Aug 3, 2016 Straightsell
The Straightsell shared server environment receives tens of millions of page requests every month. We capture statistical data about the types of devices used to access our customer's websites and periodically present an analysis of this data. This time, we are reviewing data captured over one week in July 2016.
The split between desktop and mobile devices (phones and tablets) access our systems remains at approximately 78% to 22%. This is somewhat different to the proportion seen across the entire Australian web site market, where the split is 57% desktop to 43% mobile (Reference: StatsCounter - GlobalStats : Australian Device Platform Comparison 2016 February to July).
Tablets make up only approximately 30% of the mobile devices accessing Straightsell websites, and within this category the great majority (87%) are Apple iPads. Android Tablets are staying steady in absolute numbers, but are falling monthly as a proportion of total Android devices.
For the first time since we have been recording these statistics, the Number of Android phones exceeds the number of Apple phones accessing our systems:
