Wireless & Mobile | 03 Jun 2009 :
Opera is officially the world's number one mobile browser, overtaking iPhone in May according to data from StatCounter GlobalStats.
In May Opera took 24.6% of the worldwide market compared to 22.3% for iPhone. Nokia retains third place with 17.9%. However, if one includes iPod Touch then Apple browsers still lead with iPod Touch alone taking 14.9%.
StatCounter, which provides free website traffic analysis, is one of the largest web analytics companies in the world recording in excess of ten billion pageloads per month. In March it launched StatCounter GlobalStats, a free online service which captures market share of search engines, browsers and operating systems including mobile.
The StatCounter research data is based on four billion pageloads per month. Other regional and country breakdowns can be viewed at: http://gs.statcounter.com