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Android is the most used operating system on phones in virtually allmany countries, with some countries, such as India, having over 96% market share.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mobile Operating System Market Share Worldwide|url=https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide/|access-date=January 4, 2021|website=StatCounter Global Stats }}</ref> On tablets, usage is more even, as iOS is a bit more popular globally.

Research company Canalys estimated in the second quarter of 2009, that Android had a 2.8% share of worldwide [[smartphone]] shipments.<ref name="Insider_1">{{cite news |title=Canalys: iPhone outsold all Windows Mobile phones in Q2 2009 |url=https://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/21/canalys_iphone_outsold_all_windows_mobile_phones_in_q2_2009.html |first=Prince |last=McLean |newspaper=[[AppleInsider]] |date=August 21, 2009 |access-date=February 16, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117031702/http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/21/canalys_iphone_outsold_all_windows_mobile_phones_in_q2_2009.html |archive-date=January 17, 2012 }}</ref> By May 2010, Android had a 10% worldwide smartphone market share, overtaking [[Windows Mobile]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/c055479e-6342-11df-99a5-00144feab49a |title=Android Overtakes Windows in Smartphones |website=Financial Times |date=May 19, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818004521/https://www.ft.com/content/c055479e-6342-11df-99a5-00144feab49a |archive-date=August 18, 2017 }}</ref> whilst in the US Android held a 28% share, overtaking [[iPhone OS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tugagency.com/blog/2010/05/11/android-overtakes-iphone-market-share-in-the-us/|title=Android Overtakes iPhone Market Share in the US – Tug Agency|website=www.tugagency.com|date=May 11, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817204501/https://www.tugagency.com/blog/2010/05/11/android-overtakes-iphone-market-share-in-the-us/|archive-date=August 17, 2017}}</ref> By the fourth quarter of 2010, its worldwide share had grown to 33% of the market becoming the top-selling smartphone platform,<ref name="canalysQ42010">{{cite web |url=http://www.canalys.com/newsroom/google%E2%80%99s-android-becomes-world%E2%80%99s-leading-smart-phone-platform |title=Google's Android becomes the world's leading smart phone platform |work=Canalys |date=January 31, 2011 |access-date=February 15, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225091704/http://www.canalys.com/newsroom/google%E2%80%99s-android-becomes-world%E2%80%99s-leading-smart-phone-platform |archive-date=February 25, 2012 }}</ref> overtaking [[Symbian]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-steals-Symbians-Top-Smartphone-OS-crown_id16332 |title=Android steals Symbian's top smartphone OS crown |date=February 2011 |publisher=Phone arena |access-date=May 14, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509190009/http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-steals-Symbians-Top-Smartphone-OS-crown_id16332 |archive-date=May 9, 2013 }}</ref> In the US it became the top-selling platform in April 2011, overtaking [[BlackBerry OS]] with a 31.2% smartphone share, according to ''comScore''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2011/03/07/technology/android/index.htm|title=Android surpasses BlackBerry as No. 1 U.S. smartphone OS – Mar. 7, 2011|first=David|last= Goldman|website=money.cnn.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818004354/https://money.cnn.com/2011/03/07/technology/android/index.htm|archive-date=August 18, 2017}}</ref>