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Android

Mobile operating-system category reported by StatCounter.

Source label, not a legal-entity resolution or finding of market power.

Source-to-market route

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Android evidence routeA four-step map linking source rows, measured market scope, operator attribution or label boundary, and public context for this participant profile.Source rows4 rowsSource rows: 4 rows; 1 public sourceMarket scope1 marketMarket scope: 1 market; Mobile operating systemsOperator linkGoogleOperator link: Google; official attributionPublic context1 recordsPublic context: 1 records; 9 peer rows

Latest sourced position

Mobile operating systems

Market
36.9%2026 · rank #2
Reported share trajectory-2.78 pp
Android reported share trajectory in Mobile operating systems4 published observations from 2023 to 2026. The visible detail scale runs from 34% to 46%.34%40%46%2023: 39.63%20232024: 43.12%20242025: 42.15%20252026: 36.85%2026
Latest change
-5.30 pp
Previous published row
Market HHI
5,337
Same bounded market
Peer rows
9
2026 source table
Estimated public · Medium confidence
2026 · StatCounter Global Stats
Participant profileAndroidProduct or service / 36.9% / 2023-2026

  • Record typeProduct or serviceSource-labeled participant
  • Market scope1 measured marketMobile operating systems
  • Time coverage2023-20264 source rows
  • Permitted useDescriptive sharesNot legal-entity resolution

Official operator attribution

Google

Android's official site presents Android within Google's product family.

Evidence basis
Official product page
Publisher
Google
Accessed
Jul 20, 2026
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What this link does not prove

These links record how an official product, company, or legal page publicly attributes a product label to an operator. They do not constitute a complete ownership, control, affiliate, or beneficial-owner graph.

Measured footprint

Share history by market

Percentage-point change is descriptive within the same sourced series. It is not a causal or conduct finding.

Mobile operating systems

United States / StatCounter mobile operating-system page-view share

Open market profile
Android reported share history in U.S. mobile operating-system web usageA line chart from 2023 through 2026 using a labeled vertical scale from 34.8 to 45.2 percent.35%37%40%43%45%202339.6%202443.1%202542.1%202636.9%
Latest share36.9%2026 / rank 2
Latest change-5.30 pp2025 to 2026
Full-period change-2.78 pp2023 to 2026
Market HHI5,337highly concentrated / medium confidence

Competitive set / 2026

Peers in the same source table

9 published rows

Bars preserve the source table's latest shares. Aggregate rows remain labeled and are not treated as firms in concentration screens.

iOS63.1%#1Android36.9%#2Samsung0.05%#3KaiOS0.02%#4Linux0.00%#6Other mobile operating systemsAggregate0.00%#9SymbianOS0.00%#8Unknown mobile OSAggregate0.00%#7Windows Phone0.00%#5

Definition contract

What this share measures

Product boundary
Mobile operating-system web usage detected in mobile page views
Geography
United States
Denominator
U.S. mobile page views recorded on StatCounter-tracked websites in each pinned April snapshot
Measurement basis
StatCounter mobile operating-system page-view share
Included
Every operating-system category published in the source row, including small and Other categories
Excluded
Device sales, installed base, active devices, app-store activity, operating-system revenue, desktop usage, and tying conduct

Page-view usage is a public web-analytics proxy. It does not measure devices, users, sales, revenue, or a legally defined mobile operating-system market.

Evidence custody

Sources and reusable packets

Participant website metadata: https://www.android.com/. This link identifies the source label and is not evidence of legal ownership.

Participant data packet

Exact index, share-history, market, policy-context, and report routes for this profile.

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Compilation license: CC BY 4.0. Upstream source terms continue to apply.

Market context only

Policy docket and public research

0 events / 1 reports

Policy events and reports are linked through the participant's measured market. That relationship supplies market context; it does not establish that the event concerns this participant or attribute conduct to it.

Market-linked policy events

No dated policy events are linked to the measured market.

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Participant interpretation boundary

These profiles describe source-labeled market participants, not legal entities or findings of market power. Shares only apply to the stated market definition, geography, denominator, and year.

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