Two-Thirds Of iDevices Now Running iOS 10
iOS 10 is now installed on two-thirds of iPhones and iPads. The data is particularly useful for app developers to gauge how fast the market is growing, and assess the next few updates to their own apps. (Photo : Rob Stothard | Getty Images. Wh.ile iOS 10 initially fell behind previous OS versions in terms of adoption rate, the new iteration of Apple's mobile software is now installed on two-thirds of iPhones and iPads, based on the latest market analyses.
The data is particularly useful for app developers to gauge how fast the market, which is using the new OS, is growing and assess the next few updates to their own apps.
In early October, third-party software and app tracking groups Mixpanel and AppLovin placed the figure north of 50 percent two weeks after the new iOS was released. Since Sunday, however, Mixpanel reported 66 percent of iDevices have started operating on iOS 10For mobile marketing technology analyst Fiksu, the number is slightly higher at record-breaking 66.7 percent. The rate shows at this point the fastest adoption of any iOS.
These numbers indicate that two out of every three active iPhones and iPads now rely on iOS 10. The spike in usage is considered unusual because adoption of iOS 10 picked up remarkably only between Sept. 27 and Oct. 4, when it registered a 20 percent increase in this short period, according to Fiksu
iOS 10 Wasn't An Early Hit
On Sept. 5, about a week before the launch of iOS 10, Mixpanel recorded that 89.31 percent of active iDevices were running on iOS 9. It dropped to 71.61 percent a week later.
But iOS 10 wasn't always readily embraced by users. In fact, it trailed behind the adoption rates seen with iOS 6, 7 and 9 during the iOS 10's first two weeks of life.
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On Day 20 from the time of release, at 58.3 percent, iOS 10 began to slightly overtake the adoption rates registered by iOS 9 (57.7 percent) and iOS 6 (58 percent) within the same period after their own launch. But iOS 10 was still no match for the level of adoption received by the iOS 7 almost three weeks after the 2013 firmware went live.
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