In 2023, Android held a share of 95.17 percent of the mobile operating system market in India. This was followed by Apple's iOS, a distant second, with 3.98 percent market share. Android went from just above 10 percent in 2012 to more than 60 percent within four years.
Mobile operating systems in India - additional information
Android gained its dominant position in the mobile operating system market in India since 2015 when it first reached more than 50 percent of the market share. The Indian OS market has seen a rapid transformation since the beginning of 2012 when Symbian held over 65 percent of the market. In the following few years, the operating system, which was used in most Nokia smartphones, has seen its market share fall to nothing.
Android’s dominance in the Indian smartphone industry is echoed in the global market where the operating system held over 70 percent of the smartphone market at the end of 2023. In the United States, however, more than half of the smartphone users had an iPhone as of March 2024. Android’s closest rival in the global operating system market is Apple’s iOS, which held over 24 percent of the market share of smartphone shipments as of the fourth quarter of 2023. However, as yet, Apple has not broken into the Indian market, although its market share has grown steadily since the start of 2012, it still remained just below four percent.
Market share of mobile operating systems in India from 2012 to 2023
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