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areppim line chart and statistics of percentage market share of mobile operating systems (OS) in Africa since 2008. Android leads the African mobile OS market with a 58% share. Second comes former Nokia's and now Microsoft's Series 40, with a share of 12%. BlackBerry OS and iOS remain around the 5% mark.

Android leads the African mobile OS market with a 58% share. Second comes former Nokia's and now Microsoft's Series 40, with a share of 12%. BlackBerry OS and iOS remain around the 5% mark.

Mobile OS (Operating System) Percent Market Share — Africa
(As of June 2015)

Date	Android	Series 40	SymbianOS	Unknown	BlackBerry OS	iOS	Samsung	Windows Phone	Sony Ericsson	Nokia Unknown	LG	Linux	bada	WinCE	WinXP	Playstation	MeeGo	WinVista	Motorola	Maemo 5	Win7	Other
2008-12	0	0	60.56	36.97	0	1.93	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.27	0	0.23	0	0	0	0	0	0.05
2009-01	0	0	63.92	32.72	0.02	2.78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0.06
2009-02	0	0	66.74	29.38	0.1	3.18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.36	0	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0.05
2009-03	0	0	65.87	29.03	0.11	4.23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.48	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08
2009-04	0.01	0	69.1	25.04	0.16	4.99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07
2009-05	0.01	0	71.65	23.46	0.13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.45	0	0.22	0	0	0	0	0	0.06
2009-06	0.02	0	74.44	21.52	0.12	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.39	0	0.23	0	0	0	0	0	0.09
2009-07	0.05	0	41.98	50.15	0.14	3.17	1.46	0	2.12	0	0.01	0	0	0.63	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09
2009-08	0.05	0	66.33	13.82	0.27	3.71	6.39	0	7.81	0	0.1	0	0	1.28	0	0.18	0	0	0	0	0	0.06
2009-09	0.06	0	62.99	16.29	0.52	2.81	7.67	0	7.95	0	0.24	0	0	1.26	0	0.11	0	0	0	0	0	0.11
2009-10	0.04	0	66.45	13.94	0.85	2.64	6.32	0	8.11	0	0.19	0	0	1.32	0	0.08	0	0	0	0	0	0.05
2009-11	0.08	0	67.66	12.39	1.31	3.26	6.02	0	7.53	0	0.18	0	0	1.41	0	0.11	0	0	0	0	0	0.04
2009-12	0.12	0	69.79	9.85	0.75	3.9	5.51	0	8.55	0	0.18	0	0	1.1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05
2010-01	0.17	0	72.81	8.08	0.53	3.49	4.52	0	9.11	0	0.16	0	0	0.95	0	0.13	0	0	0	0	0	0.04
2010-02	0.17	0	75.47	6.79	0.5	3.16	4.06	0	8.88	0	0.15	0	0	0.69	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04
2010-03	0.18	0	79.73	5.65	0.48	2.16	2.84	0	8.12	0	0.11	0	0	0.59	0.01	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03
2010-04	0.15	0	80.07	5.87	0.5	1.94	2.68	0	8.1	0	0.12	0.01	0	0.4	0.01	0.12	0	0	0	0	0	0.03
2010-05	0.13	0	78.72	6.78	0.56	2.44	3.34	0	7.62	0	0.09	0	0	0.16	0.02	0.12	0	0	0	0	0	0.02
