their own Operating System\ncalled iPadOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was\noriginally released in 2007 with the first iPhone. It was then later extended\nto power the iPod series as well and, eventually, the iPads. It has been\nupgraded with 13 versions, with the current version, iOS 13, only working on\ndevices with more than 2 GB. iOS is also seamlessly integrated with Siri,\nApple\u2019s Virtual Assistant. This allows Siri to control the whole phone as the\nuser directs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quick Facts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
iOS has earned\nitself a reputation for being a fast and smooth experience. Apple works hard to\nmaintain this image and consistently updates iOS to reflect innovations. So,\nlet\u2019s take a cue from Apple and look at some facts really quickly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apple has sold more than 2\nbillion iOS devices.<\/strong><\/li>
50% of all Apple mobile\ndevices run iOS 13.<\/strong><\/li>
Apple had to purchase the\nlicense for the name \u2018iOS\u2019 and \u2018iPhone\u2019 from Cisco Systems.<\/strong><\/li>
18% of all mobile devices\nare iOS devices. <\/strong><\/li>
62.98% of all tablets in the\nworld use iOS\/iPadOS<\/strong><\/li>
Apple was established on\nApril Fool\u2019s Day 1976. Thank god it wasn\u2019t just a prank!<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Facts and statistics about iOS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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It is difficult to imagine what would have\nhappened if iOS devices hadn\u2019t taken the world by storm. iOS\u2019 popularity has\nonly grown exponentially since its release 2007. It has been attributed to a\nvariety of factors, from an amazing camera to a seamless software integration\nbetween the various existing Apple products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No matter what the cause of iOS\u2019 meteoric\nrise was, today, it stands as one of the most popular operating systems in the\nworld, with arguably the most recognized logo stamped all across it. Let\u2019s take\na look into this cornerstone of the modern technological world, and marvel at\nthe mind-boggling statistics associated with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Apple\u2019s stock has grown by almost 16,000% since 2005: <\/strong>Apple\n(traded as AAPL) became a publicly-traded company in 1980. From 1980 to 2005,\nit was traded at a relatively stable value, going from $0.80 to $1.5. However,\nthis all changed in 2005, after the announcement of the iPhone. The stock price\nrocketed up from $1.67 to $267.84 in November 2019. This is an increase of almost\n16,000%! For reference, this means if someone held just $100 worth of Apple\u2019s\nstock in 2005, it would be worth a jaw-dropping $1.6 million. After adding in\nthe various dividends and incentives, this would equate to almost $2.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Inside Indiana Business)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. iOS devices earn 87% of all profits from smart devices but\nonly sold 22.9% of the total units: <\/strong>Apple has always been associated with\npremium devices, with an appropriately high price tag. This price tag causes a\ngigantic discrepancy when it comes to units sold, and profits garnered. Apple\nsold 22.9% of all units, while its chief competitor, Samsung, sold 31.36%. Even\nwith a significantly higher number of devices sold, Samsung only has 10% of the\ntotal profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Investor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Apple has $285.1 billion in cash, mainly contributed by iOS\ndevices: <\/strong>Apple\u2019s huge profit margins have rocketed the company into being\nthe highest valued companies in the world, currently valued at $1107 trillion.\nThe most surprising fact about this valuation is the fact that Apple has $285\nbillion in direct cash reserves. This is a hilariously large amount of money,\nconsidering the fact that only nine countries in the world have more cash than\nApple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: CNBC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. 88% of all iOS users use the latest versions, compared to\nAndroid\u2019s 6%: <\/strong>Apple is well known for rolling out consistent updates. Users\nare heavily incentivized to install these updates, with Apple even admitting\nthat older updates are purposefully slowed down. This leads to an adoption rate\nof over 88%, well over the 6% adoption rate for Android OS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Apple)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. 84% of all iPad users use the latest versions of iPadOS: <\/strong>Since\nthe introduction of iPadOS alongside iOS 13, it had rapidly risen in\npopularity. It\u2019s the first time iPads have been given their dedicated OS, and\naccording to most users, it offers a much smoother experience. So, just like\nits mobile counterpart and origin, iPadOS boasts of an adoption rate of 84%.