Statistics mobile internet users

[rodolpheb]

Hi, I’d like to find statistics (reliable and current) about mobile internet users worldwide. I’ve found some numbers on Google that contradict each other.

[rodolpheb]

I’ve found this [survey](http://www.accenture.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/PDF/Accenture-Mobile-Web-Watch-Internet-Usage-Survey-2012.pdf “survey”).

The information of this link seems barely believable : http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013%5C05%5C05%5Cstory_5-5-2013_pg5_9

[domakas]

I believe http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_mobile.asp is something that you are looking for. There are lots of different statistics there.

[Paulie_D]

I wouldn’t believe anything that W3Schools puts out.

[Paulie_D]

>Oh, that doesn’t seem fair. If you want good, reliable data for the platforms visitors to W3Schools are using, that seems the best place to go. Not sure why you would care, **but I suspect it’s accurate** .

Why?

http://w3fools.com/

[unasAquila]

Take a look at these.

[A sitepoint Blog](http://www.sitepoint.com/browser-trends-april-2013-is-chrome-unstoppable/) and also [Statcounter](http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-ww-monthly-201303-201303-bar)

[rodolpheb]

Thanks @BenWalker. I need these information to complete some answers about mobile devices.

Here’s my point: regarding the links that @unasAquila kindly sent the data aren’t exactly identical. For example android’s data are between 37% and 30% even though the comparison with the other is the same.

[AWKM]

Depends a lot on where each report gets it’s data from. Often it’ll be from analyzing their own visitors and/or those of partner sites.

Depending on what those sites are about, or the people they attract, it can skew the data. For example sites about Apple are likely to see far more iOS users than android and vice versa.

[rodolpheb]

Thank you @BenWalker for being helpful, I now have a bunch of things to study.

> Depends a lot on where each report gets it’s data from.

I totally agree, that’s the reason why I posted this thread. I actually need to find sources I can trust.

[TheDoc]

In short: you can’t get that data.

The only data that companies can report is information they receive from users visiting *their own* website (or websites that they have made a deal with to track stats from). There isn’t going to be one resource that has the real answer.

[rodolpheb]

Thanks @TheDoc.

I thought it was easier to find these datas, at least an overview like: how many mobile (cell and/or tablet) users surf on the internet.

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