2010-06	0.22	0	72.06	10.93	0.91	3.4	5.17	0	6.75	0	0.11	0	0	0.2	0.04	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0.03
2010-07	0.58	0	69.04	12.77	1.18	3.84	5.62	0	5.88	0	0.18	0	0	0.58	0.07	0.21	0	0	0	0	0	0.05
2010-08	0.82	0	70.36	9.85	1.45	4.31	5.81	0	6.11	0	0.23	0	0	0.71	0.06	0.24	0	0	0	0	0	0.05
2010-09	0.85	0	74.02	9.38	1.32	3.37	4.61	0	5.5	0	0.21	0	0	0.51	0.06	0.11	0	0	0	0	0	0.04
2010-10	0.9	0	74.95	9.87	1.35	3.01	4	0	4.91	0	0.18	0	0	0.7	0.02	0.07	0	0	0	0	0	0.04
2010-11	1.03	0	74.36	9.5	1.55	3.12	4.38	0	4.95	0	0.21	0	0	0.67	0	0.06	0	0	0	0.14	0	0.04
2010-12	1.26	0	73.22	9.24	1.64	3.18	5.33	0	4.88	0	0.26	0	0	0.68	0	0.07	0	0	0	0.18	0	0.04
2011-01	1.48	0	72.91	9.95	1.64	3.52	4.69	0.04	4.43	0	0.24	0	0	0.74	0	0.1	0	0	0	0.23	0	0.04
2011-02	1.76	0	73.74	9.48	1.61	3.47	4.77	0.07	3.91	0	0.21	0	0	0.67	0	0.08	0	0	0	0.18	0	0.05
2011-03	2.11	0	73.32	9.35	1.75	3.59	4.81	0.08	3.82	0	0.21	0	0	0.68	0	0.07	0	0	0	0.17	0	0.04
2011-04	2.19	0	73.84	9.22	1.75	3.43	4.68	0.08	3.64	0	0.22	0	0.06	0.61	0	0.06	0	0	0	0.15	0	0.06
2011-05	2.69	0	73.47	8.77	1.88	3.73	4.73	0.08	3.33	0	0.21	0	0.22	0.6	0.01	0.06	0	0	0	0.16	0	0.06
2011-06	2.99	0	73.1	8.87	1.92	3.71	4.75	0.09	3.26	0	0.22	0	0.24	0.6	0.01	0.06	0	0	0	0.14	0	0.05
2011-07	3.32	0	72.7	9.26	1.95	3.67	4.7	0.09	3.04	0	0.22	0	0.23	0.56	0.01	0.07	0	0	0	0.11	0	0.05
2011-08	3.65	0	72.82	9.16	1.89	3.55	4.63	0.1	2.93	0	0.22	0	0.24	0.56	0.03	0.08	0	0	0	0.11	0	0.04
2011-09	3.72	0	72.87	9.42	1.79	3.63	4.53	0.09	2.74	0	0.22	0	0.22	0.55	0.03	0.07	0	0	0	0.1	0	0.04
2011-10	3.74	0	72	10.05	1.92	3.68	4.63	0.09	2.59	0	0.23	0.02	0.21	0.54	0.03	0.05	0	0	0.08	0.08	0.03	0.04
2011-11	4.11	0	72.05	9.8	2.01	3.6	4.65	0.09	2.38	0	0.22	0.05	0.21	0.53	0.01	0.04	0.01	0	0.09	0.08	0.04	0.04
2011-12	3.85	0	73.51	8.85	1.72	3.1	5.32	0.07	2.37	0	0.21	0.04	0.19	0.47	0.01	0.04	0.02	0	0.09	0.06	0.03	0.04
2012-01	3.79	0	70.94	9.87	1.86	2.72	7.23	0.06	2.31	0	0.26	0.04	0.15	0.44	0.01	0.03	0.03	0	0.14	0.04	0.03	0.04
2012-02	5.27	0	71.06	10.14	1.66	3.91	4.68	0.09	1.97	0	0.19	0.05	0.21	0.46	0.01	0.04	0.06	0	0.08	0.05	0.05	0.04
2012-03	5.72	0	70.08	11.08	1.65	3.84	4.4	0.1	1.87	0	0.17	0.06	0.25	0.48	0	0.04	0.06	0	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.04
2012-04	6.04	5.42	63.09	11.26	1.77	3.84	5.37	0.11	1.83	0	0.19	0.06	0.26	0.46	0	0.04	0.06	0	0.06	0.04	0.05	0.04
2012-05	6.84	23.1	45.62	10.84	1.73	4.18	4.58	0.12	1.7	0	0.17	0.07	0.29	0.48	0	0.04	0.06	0	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.04
2012-06	8.12	29.12	38.26	10.69	1.81	4.75	4.27	0.12	1.6	0	0.16	0.07	0.28	0.45	0	0.04	0.07	0	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.04
