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Appeared on: Thursday, December 5, 2013
Motorola To Become the 3rd Leading Smartphone Manufacturer

During the three months ending in October, Apple ranked as the top OEM among U.S. smartphone subscribers, followed by Samsung and Motorola, according to comScore.

Apple is the the top smartphone manufacturer with 40.6 percent OEM market share, while Google Android led as the #1 smartphone platform with 52.2 percent platform market share. Google Sites ranked as the top mobile media property, while Facebook was the top individual app, comScore said.

149.2 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (62.5 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in October, up 4.1 percent since July. Apple ranked as the top OEM with 40.6 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers (up 0.2 percentage points from July). Samsung ranked second with 25.4 percent market share (up 1.3 percentage points), while Motorola made the leap to third with 7 percent (up 0.1 percentage points). HTC and LG followed with 6.7 percent and 6.6 percent, respectively.

Top Smartphone OEMs
3 Month Avg. Ending Oct. 2013 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Jul. 2013
Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Age 13+
Source: comScore MobiLens
  Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
Jul-13 Oct-13 Point Change
Total Mobile Subscribers 100.0% 100.0% N/A
Apple 40.4% 40.6% 0.2
Samsung 24.1% 25.4% 1.3
Motorola 6.9% 7.0% 0.1
HTC 8.0% 6.7% -1.3
LG 6.8% 6.6% -0.2

Android ranked as the top smartphone platform in October with 52.2 percent market share (up 0.4 percentage points), followed by Apple with 40.6 percent (up 0.2 percentage points), BlackBerry with 3.6 percent, Microsoft with 3.2 percent (up 0.2 percentage points) and Symbian with 0.2 percent.

Top Smartphone Platforms
3 Month Avg. Ending Oct. 2013 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Jul. 2013
Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Age 13+
Source: comScore MobiLens
  Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
Jul-13 Oct-13 Point Change
Total Smartphone Subscribers 100.0% 100.0% N/A
Android 51.8% 52.2% 0.4
Apple 40.4% 40.6% 0.2
BlackBerry 4.3% 3.6% -0.7
Microsoft 3.0% 3.2% 0.2
Symbian 0.3% 0.2% -0.1

Google Sites ranked as the top web property on smartphones, reaching 88 percent of the mobile media audience (mobile browsing and app usage), followed by Facebook (84.4 percent), Yahoo Sites (77.9 percent) and Amazon Sites (65.3 percent). Facebook ranked as the top smartphone app, reaching 75.7 percent of the app audience, followed by Google Play (54 percent), Google Search (52.2 percent) and Pandora (48.2 percent).

Top 15 Smartphone Properties & Apps
October 2013
Total U.S. Smartphone Mobile Media Users, Age 18+ (iOS and Android Platforms)
Source: comScore Mobile Metrix
  Top 15 Properties % Reach Top 15 Apps % Reach
      Smartphone Browsing + App Audience 100.0%     Smartphone App Audience 100.0%
1     Google Sites 88.0%     Facebook (Mobile App) 75.7%
2     Facebook 84.4%     Google Play (Mobile App) 54.0%
3     Yahoo Sites 77.9%     Google Search (Mobile App) 52.2%
4     Amazon Sites 65.3%     Pandora Radio (Mobile App) 48.2%
5     Apple Inc. 49.6%     YouTube (Mobile App) 48.0%
6     AOL, Inc. 49.5%     Gmail (Mobile App) 45.6%
7     PANDORA.COM 48.5%     Apple App Suite (Mobile App) 43.8%
8     Microsoft Sites 48.1%     Google Maps (Mobile App) 43.1%
9     Wikimedia Foundation Sites 40.8%     Yahoo Stocks (Mobile App) 29.9%
10     Turner Digital 38.7%     Instagram (Mobile App) 25.5%
11     eBay 36.2%     Yahoo Weather Widget (Mobile App) 23.6%
12     CBS Interactive 36.0%     Apple Maps (Mobile App) 23.2%
13     Glam Media 33.1%     Twitter (Mobile App) 21.8%
14     ESPN 30.8%     The Weather Channel (Mobile App) 20.9%
15     Weather Company, The 29.6%     Facebook Messenger (Mobile App) 19.0%




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