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48.51%
48.51% -- mobile os market share for Android (2015)
According to 2015 statistics cited in the source, Android had a 48.51% share of the mobile operating system market.
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48.51%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2015
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Kumbh Design (citing unspecified 2015 statistics)
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https://www.kumbhdesign.com/eclipse-vs-android-studio-vs-xamarin/ ↗
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Eclipse vs. Android Studio vs. Xamarin
In the mid 1990s an era of powerful commercial development environments began. When I say commercial, the market was craving for better technology and IBM was aggressively preparing for one. The focus was on a more open industry approach centered on the java platform. The budding world of technology…
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Kumbh Design (citing unspecified 2015 statistics)
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Blog citing 2015 statistics; original methodology not stated
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 50% | |
| 2015 (current) | 48.51% | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 42.29% | -12.8% |
| 2024-11 | 71.42% | +68.9% |
| 2025 | 68% | -4.8% |
| 2025-09 | 75.18% | +10.6% |
| 2026 | 72.55% | -3.5% |
| Q2 2024 | 71.65% | -1.2% |
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Android: 48.51% mobile os market share. Source: Kumbh Design (citing unspecified 2015 statistics) (2015). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-user-market-share-2015
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-user-market-share-2015" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>48.51%</strong> -- mobile os market share for Android<br><small>Source: Kumbh Design (citing unspecified 2015 statistics) (2015) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-user-market-share-2015" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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