According to StatCounter Global Stats, Opera is the world's number one mobile browser, overtaking iPhone in May.
In May Opera took 24.6% of the worldwide market compared to 22.3% for
iPhone. Nokia retains third place with 17.9%. However, if one includes
iPod Touch then Apple browsers still lead with iPod Touch alone taking
14.9% of the market in May.
In March StatCounter launched StatCounter Global Stats, a
free online service which captures market share of search engines,
browsers and operating systems including mobile.
"Opera began the year in number one slot but iPhone overtook it in
February. May saw Opera regain the number one position," commented
Aodhan Cullen, CEO and founder of StatCounter. "It will be fascinating
to watch how this battle plays out over the year."
Source: StatCounter Global Stats - Mobile Browser Market Share
He drew attention to the performance of BlackBerry which is in
fourth place with 6.9% of the global market. “An interesting finding is
that BlackBerry has steadily increased market share from 4.9% in
January to 6.9% in May. Despite the global recession it looks as if
executives are holding on to their BlackBerries,” commented Cullen.
The StatCounter research data is based on four billion pageloads per
month. Other regional and country breakdowns can be viewed at:
See: http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_browser-ww-monthly-200901-200905