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Report: Android ad revenue beats iPhone, iOS and smartphone market still growing

Millenial Media has released its latest report on cross-platform mobile advertising, and the iPhone has lost another step on the Android platform. According to Millenial's reporting, revenue for advertising from the Android platform has exceeded iPhone-only revenue. That's not quite as bad as it sounds -- the Android platform, as we already know, has outstripped the iPhone in terms of user numbers, just because there are so many more available handsets and carriers for those devices. Android ad requests, according to the company, are up a crazy 1283% since January of this year, and have gone up 26% month over month.

That's not to say that iOS is slouching -- its revenue growth increased 316% in the last quarter, and impression growth increased by 156%. Apple is still the leading device manufacturer on the network, with a 30% market share, and the company makes two of the top four "connected devices" in the iPad and the iPod touch, with the Sony PSP and PS3 rounding out that list.

It's also interesting to note that smartphone impressions overall are still growing -- this isn't a down and dirty fight between the manufacturers yet, as there are still new customers to grab out there. Smartphone impression share went up 7% month-over-month, so this is still a growing market.



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Chuck McGinley

Am I the only one who thinks that having less ads on my mobile phone is a win? Not a loss? Especially because I have to travel to Europe for work and I am paying $60 for 50 freaking mega-byte of data that has to last for 2 weeks. I don't care is Apple is losing a few bucks. They have 50 billion in the bank. I on the other hand have less that a few hundred bucks in my bank. Man the world is upside down if you guys are rooting for more ads.

iADDs my A$$!

Chuck

October 20 2010 at 8:44 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jakob

Ok, the graph shows iOS has about double the share A's Android!
ADD to that, I don't have a single app any of my iOS devices. Same goes fornmany friends. We buy the apps!

October 20 2010 at 8:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tim

Is it just me or does the graph at the top of the article seem to tell a completely different story?

October 20 2010 at 6:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bill g

Technically... Apple is losing. Square biz my ninja

October 19 2010 at 10:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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