2012-07	9.71	36.03	29.28	10.39	1.81	5.23	4.29	0.16	1.58	0	0.16	0.11	0.28	0.47	0.18	0.04	0.08	0	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.06
2012-08	11.33	36.61	27.07	10.07	1.79	5.55	4.17	0.2	1.44	0	0.16	0.13	0.34	0.45	0.35	0.06	0.08	0	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.06
2012-09	12.5	36.78	26.41	9.53	1.83	5.56	4.07	0.25	1.42	0	0.15	0.12	0.33	0.4	0.34	0.04	0.09	0	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.05
2012-10	14.26	34.66	26.32	9.46	1.82	5.95	4.09	0.34	1.39	0	0.13	0.11	0.35	0.38	0.42	0.04	0.1	0	0.03	0.03	0.06	0.06
2012-11	15.06	34.84	24.59	9.82	1.81	5.96	4.25	0.37	1.46	0	0.16	0.11	0.37	0.36	0.51	0.04	0.09	0	0.03	0.03	0.09	0.06
2012-12	15.91	34.36	24.25	10.11	1.79	6.06	4.25	0.45	1.48	0	0.16	0.1	0.37	0.1	0.3	0.05	0.09	0	0.02	0.03	0.07	0.06
2013-01	17.67	32.81	22.18	10.08	4.24	6.37	3.87	0.53	1.32	0	0.14	0.1	0.35	0	0.07	0.04	0.08	0	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05
2013-02	17.95	29.52	19.15	9.29	11.66	6.18	3.86	0.47	1.11	0	0.11	0.09	0.35	0	0.06	0.03	0.07	0	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.04
2013-03	19.72	29.65	18.56	9.76	9.95	6.49	3.38	0.57	1.07	0	0.11	0.09	0.37	0	0.06	0.04	0.07	0	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.05
2013-04	20.94	30.01	18.01	10.2	8.76	6.39	3.15	0.66	1.07	0	0.1	0.08	0.35	0	0.05	0.04	0.07	0	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.05
2013-05	21.14	30.18	16.96	10.84	8.96	6.27	3.14	0.7	1.07	0	0.1	0.08	0.33	0	0.05	0.03	0.06	0	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.04
2013-06	21.53	30.54	16.14	11.44	8.87	5.84	3.11	0.8	1.06	0	0.09	0.08	0.28	0	0.05	0.04	0.06	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.04
2013-07	21.24	33.98	12.11	10.73	9.68	5.6	3.05	0.89	1.1	0	0.86	0.28	0.22	0	0.08	0.03	0.05	0.02	0.01	0	0.01	0.03
2013-08	22.16	32.92	11.44	10.56	10.65	5.42	3.09	0.97	1.09	0	0.89	0.33	0.24	0	0.07	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.01	0	0.01	0.02
2013-09	20.69	33.45	11.14	13.77	9.71	4.5	3.26	0.94	0.92	0	0.88	0.31	0.2	0	0.07	0.02	0.04	0.04	0.01	0	0.01	0.02
2013-10	16.95	35.34	10.59	20.09	6.78	2.38	4.64	0.58	1.12	0	1.04	0.26	0.12	0	0.04	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.01	0	0	0.01
2013-11	19.99	32.06	9.47	12.16	11.8	3.3	6.1	0.93	1.55	0.57	1.39	0.32	0.15	0	0.08	0.01	0.03	0.04	0.02	0	0.01	0.01
2013-12	23.99	30.51	8.58	11.95	10.87	3.73	5.38	1.24	1.24	0.68	1.2	0.21	0.17	0	0.16	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.02	0	0	0.01
2014-01	28.07	27.66	7.86	11.82	11.31	4.33	4.2	1.51	0.92	0.72	0.96	0.2	0.18	0	0.16	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.01	0	0	0.01
2014-02	30.84	26.82	7.17	11.8	10.45	4.47	3.72	1.66	0.85	0.73	0.87	0.2	0.19	0	0.13	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.01	0	0	0.01
