State of the Mobile Web, April 2010

Last month, Opera Mini added a new handset to its list of officially-supported devices: the iPhone. Certainly this achievement has been well-covered by the media. With more than one million downloads in the first day alone, we are deeply proud that iPhone users are interested in experiencing Opera Mini on their device of choice.

As much of a milestone as it is, the iPhone is only one out of more than 800 handsets supported by Opera Mini. Although we laud these individual phones for the amazing things they can do, we must remember that one handset is but a drop of rain in the ocean that is the mobile phone industry.

We should apply the same logic to the mobile Web. While some iconic devices are superb web-browsing tools, today it is possible to make nearly every phone capable of browsing the Web gracefully.

Nearly 60% of the world has access to a mobile phone. Mobile-web users will eventually dwarf the wireline users. To make a Web that works flawlessly on only a handful of mobile devices is to turn our collective backs on more than a billion new users.

Despite the warning, I look forward to the future. There are too many smart minds and capable teams working to ensure the Web remains one everyone can access. We believe access to the Web is a universal right. I am confident we are closer to that goal than ever before.

Happy browsing,

Jon von Tetzchner,
Co-founder, Opera Software

Part 1: Growth

Number of users

In April 2010, Opera Mini had over 58.9 million users, a 6.6% increase from March 2010 and more than 152% compared to April 2009.

Pages transcoded

Opera Mini users viewed over 26.3 billion pages in April 2010. Since March, page views have gone up 1.6%. Since April 2009, page views have increased 203%.

Month	Page views
April 2010	26,311,685,380
March 2010	25,898,747,364
February 2010	22,055,615,946
January 2010	23,356,863,511
December 2009	20,719,112,062
November 2009	18,814,158,683
October 2009	17,179,459,019
September 2009	14,958,270,625
August 2009	13,949,154,395
July 2009	12,051,716,351
June 2009	10,447,031,428
May 2009	9,641,002,614
April 2009	8,687,835,336
March 2009	8,627,181,759
February 2009	7,347,728,912
January 2009	7,592,623,125
December 2008	6,418,665,392
November 2008	5,703,580,103
October 2008	5,088,923,679
September 2008	4,533,894,901
August 2008	4,172,941,429
July 2008	3,736,244,111
June 2008	3,224,286,622
May 2008	2,947,979,866

Data consumed

In April 2010, Opera Mini users generated over 398 million MB of data for operators worldwide. Since March, the data consumed went up by 0.6%. Data in Opera Mini is compressed up to 90%. If this data were uncompressed, Opera Mini users would have viewed over 3.7 petabytes of data in April. Since April 2009, data traffic is up 164%.

Month	Data transfer (MB)
April 2010	398,617,291
March 2010	396,171,723
February 2010	330,601,107
January 2010	337,088,690
December 2009	315,150,762
November 2009	285,126,819
October 2009	263,245,795
September 2009	226,990,071
August 2009	208,786,577
July 2009	186,996,258
June 2009	168,483,963
May 2009	159,545,769
April 2009	151,023,302
March 2009	148,884,676
February 2009	124,835,298
January 2009	122,005,065
December 2008	103,144,185
November 2008	91,084,753
October 2008	79,167,872
September 2008	70,095,676
August 2008	64,853,884
July 2008	57,824,328
June 2008	50,181,823
May 2008	46,273,165

Part 2: Country snapshots for April 2010

Part 3: Spotlight on the Commonwealth of Independent States

Top 11 countries snapshot

Part 4: iPhone impact

In April 2010, Opera Mini became officially available on the Apple iPhone. We predicted this would mean a big month for Opera Mini around the world, and that is what we observed.

Top 10 devices according to Opera Mini usage (global)

1. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic
2. Nokia 6300
3. Apple iPhone
4. Nokia 2700c
5. Nokia N70
6. Nokia 3110c
7. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic
8. Nokia 2330c
9. Nokia N73
10. Nokia 5800d

Here are the top 10 countries (according to several metrics) where people are using Opera Mini on the Apple iPhone.