B
Evidence Grade B
Graded
not independently verified
Safe to Cite
Dated
75%
75% -- smartphone market share for Android (Q3 2012)
Attribution:
View source
Lighthouse Research Team
Last verified:
·
How we verify data →
Source verified
Evidence graded
Value
75%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
Q3 2012
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
35
Freshness
95
Sources (6)
IDC
Primary
Tier B
http://eurodroid.com/2012/11/02/stats-android-accounted-for-75-of-global-smartphone-shipments-in-q3/ ↗
Source Article
STATS: Android accounted for 75% of global smartphone shipments in Q3
Also cited by
2026-09-28
2026-09-26
Sigma Web Marketing
http://www.sigmawebmarketing.com/blog/bid/160433/22-Mobile-Marketing-Stats-You-S…
2026-09-25
CustomerThink / KoMarketing Associates
http://www.customerthink.com/blog/44_significant_mobile_marketing_statistics_for…
2026-09-20
2026-09-22
Original Research
IDC
· Original study ↗
Methodology
IDC analyst estimates of global smartphone shipments
Methodology documented
Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | 3.5% | |
| 2010 | 24% | +585.7% |
| 2010 | 16% | -33.3% |
| 2011 | 50% | +212.5% |
| 2011 | 33% | -34.0% |
| 2011-02 | 33% | 0% |
| 2012 | 69% | +109.1% |
| 2012 | 68% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 90% | +32.4% |
| 2013 | 68% | -24.4% |
| 2013-03 | 52% | -23.5% |
| 2014-05 | 77.9% | +49.8% |
| 2015 | 83% | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 85.3% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 84.5% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 85.7% | +1.4% |
| 2025 | 72% | -16.0% |
| 2026 | 68.24% | -5.2% |
| Q1 2010 | 9% | -86.8% |
| Q1 2013 | 74% | +722.2% |
| Q2 2011 | 48% | -35.1% |
| Q2 2013 | 79.5% | +65.6% |
| Q3 2012 (current) | 75% | -5.7% |
| Q3 2014 | 81% | +8.0% |
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
Cite this stat
Plain Text
Android: 75% smartphone market share. Source: IDC (Q3 2012). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-smartphone-market-share-q3-2012
HTML Embed
<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-smartphone-market-share-q3-2012" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>75%</strong> -- smartphone market share for Android<br><small>Source: IDC (Q3 2012) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-smartphone-market-share-q3-2012" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
Share
Related Statistics
Use this data in your work
Copy the citation, embed the widget, or explore thousands more verified marketing statistics -- all free.