Opera’s State of the Mobile Web Report for October 2010 shows a continuing upwards trend in mobile usage. In October 2010, Opera Mini had over 76.3 million users, a 7.1% increase from September 2010 and more than 92% compared to October 2009. Opera Mini users viewed over 41.6 billion pages in October 2010 up by 12.6% on September and up 142% since October 2009.
UK
The UK is 11th largest market in the Opera report and once again Google is still the biggest website for mobile users, page views are up on September we now view 363 users per page compared to 335 in September up 8% month on month and up 88% on October 2009.
Top 10 sites in the United Kingdom (unique users)
1. google.com
2. facebook.com
3. bbc.co.uk
4. youtube.com
5. wikipedia.org
6. live.com
7. my.opera.com (up from 9)
8. yahoo.com
9. newsnow.net (up from 10)
10. ebay.co.uk (back on the list)
The top ten sites list has lost Pocketgear.com altogether – it was number 7 last month – and both Newsnow and Opera have moved up in the running and eBay are back in the frame, we fully expect them to rise next month and a few retails sites to appear as we hit the Christmas season.
Top handsets for October 2010
1. Apple iPhone
2. Nokia 2330c
3. BlackBerry 8520 “Curve” (was 4th)
4. BlackBerry 9700 “Bold” (was 3rd)
5. Nokia 6700c
6. Sony Ericsson W395
7. Nokia 2730c (up from 8)
8. Nokia 6300 (down from 7)
9. LG KE970 “Shine”
10. Nokia 6303c
The handset top ten is almost exactly the same as last month with a few swapped positions.
US
Over in the US page growth since October 2009 has actually gone down by -8% and are significantly down on September 2010 where page views were 331 where as October showed just 175 pages per user, however unique users are up a more impressive 27% for the same period. We suspect that there’s some big problems with the page view stats as a drop of 53% month on month seems a little extreme.
Top 10 sites in the United States October 2010 (unique users)
1. google.com
2. facebook.com
3. youtube.com
4. wikipedia.org
5. yahoo.com
6. my.opera.com
7. accuweather.com
8. espn.go.com
9. nytimes.com
10. myspace.com
There’s no change in the top ten in the US with every site in exactly the same position as September
Top handsets for October 2010
1. Apple iPhone
2. LG VM265 “Rumor2” (up from 4)
3. BlackBerry 9700 “Bold”
4. BlackBerry 8330 “Curve” (down from 2)
5. BlackBerry 8520 “Curve”
6. LG VM510 “Rumor Touch”
7. Samsung SPH-M810 “Instinct S30”
8. BlackBerry 9630 “Tour”
9. BlackBerry 8530 “Curve”
10. BlackBerry 9000 “Bold”
There’s just two changes in the top ten handsets with every site in exactly the same position as September apart from the Curve and the Rumor2 that swapped places.
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