\nSince Android doesn\u2019t release a tablet-only OS, it is difficult to find a\ncomparison metric, so 6% might be a good stand-in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Apple)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. Siri\nprocesses over 10 billion requests each month: <\/strong>Siri is Apple\u2019s personal\nassistant that has come bundled with every iOS device since the release of iOS\n5 in 2011. Its popularity has risen steadily since then, with up to 74% of the\nusers stated that they interacted with Siri at least once a day, primarily\nwhile driving. This rise hit a peak when Apple stated that during the year of\n2018, Siri was processing up to 10 billion requests each month. This means that\nat given second, Siri is working on over 3800 requests. She worked on 96,450\nrequests by the time you read this fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Apple)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. iOS\ndevices take more than 1 trillion photos each year: <\/strong>Ever since their\nrelease, Apple devices have been heavily lauded for their amazing cameras. These\ncameras only get better with each new iteration of the iPhones and iPads. As a\nresult of these constantly improving cameras, iOS users are among the highest\npicture takers. According to Apple, their iOS devices take over one trillion\nphotos each year, out of which at least 70% are uploaded to the iCloud service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Apple)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. iOS\ndevices are responsible for the streaming of more than 54% of all podcasts:<\/strong>\nPodcasts have been steadily increasing in popularity. This has been exasperated\nby the introduction of services like Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Apple\nPodcasts, coming bundled with all iOS devices, is the most popular platform to\nlisten to podcasts, totaling nearly 50 billion hours of podcasts already having\nbeen streamed. This accounts for a 54% share of the total market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Music Oomph)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9. 45.64% of all voice assistant users use Siri: <\/strong>The name Siri has become ubiquitous with voice assistants. So, it hardly comes as a surprise that nearly half of all voice assistant users interact with Siri. Google Assistant is used by 30%, and Amazon\u2019s Alexa is used by 17% of the users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Voicebot)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10. Cydia,\niOS\u2019s jailbreak software, is named after an apple worm: <\/strong>iOS is notorious\nfor being a completely closed system, not allowing for a lot of customization\nor the enabling of developer options. It also doesn\u2019t allow any third-party\napps to modify any system settings. To circumnavigate these restrictions, a lot\nof users opt to \u2018jailbreak\u2019 their devices, allowing them to take almost full\ncontrol of iOS. The major software that allows for jailbreaking is \u2018Cydia.\u2019 So,\nobviously, Cydia\u2019s creators decided to name the software after an actual worm\nthat infects apples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Redmond Pie)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11. iOS, and\nnot Reverse-Flash, was responsible for Flash\u2019s death: <\/strong>One of the biggest\ncontroversies surrounding the release of the much-awaited iPhone revolved\naround the lack of Flash support from iOS. At that point in time, Flash was the\nmost used format for web browsers. Many analysts predicted that this lack of\nsupport would cause the iPhone to fail. From our comfortable position in the\nfuture, we can see how iPhone\u2019s popularity and lack of support kickstarted the\nprocess that would lead to Flash\u2019s eventual death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Daring Fireball)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12. Apple has 132,000 employees: <\/strong>Apple directly employs a\nlarge number of people in its various offices and design centers. These\nemployees range from technicians to advertisements to HR and PR. Of these\nthousands of employees, most of them are in the USA, with 28% being in\nCalifornia, developing iOS devices, alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Apple)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13. Apple sells 500 iOS devices every minute: <\/strong>It is no secret that the iPhone and iPads are Apple\u2019s\nmost popular products. They are sold at an astounding rate all over the world.\nAccording to Apple\u2019s quarterly report, it can be extrapolated that Apple sells\nnearly 84 iOS devices every single second. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: MacRumors)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
