Release 5 days of iOS 8 penetration rate of 46%

Apple announced on Tuesday local time that as of September 21, iOS 8 accounted for 46% of devices accessing the iOS App Store. Apple released iOS 8 on September 17.

Apple stated on its developer support website that since its release on September 17, iOS 8 has become very popular, with about 46% of iOS devices running iOS 8.

While iOS 8 is rapidly gaining popularity, the share of iOS 7 in iOS devices has dropped to 49%. Earlier versions of the iOS operating system accounted for 5%.

Advertising network Chitika's data shows that iOS 8 has a good rate of popularity compared to earlier versions of iOS. A week after its release last year, iOS 7 accounted for 52% of iOS devices. Chitika said that 9 days ago, 90% of iPhones running iOS 7, 85% of iPads were running iOS 7 several days before Apple’s global developer conference.

In addition to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sales, factors that drive the rapid adoption of iOS 8 include users eager to try new features such as HealthKit and HomeKit frameworks, access to iCloud Drive and interactive notifications.

Last week's data from a number of market research companies showed that iOS 8 is less popular than iOS 7. Mixpanel and Appsee both reported that the iOS 24 penetration rate for the first 24 hours was 16%-17%, which is about half of last year's iOS 7.

One factor that may hinder the rapid adoption of iOS 8 may be that Apple requires a large amount of free storage space on devices upgraded to iOS 8 over wireless connections. The iOS device upgraded by connecting to a computer requires much less space for free storage.

Apple also deployed a queuing system to prevent the recurrence of experiences that had previously experienced large numbers of users upgrading at the same time. This system may also have an impact on the popularity of iOS 8.

Less than a week after its release, the iOS 8 penetration rate of about half is a remarkable achievement, which is much faster than Google’s Android. Mixpanel's data shows that 9 months after the release, the latest version of Android - KitKat penetration rate reached 40%