2014-03	33.37	25.95	6.86	11.61	9.66	4.69	3.31	1.73	0.72	0.77	0.75	0.23	0.19	0	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.01	0	0	0.01
2014-04	35.25	25.58	6.43	11.93	8.32	4.75	3.08	1.98	0.67	0.81	0.66	0.25	0.17	0	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.01	0	0	0.01
2014-05	37.53	24.06	5.95	11.72	8.17	5.09	2.85	2.07	0.6	0.82	0.63	0.26	0.15	0	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.01	0	0	0.01
2014-06	40.91	22.05	5.5	11.28	7.88	5.39	2.58	2.05	0.52	0.74	0.58	0.26	0.14	0	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.01	0	0	0.01
2014-07	43.47	20.57	4.93	10.74	7.11	6.63	2.28	2.12	0.44	0.72	0.51	0.28	0.11	0	0.01	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.01	0	0	0.01
2014-08	42.72	21.22	4.99	11.35	7.41	5.26	2.47	2.17	0.48	0.76	0.59	0.36	0.13	0	0	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.01	0	0	0.01
2014-09	44.97	23.17	4.68	7.21	7.76	4.95	2.33	2.11	0.4	1.22	0.57	0.38	0.13	0	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0	0	0.01
2014-10	47.82	21.14	4.23	6.9	7.14	5.76	2.05	2.23	0.35	1.22	0.53	0.39	0.13	0	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.01	0	0	0.01
2014-11	48.51	20.97	4.08	7.46	6.53	5.47	1.99	2.29	0.34	1.26	0.5	0.39	0.12	0	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0	0	0	0.01
2014-12	50.4	19.23	3.87	7.89	6	5.64	1.95	2.3	0.32	1.38	0.47	0.34	0.12	0	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0	0	0	0.01
2015-01	52.76	17.97	3.51	7.42	6.04	5.44	1.73	2.41	0.27	1.47	0.43	0.34	0.1	0	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0	0	0	0.01
2015-02	54.87	16.55	3.25	7.19	5.92	5.54	1.62	2.47	0.25	1.39	0.41	0.36	0.1	0	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
2015-03	56.38	15.4	2.95	7	6.07	5.64	1.48	2.5	0.21	1.4	0.39	0.37	0.09	0	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.01	0	0	0	0.04
2015-04	57.27	15.09	2.83	6.89	5.9	5.34	1.38	2.39	0.22	1.7	0.35	0.47	0.08	0	0.01	0.03	0.01	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
2015-05	58.03	13.59	2.66	6.88	5.52	5.2	1.31	2.34	0.2	3.07	0.35	0.68	0.09	0	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
2015-06	57.66	11.85	2.53	9.46	5.53	4.74	1.1	2.11	0.16	3.72	0.3	0.61	0.08	0	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01	0	0	0.07	0.02
Average change rate (last 12 months)	2.90%	-5.04%	-6.27%	-1.46%	-2.91%	-1.07%	-6.86%	0.24%	-9.36%	14.40%	-5.35%	7.37%	-4.56%	n/a	5.95%	-3.32%	-8.75%	-5.61%	-100.00%	n/a	n/a	5.95%

Source: StatCounter Global Stats

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Mobile OS (Operating System) Percent Market Share — Africa(As of June 2015)

Mobile OS (Operating System) Percent Market Share — Africa
(As of June 2015)