14. On\naverage an iOS device uses only 25 cents of electricity in a year: <\/strong>Mobile\ndevices have grown from being the size of giant bricks to being able to fit\ncomfortably in your pocket. The two major reasons for this shrinkage is the\nreducing size of transistors and the increasing efficiency of batteries. Apple\nuses a proprietary design of Lithium-Ion batteries in their iOS devices. These\nbatteries only take $0.25 of electricity each year. iPads take a little more\nelectricity than their iPhone counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Forbes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
15. Samsung supplies more than 35% of all components for iOS\ndevices: <\/strong>Given the number of lawsuits that Samsung and Apple have lobbed at\neach other, it is easy to assume that they hate each other. However, that isn\u2019t\nthe case at all. In fact, Samsung actually creates a large number of components\nthat go into an Apple device. They make the DRAM memory chips, the OLED\nscreens, and several other small components that make up an iOS device. These\ncomponents make as much as 35% of all components that Apple purchases for\nmanufacturing iOS devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Forbes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
16. iOS\u2019 \u2018Today Tab\u2019 is viewed by at least 1 million people every\nday: <\/strong>With the introduction of the \u2018Today Tab,\u2019 which displays all relevant\nnews that the user wants, iOS itself has become the source of new for a lot of\npeople. As many as 1 million people view this tab daily, relying on it heavily\nfor the daily news. This tab has also faced some heavy criticism regarding\nApple\u2019s supposed censoring of some news articles, in particular relating to the\nHong Kong protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Apple)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The App Store<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
iOS would be just be a bland background\nwith a call and SMS button if it weren\u2019t for the App Store. The App Store is\nwhere users can go to find an application for nearly any purpose. Various\ncompanies have risen and fallen simply due to their applications, and\ndevelopers and publishers have earned billions of dollars via the App Store.\nThe App Store is also one of the biggest revenue streams for Apple itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now that we have understood the iOS itself,\nlets take a look into the app that makes it one of the most used platforms in\nthe world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
17. Apple has paid over $100 billion to iOS developers: <\/strong>iOS\nwould be nothing if it weren\u2019t for the scores of third-party apps that populate\nthe app store. Apple more than recognizes the role that these third-party app\ndevelopers play in the popularity of their devices. These developers have been\npaid more than $100 billion in the 12 years of iOS\u2019 existence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: VentureBeat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18. 450,000 apps have been written in Apple\u2019s proprietary\nprogramming language for iOS, SwiftUI:<\/strong> Knowing Apple\u2019s draconian adherence\nto exclusivity andfocus on creating an Apple-only ecosystem, it\nshouldn\u2019t come as a surprise that they have their own programming language.\nWhile it is possible to write apps for iOS in other languages, SwiftUI, by\nvirtue of being Apple\u2019s own design, is by far the easiest way to write these\napps. SwiftUI features a very intuitive drag and drop design for UI and design\nelements. Over 450,000 have been written on this platform, including everything\nfrom simple games to complex corporate applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: VentureBeat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
19. App Store made twice as much profit as Google Play in 2018: <\/strong>Android\nis by far the most popular operating system for mobile devices in the world. It\nis currently powering over 75% of all mobile devices. However, this fact didn\u2019t\nprevent Apple from completely eclipsing Google Play when it comes to profits,\nnearly doubling it even. This can again be put down to simply a \u2018premium\u2019 image\nthat Apple maintains, allowing for a higher price tag on an average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Cult of Mac)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
20. More than 500 million people visit the App Store weekly: <\/strong>The\nApp Store had long been one of the most criticized aspects of the iOS, until\nits complete overhaul in 2018 with the release of iOS 11. This let it rocket\nskyward, with an average of 500 million people visiting the App Store every\nweek. The most impressive part about this is the fact that these people spend\n$1.4 weekly in the App Store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: App Inventiv)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
21. The App Store has over 500,000 publishers, with over 2.2\nmillion apps: <\/strong>Due to iOS\u2019 massive reach and access to a userbase that\nspends an average of $79 yearly on apps, the App Store is very lucrative for\npublishers. Since its launch with 552 apps in 2007, the App Store has grown\nrapidly. As of March 2019, there were over half a million registered publishers\non the App Store, with over 2 million total apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Mashable)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
