Google search reclaims mobile web throne
The year-end review of the most popular websites on mobile phones shows that Google once again rests at the top of the State of the Mobile Web top 30 list. In 2009, Facebook was king of the mobile Web. In 2010, Google returned to claim the top spot among more than 80 million Opera Mini users worldwide, knocking Facebook to the second spot.
Another rising star on the mobile web is the microblogging service Twitter, while the older social network Friendster is decreasing in popularity on a global basis. The rapid growth of Twitter, rising eight places to #13 in the ranking, is mirrored by the rise of the social website Orkut as Brazilian web users take Opera Mini to their hearts.
What we say: "We believe people with access to information lead more social, more informed and more empowered lives," said Jon von Tetzchner, Co-founder, Opera Software. "Growth in mobile browsing means the Web is pushing beyond its traditional borders. If the first era of the Web was about expanding the capability and content of the Web, the second age is clearly about access. In Opera we believe that access to the Web is a universal right."
Top 10 global mobile websites for November 2010:
Google.com (up 1)
Facebook.com (down 1)
Vkontakte.ru
Youtube.com (up 4)
Odnoklassniki.ru (down 1)
Yandex.ru (up 1)
Yahoo.com (up 2)
My.opera.com (down 2)
Mail.ru (down 4)
Getjar.com (up 3)
For a complete top 30 list, visit the State of the Mobile Web site: http://www.opera.com/smw/2010/11/
As the mobile technology progresses, users constantly change their hardware to keep up. During 2010, the top list of mobile phones used to access the Web via Opera Mini changed significantly. Close to half of the top 30 list in 2010 are handsets not present in the top 30 list for 2009. With one exception, the Nokia feature phones rule the top 10 list of the Opera Mini users' phones.
Top 10 mobile phones for November 2010:
Nokia 5130 XpressMusic (up 1)
Nokia 2700c (up 5)
Nokia 6300 (down 2)
Nokia 2690 (new)
Apple iPhone (new)
Nokia 2330c (up 13)
Nokia 2730c (new)
Nokia N70 (down 4)
Nokia C3 (new)
Nokia 5310 XpressMusic (down 5)
For a complete top 30 list, visit the State of the Mobile Web site: http://www.opera.com/smw/2010/11/
Global trends:
- Opera Mini saw significant increases in all three categories of growth in November 2010: unique users, pages viewed and data consumed. In all, 80.0 million people used Opera Mini in November, 44.6 billion pages were served, and 6.3 petabytes of operator data were compressed for Opera Mini users.
- Nigeria passed the United States in terms of total Opera Mini users in the month of November.
- The United Kingdom, Belarus, Philippines, Poland, Bangladesh and Germany all went up in the ranking of top 20 countries. Turkey was a new addition in November, as Malaysia fell off the list.
More results can be obtained in the report: http://www.opera.com/smw/2010/11/
Snapshot: United States
Page-view growth since November 2009: 103.1 %
Unique-user growth since November 2009: 28.4 %
Data transfer growth since November 2009: 94.0 %
Top 10 sites in the United States (unique users)
1. google.com
2. facebook.com
3. youtube.com
4. wikipedia.org
5. yahoo.com
6. my.opera.com
7. accuweather.com
8. espn.go.com
9. nytimes.com
10. myspace.com
Top handsets for November 2010
1. Apple iPhone
2. LG VM265 "Rumor2"
3. BlackBerry 8520 "Curve"
4. BlackBerry 9700 "Bold"
5. LG VM510 "Rumor Touch"
6. BlackBerry 8330 "Curve"
7. Samsung SPH-M810 "Instinct S30"
8. BlackBerry 9630 "Tour"
9. BlackBerry 8530 "Curve"
10. BlackBerry 9000 "Bold"
With more than 80 million monthly users, Opera Mini is the most popular browser on mobile devices. In November alone, users viewed more than 44 billion webpages and saved money, while the Opera servers compressed more than 6 petabytes of data.
More results can be obtained in the report: http://www.opera.com/smw/2010/11/
About Opera Software ASA
Opera Software ASA has redefined web browsing for PCs, mobile phones and other networked devices. Opera's cross-platform web-browser technology is renowned for its performance, standards compliance and small size, while giving users a faster, safer and more dynamic online experience. Opera Software is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices around the world. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OPERA. Learn more about Opera at http://www.opera.com/.
