Tag archive: Chart

  If you follow mobile news at all, you know that the smartphone market is exploding and most of the growth is going to Android and iOS. Every quarter we hear numbers, but today NPD Group (via BGR) released a fascinating chart that shows the market share of all major smartphone OS's since 2006. The chart shows the startlingly quick growth of Android, which now holds 53 percent of the US smartphone market as of Oct. 2011. It also… Read More

We knew this day would come. Even though only around 75-80 percent of U.S. citizens are online, the number of wireless devices with cell phone plans has increased to 327.6 million, which is higher than the entire population of the United States, which stands at 312.4 million, reports CTIA, which is holding its wireless enterprise & apps conference in San Diego, California this week. Not every living American has a cell phone, which means… Read More

The chart will track the most downloaded songs in the UK from services such as iTunes and Virgin and be compiled by the Official Chart Company (OCC). The BPI unveiled this week's top twenty downloads in a sneak peak of what is to come when they begin the list in September. Topping this week's chart is the Pixies single Bam Thwok, which is only available as a download from iTunes. BPI chairman Peter Jamieson… Read More

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has just relased a report based on new figures from the Official Charts' Company that reveal that over 150,000 downloads were sold in January 2004 - with 50,000 sold in the week of MyCokeMusic's launch alone. This means that a digital format has outsold physical formats for the first time, with downloads now outselling vinyl, cassettes and DVD.  These figures add to the… Read More