22. Over 130 billion apps have been downloaded for iOS devices: <\/strong>On\naverage, each iOS user uses around nine apps daily, using up to 30 apps in a\nmonth. Since 2007, the total number of unique downloads from the App Store has\nreached an astounding figure of 130 billion. For reference, that equates to\nnearly 65 unique apps for every iOS device ever sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Tech Crunch)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
23. More than\n2600 apps are released for iOS every day: <\/strong>As we saw earlier, the App Store\nis a very lucrative platform for developers to publish apps. Even novice app\nmakers can very successfully create amazing apps for the App Store using the\neasy to use SwiftUI. These factors lead to a veritable flood of apps coming\ninto the market, at a rate of more than 2600 apps daily. This is, of course,\nbalanced out by a high number of apps getting deleted as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Statista)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
24. The most used\niOS app of all time is WhatsApp Messenger: <\/strong>Among the millions of apps\navailable for iOS users, the most used app is WhatsApp messenger. This is\nprimarily due to the fact that WhatsApp\u2019s service is completely free and uses\nnext to no data. It also allows for voice and video calls over the internet.\nNow with the spread of WhatsApp pay, the usage of the app is just going to\ngrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Daily Mail)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
25. 25% of\nall apps on iOS are games: <\/strong>iOS applications allow their users to do a host\nof things. Chief among these things is entertainment. Games dominate the app\nstore, with as many as a quarter of all the apps on the store being some sort\nof a game. However, even though so many of the apps are games, only 65% of\nusers have a game on their phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Statista)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
26. iOS users\nspend 87% of their internet time on apps, and only 13% on web browsers: <\/strong>Most\napplications running on iOS are enabled to use the internet for a variety of\npurposes. These purposes range from online stores to news and weather. This\nallows iOS users to obtain almost all the information and services they need\nfrom the apps they download. Therefore, the internet usage share of apps far\nexceeds the share of browsers. As much as 87% of all the time spent on the\ninternet by iOS users is on apps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Comscore)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
27. The Bible\nis the second highest-rated app for iOS: <\/strong>Christianity is the most popular\nreligion in the world right now, and the Bible is the most read book in the\nworld. However, the Bible app for iOS is only the second-highest rated app in\nthe world. While the Bible may allow its readers some spiritual comfort, the\nhighest-rated app is an app that aids its users in meditation with scientifically\nproven methods. Ironically, in this case, science has definitely trumped\nreligion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Business Insider)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
28. The\naverage price of an app for iOS is $0.96, and for games, it is $0.51: <\/strong>The\nApp Store features a huge array of paid apps. These paid apps consist of both\nstandard apps and games. The minimum amount that an app can be priced for is\n$0.25, and the maximum amount is $999.99. However, most apps are priced under\n$5, with an average of $0.96 for apps and $0.51 for games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Statista)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
29. Only 16% of the apps on the App Store have a rating: <\/strong>While\nthe number of apps and their downloads has increased to the millions, the number\nof people rating them hasn\u2019t. According to the App Store statistics given out\nby Apple, only around 315,000 even have a single rating. The abysmal rating\nrate might be due to the fact that, unlike the Google Play Store, the App Store\nrequires users to enter their credentials every time to enter a rating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: Apple)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
30. Apple\nmade $300 million via the App Store on New Year\u2019s Day 2018: <\/strong>As we have\nseen, the App Store was redesigned with OS 11\u2019s release. This release was so\nwell received that on 1st<\/sup> January 2018, Apple made more than $300\nmillion via the App Store. This amount only climbed throughout the month, with\naround $870 million being earned in January itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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