(UPDATED!) Most Popular Mobile OS 1999 – 2019

(UPDATED!) Most Popular Mobile OS 1999 – 2019

Timeline history of the most used smartphone operating systems from 1999 to 2019.

I’ve updated my previous most used mobile OS video with a much broader and recent numbers. I’ve also went from 2007 to earlier years when first smart mobile devices started to emerge. Numbers presented here showing market share by specific OS, measured by amount of units shipped worldwide. For the late 90s – PDA devices are included as a first pioneers in the field.

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Data source: Gartner reports, companies SEC filings

50 Comments

  1. Stress Dolto on July 11, 2020 at 7:49 pm

    i like how isheeps say no one use Android
    couch* 80% couch*

  2. Nick Kabaev on July 11, 2020 at 7:51 pm

    IOS:yes,yes,yes, no,no,no

  3. CéusLimpos on July 11, 2020 at 7:52 pm

    sou usuário
    sou usuário do kaios

  4. Adrian Fer on July 11, 2020 at 7:56 pm

    Android has more than iOS?

  5. Vahid Memmedov on July 11, 2020 at 7:57 pm

    Android ✊

  6. Hashim Kawafha on July 11, 2020 at 7:57 pm

    Windows mobile: UNO

  7. Phantom gaming on July 11, 2020 at 7:58 pm

    But ios by heart

  8. Bender PC on July 11, 2020 at 8:00 pm

    Android better IOS))))

  9. Miguel Angel on July 11, 2020 at 8:01 pm

    Android exist before ios, your data is wrong. Android started long before Google bought it on 2008. Also ios never had the pick you showed 😂 ios max usage was always low.

  10. Kaitlyn Logan on July 11, 2020 at 8:04 pm

    The only reason why Android was at the top like the whole time was because over 200 phones running Android are released each year, where as Apple releases a max of 3.

  11. Data Visualisations on July 11, 2020 at 8:04 pm

    Never even heard of KaiOS

  12. say on July 11, 2020 at 8:05 pm

    Java?

  13. Notagenius on July 11, 2020 at 8:06 pm

    My aunt still uses a Windows Phone

  14. Hakan on July 11, 2020 at 8:06 pm

    Android forever

  15. Jadolive- enes güven on July 11, 2020 at 8:07 pm

    java yokmu

  16. Cristhian Eduardo Quevedo Estrada on July 11, 2020 at 8:08 pm

    And.. Miui??

  17. Kidd JL on July 11, 2020 at 8:10 pm

    I miss the days you could only get an iPhone if you had AT&T. If you had an iPhone back then you were a boss!

  18. XxMario_Ken on July 11, 2020 at 8:11 pm

    Android will always be the best

  19. Bentsa S.M on July 11, 2020 at 8:11 pm

    Ща андроид круче всех

  20. hamza mohamed on July 11, 2020 at 8:12 pm

    1:22 andriod was like : im gonna destroy yall

  21. Dan Danovich on July 11, 2020 at 8:14 pm

    Windows mobile but how? I thought it ceased to exist along with tge old pocket pcs

  22. Ashutosh Garg on July 11, 2020 at 8:15 pm

    Where were palm and symbian used?

  23. Nick Kabaev on July 11, 2020 at 8:15 pm

    I last who use Windows mobile..

  24. rubén K on July 11, 2020 at 8:17 pm

    If only Nokia had seen this in 2010. Love for symbian ♥️.

  25. Владислав Зюкин on July 11, 2020 at 8:17 pm

    Вот пиздешь то, кругом все пользуются айфонами а тут ведроиды в лидерах

  26. Demon's Priest on July 11, 2020 at 8:19 pm

    Symbian and windows was best os

  27. AgentSanya on July 11, 2020 at 8:20 pm

    Андроид топ!

  28. George Gamez Everything on July 11, 2020 at 8:21 pm

    I have never heard of Firefox OS

  29. Data Is Beautiful on July 11, 2020 at 8:22 pm

    What will smartphones be like in the next 20 years?

  30. Hubson on July 11, 2020 at 8:22 pm

    Android passing apple is like: "move bitch, the king is comming through"

    I really hope that some day Android will have 100% of the market, and apple will just disappear. It will happen when people realize how terrible apple is and how people wasted money buying from the king of second-hand technology.

  31. ★Stellar Hurricane★ on July 11, 2020 at 8:22 pm

    1:10
    BlackberryOS: I’m popular now~
    Android and iOS: haha no 👀👌

  32. FegSwag on July 11, 2020 at 8:22 pm

    Windows Mobile ≠ Windows Phone

  33. Vakuba on July 11, 2020 at 8:23 pm

    As of 2007, Symbian could no longer be saved due to the iPhone.

  34. Ranjith on July 11, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    KaiOS jio phone. From India

  35. PharmaJoe on July 11, 2020 at 8:26 pm

    It would be interesting to see numbers of usage – not of sold phones.

  36. NeKit on July 11, 2020 at 8:27 pm

    Android Best And Popular OS

  37. HaxardYT 42 on July 11, 2020 at 8:28 pm

    I wish there Linux phone

  38. 53nsej on July 11, 2020 at 8:29 pm

    Its mean making smartphones by os?
    Or used by people?

  39. Ben Ellison on July 11, 2020 at 8:29 pm

    It’s a shame Windows mobile was discontinued I’d love seeing a mobile operating system from them.

  40. Rose Schneider on July 11, 2020 at 8:33 pm

    Haha proves android is better than apple

  41. N e o on July 11, 2020 at 8:36 pm

    I never knew that windows existed in mobile even before Android and iOS.

  42. Region 12 on July 11, 2020 at 8:37 pm

    ios 👎👎👎👎👎👎

  43. Jebin R on July 11, 2020 at 8:38 pm

    Symbian, windows, Android

  44. CARS:SAVAGE MODE ON on July 11, 2020 at 8:39 pm

    Man nothing beats IOS I just switched to galaxy s20 ultra and im hating andriod all I want is an iPhone

  45. Сева MaTtUn HaCkEr Новиков on July 11, 2020 at 8:40 pm

    Android: IM SPEED (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  46. Unripe Tomato on July 11, 2020 at 8:43 pm

    Android: stays steady at 85%. iOS: jumps up a few % when a new phone comes out and quickly goes back down when everyone’s phone breaks.

  47. treqqqq on July 11, 2020 at 8:43 pm

    Windows simply does not want to go away! 😄

  48. Никита Харламов on July 11, 2020 at 8:45 pm

    Windows phone?

  49. silvou doo on July 11, 2020 at 8:45 pm

    Kai os en 2018 ?????

  50. Walid Waloda on July 11, 2020 at 8:48 pm

    2010 was the year of the raising emperor .

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