Mobile Internet Usage Has Doubled Every Year Since 2009

With the increase in smartphone owners and access to mobile web increasing, it’s no surprise that the majority of reports reflect this trend with apps, mobile sites and ownership figures all on the up. Yet one of the more interesting reports covers the past three years, showing a steady growth of mobile internet usage across this period.

Analytics firm StatCounter, looked at global internet usage through mobile devices (excluding tablets) and found that global internet usage through mobile devices rose to 8.5%, almost double than what it was in  2011(4.3%). That is in comparison to the years previous where 1.6% of traffic in 2010 was mobile while 2009 only made up 0.7%. Practically, mobile web use has doubled year on year

The firm also announced new statistics regarding mobile vendors on its site. They found that when covering all traffic on their network, it was Nokia that clearly leads worldwide with roughly 38% – the report attributing this to the company’s dominance in India. Apple follows behind in second with roughly 29% but leads the U.S. and U.K. markets while in the U.K., RIM is placed second among British users but fourth worldwide (9%), while Samsung is placed in third making up roughly 14%.

They’re interesting trends when you consider that Apple isn’t the behemoth it is in the U.S. and that Nokia’s dominance in this sector suggests that they’re in a stronger position than most people give them credit for. The real point to take from this is that if these trends continue, it’ll eventually mean that one in three people (34%) will be accessing the web through smartphones by January 2014. Considering the strides mobile devices have made over the last few years, it’s very much possible.