Share by device in 2021, PC surpasses smartphone
StatCounter has announced the share by device for December 2021. The global share is as follows.
| Ranking | Product | This Month's Share | Last Month's Share | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desktop | 42.65% | 43.55% | ↓ | < /tr>
| 2 | Mobile | 54.86% | 53.98% | ↑ |
| 3 | Tablet | 2.49% | 2.48% | ↑ |
The share in Japan is as follows.
| Ranking | Product | This Month's Share | Last Month's Share | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desktop | 57.24% | 57.24% | = | < /tr>
| 2 | Mobile | 40.13% | 39.60% | ↑ |
| 3 | Tablet | 2.63% | 2.63% | = |
As for the devices using the Internet, the number of mobile devices has increased over the long term, the number of personal computers has decreased, and the number of tablet devices has remained at a few percent. But things have changed in the last few years. The trend of a decline in PCs and an increase in smartphones has calmed down, and the trend is almost flat. Globally, smartphones are the most popular, followed by computers.
The percentage of PCs and smartphones differs from country to country. In the United States and the United Kingdom, personal computers and smartphones have leveled off at roughly the same rate. In India, smartphones show a flat trend at 70-80%. In Japan, the ratio of PCs and smartphones became the same for a period of 2021, but soon returned to the original ratio, and PCs maintain a share of nearly 60%. In Japan, PCs have maintained a higher market share than smartphones for almost all periods since the observation, and although there is a trend toward a decrease in PCs and an increase in smartphones even now, the trend is gradually leveling off.
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