During the three months ending in January, 159.8 million people in the US owned smartphones (66.8% mobile market penetration), up 7 percent since October, according to a new report from ComScore. Apple ranked as the top OEM with 41.6 percent of US smartphone subscribers (up 1% from October). Samsung ranked second with 26.7 percent market share (up 1.3%), followed by LG with 6.9 percent (up 0.3%), Motorola with 6.4 percent and HTC with 5.4 percent.
Android ranked as the top smartphone platform in January with 51.7 percent market share, followed by Apple with 41.6 percent (up 1%), BlackBerry with 3.1 percent, Microsoft with 3.2 percent and Symbian with 0.2 percent.
Google Sites ranked as the top web property on smartphones, reaching 89.4 percent of the mobile media audience (mobile browsing and app usage), followed by Facebook (86.6%), Yahoo Sites (86.2%) and Amazon Sites (69%). Facebook ranked as the top smartphone app, reaching 77.6 percent of the app audience, followed by Google Play (52.4%), YouTube (49.7%) and Google Search (48.9%).
