Mobile Web Browsing Stats

[theTrafficMaster]

I was wondering if anybody could direct me to some mobile stat pages?

Basically I just want clear stats on worldwide mobile web usage broken down regionally. As well as overall cell phone subscription statistics per capita.

I am attempting to first determine cell phone vs PC ownership and then secondly I would like to determine the percentage of mobile users that partake in mobile browsing regionally and demographically around the world.

My loose stats so far are 3X as many mobile phones as PCs. With 25% of the mobile customers using the web browser feature. Around 35% of mobile customers under the age of 25 regularly use the mobile browsing feature.

If you think about it. If mobile web browsing usage surpasses the 35% percent mark with 3x as many people with mobile devices than PCs then mobile web browsing may outgrow PC web browsing.

Consider that for potential advertiser's revenue.

[coast]

I don't know the answer, bumping the thread for you.

[Javier Marti]

Mobile phone ownership worldwide


Japan - 95%
South Korea - 94%
China 93%
France - 85%
Germany - 83%
UK - 79%
Japan - 40%
UK - 29%
USA - 26%
South Korea - 26%
Canada 19%
Germany 18%
France - 18%
Mexico - 16%
China - 10% Smartphone sales are on fire, according to a new report from market research firm In-Stat.

In a new report published Tuesday, In-Stat predicted that smartphone sales will grow at a rate of more than 30 percent a year for the next five years. This is much faster than the overall cell phone market, which is growing in the single digits. The report also said that smartphone sales are outpacing the sale of laptops, as more corporate customers use their phones on the road.
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9816072-1.html


...as of 2007, 41 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds and 38 percent of 25-32 will justify spending $8-10.00 per month in addition to their regular mobile phone bill

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http://www.mobiletelevisionreport.com/Ofcom_202007_20_2D_20camera_20_2D_20Awareness_20an d_20use_20of_20mobile_20phone_20functions.jpg

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http://www.strategyanalytics.net/img/pr/PR20060628-1.gif

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http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:8EsHyC2wLC8J:www.commissionforafric a.org/english/report/background/scott_et_al_background.pdf+mobile+phones+in+africa&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1
http://www.idrc.ca/openebooks/342-3/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6241603.stm
http://www.economist.com/markets/indicators/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5471737


More info: Check out manufacturers websites, carrier's websites, blogs...and the mobibook when ready

BY THE WAY: I would like to know the surname of the person who left this comment on my rep:""Javier is a gentleman and a scholar. Javier always induces others to think, evaluate ad analyze the micro & macro events of the Mobile Web & .mobi". Please pm me. Thanks

[Gerry]

A few of these are dated, but I will try to supply some more up to date links:

http://www.mobileherald.com/2006-mobile-phone-statistics-and-projections/
Breaks down line items by country.

http://www.itfacts.biz/category/mobile-usage
Perhaps THE best site for up to date stats and projections. I love it!
Starts with most recent news and as you scroll down, there will be a link at bottom of page for previous entries.

http://www.internetworldstats.com/me/reports.htm
Middle East stats and projections

http://3gweek.net/2007/05/18/3g-and-mobile-internet-stats/

http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1003934
Nice article entitled, Will the Mobile Phone Become the Dominant Internet Platform?

http://www.mobref.com/statistics/
very stat oriented based on phone and phone type. Look to left menu for country.

http://www.getjar.com/software/
More neat geeky stuff regarding sites and phones

http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/06/12/mobile-phone-based-blogging-snsing-beats-pc/
Japan stats on mobile blogging

I am currently at work. I am unable to access everything. I know I have a couple of sites bookmarked that I can later post.

But this will keep you busy for a while.

[theTrafficMaster]

More info: Check out manufacturers websites, carrier's websites, blogs...and the mobibook when readyThis is good advice. I just wish there were some worldwide statistic directory to make this all easy. I have found a ton of outdated stuff on the web as well. I just wanted some cold hard data to back up what I have found on blogs etc.


In a new report published Tuesday, In-Stat predicted that smartphone sales will grow at a rate of more than 30 percent a year for the next five years. This is much faster than the overall cell phone market, which is growing in the single digits. The report also said that smartphone sales are outpacing the sale of laptops, as more corporate customers use their phones on the road.
I guess this is another factor to consider, if people are purchasing smart phones then they are showing an interest in doing more than just placing and receiving phone calls with mobile devices.



http://www.itfacts.biz/category/mobile-usage
Perhaps THE best site for up to date stats and projections. I love it!
Starts with most recent news and as you scroll down, there will be a link at bottom of page for previous entries.Awesome! Yes you are definitely keeping me busy! This market can be diced and sliced into so many categories it's insane. Overall I am getting consistant results. The one that makes me laugh the most is "Consumers do not want to see advertisements on their mobile phones."

