{"id":69220,"date":"2013-02-15T15:00:36","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=69220"},"modified":"2013-02-15T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T13:02:00","slug":"apple-vs-android-mobile-browser-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/69220-apple-vs-android-mobile-browser-wars.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple vs Android: mobile browser wars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Akamai<\/a> released its Q3 2012 State of the Internet report recently, which showed among other things that Apple<\/a>\u2019s Mobile Safari browser was responsible for the majority of observed web requests.<\/p>\n

According to Akamai, the current data set comes from sampling traffic across several hundred top-tier sites delivering content through its cloud platform, but explained that most of these sites are focused on a U.S. audience.<\/p>\n

This means that the data presented in the report is biased in favour of U.S. users, Akamai conceded, adding that back-end data collection and processing work is ongoing to expand the sample set.<\/p>\n

Akamai expects to provide more global and geo-specific views of the data, as well as more granular insight into browser versions, during the first quarter of 2013.<\/p>\n

The table below summarises the average percentage of requests mobile browsers were responsible for during Q3 2012:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Requests from mobile browsers by originating network type<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mobile browser<\/td>\nCellular networks<\/td>\nAll networks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mobile Safari<\/td>\n35.7%<\/td>\n60.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Android Webkit<\/td>\n37.6%<\/td>\n23.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Opera Mini<\/td>\n19.3%<\/td>\n4.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BlackBerry<\/td>\n4.2%<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Microsoft Mobile Explorer<\/td>\n1.5%<\/td>\n9.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Others<\/td>\n1.7%<\/td>\n2.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
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Mobile browsers seen across cellular networks – Akamai, Q3 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

Outside the 5 browsers listed, Akamai said it observed around a dozen additional browsers, but these made up a very small percentage of usage.<\/p>\n

Akamai also noted the following key points:<\/p>\n