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27.04%
27.04% -- mobile os market share for iOS (2026)
iOS holds a 27.04% global mobile OS market share.
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Value
27.04%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
whatsthe.app
Primary
Tier C
https://www.whatsthe.app/blogs/how-do-you-launch-an-app ↗
Source Article
How Do You Launch an App Built to Sell?
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whatsthe.app
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Methodology
Global mobile OS market share cited in blog article; original data provider not named
Methodology documented
Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 20% | |
| 2021-02 | 27.33% | +36.6% |
| 2023 | 26.5% | -3.0% |
| 2025 | 27% | +1.9% |
| 2025-09 | 24.59% | -8.9% |
| 2026 (current) | 32% | +30.1% |
| 2026 (current) | 27.04% | -15.5% |
| December 2013 | 41.8% | +54.6% |
| Q1 2025 | 27.65% | -33.9% |
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Industrymarketing
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iOS: 27.04% mobile os market share. Source: whatsthe.app (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ios-global-market-share
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