I was just wondering if any consumers ever actually want to see advertising anywhere? It would be nice if we all created content rich sites just for the good of nation asking nothing in return for our time and investment. Advertising is a fact of life, without advertising there would be a lot of advertising funded resources unavailable to us.

Thank you Gerry and Javiar. Back to compiling.

[Gerry]

I'll get some other stats (sites) to you when I get a chance.

The point to all of this is the mobile internet is here and will not go away. Yet some folks, that being domainers, will not see it and will not admit it. Meanwhile, the whole world around them are connecting to the internet via their mobile phones.

How people access the mobile internet is the only subject that is remotely debatable.

We can come up with thousands of different ways to name URL's (which there is) or we can have only one that says this is mobile (which we have).

[coast]

It reminds me of the developer forums I read six months ago - a "kid" asked a question about mobile websites, all the "wise, old" developers pooh-pooh-ed him, said it would never be a factor. Three posts later they are all freaking out because their stats are showing traffic from mobile browsers, and one calm guy told them what to do. It's human nature for established people to dismiss change.

When you compile the full list, would you post it in the members section? Thanks.

[theTrafficMaster]

When you compile the full list, would you post it in the members section? Thanks.

Absolutely. Stats talk. There is no disputing what is fact.

[Scandiman]

Absolutely. Stats talk. There is no disputing what is fact.
Thanks :) Sadly, many still want to ignore facts though

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/head-in-the-sand.jpg

[theTrafficMaster]

Love it!


http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/head-in-the-sand.jpgSuccess attracts success and that dumb birds head has got to come out of the sand sometime.

I am striving to create an easy 3 step process to develop, market and monetize a .mobi website. I have a model that works in the PC world and I am positive I can make it work here too, perhaps better.

[coast]

Love it!


I am striving to create an easy 3 step process to develop, market and monetize a .mobi website. I have a model that works in the PC world and I am positive I can make it work here too, perhaps better.

If you share your formula, you could bring our whole .mobi average up. Also, I am curious to know the model from the pc world if you would be so kind as to share it.

[chris]

I don't know if it helps but maybe it's usefull:

http://bango.com/live/promo.html
http://www.admob.com/s/solutions/metrics

Also the Netsize Guide could help: http://www.netsize.com/downloads/registration.aspx

[domainitrix]

Love it!
I am striving to create an easy 3 step process to develop, market and monetize a .mobi website. I have a model that works in the PC world and I am positive I can make it work here too, perhaps better.

I am curious about your model as well. By the topic of interest you have brought up so far, in another thread, I feel that your intention is to consider sensitive & personal mobile environment and cater options to monetize the mobile web. Sounds very interesting!

[theTrafficMaster]

I feel that your intention is to consider sensitive & personal mobile environment and cater options to monetize the mobile web.Yes. Content comes first, always. That's what keeps 'em coming back for more. I now have one strong marketing strategy and two distinct revenue models.


I am curious to know the model from the PC world if you would be so kind as to share itI plan to tell the world but first I must have the infrastructure in place. Rome was not built in a day.


If you share your formula, you could bring our whole .mobi average up.It is my intention to recruit my beta testers from here and also a private marketing forum.

All in time. This system will be packaged and marketed. All I need is a handful of proven case studies and we are off and running. I will be sure to create a healthy commission based program so we can all promote and earn.

My best hopes would be for this to be a collective effort.

As soon as I get my own .mobi model up and earning I will present the first draft.

This is just the first step of my overall plan.

My findings in my mobile market research were that online businesses and marketers became very very quiet when I started talking mobile web. They see it as a big scary monster and look at me with wide eyes while shaking their heads back and forth, unable to comment just slowly backing away.

The few who did not back away asked a few vague questions and then started to go on about ringtones.

I saw then I needed to put together a proven revenue model, package it up with stats and an accessible step by step formula so it would not be so intimidating. Gaining acceptance is the first step. Educating the masses is the second. Creating a buzz will hopefully be the by-product.

[domainitrix]

Yes. Content comes first, always. That's what keeps 'em coming back for more. I now have one strong marketing strategy and two distinct revenue models.
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I saw then I needed to put together a proven revenue model, package it up with stats and an accessible step by step formula so it would not be so intimidating. Gaining acceptance is the first step. Educating the masses is the second. Creating a buzz will hopefully be the by-product.

You're brave & have ingenuity in capturing the subtle nuances ( IMHO this "detail " is what will make the picture)at this relatively new area. Kudos to you. And I hope to see the history unfold -- as this is something that can benefit us all.