Hello statistics fans. While Apple released its iOS 18 update (including the first Apple Intelligence functions) to market its latest iPhone 16, the firm has been playing the stats game for days, posting on its support page (for developers ) offers some information about consumer adoption. iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. All this to indicate that yes, the latest versions of iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 have indeed met their audience.
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Thus, according to Apple, 76% of devices released in the last 3 years (iPhone 14/15/16) are equipped with iOS 18. Across the entire fleet (counting older devices – ie from the iPhone XS), 68% of all iPhones in circulation already use iOS 18. Obviously, the second most popular update at the moment is the previous one: it’s iOS 17, which is still used by 19% of users. For comparison, at the same time last year, 76% of current devices were using iOS 17, while 66% of all devices on the market were equipped with the latest update.
These figures are not surprising, as Apple has made a habit of “compelling” iOS update adoption by offering various regular notifications to push users to upgrade to the latest version. However, on the iPad, the data is less convincing: in fact, 63% of all iPads introduced to the market in the last 4 years run iOS 18, while 53% of the entire iPad fleet received the latest update. benefit from At the same time, 27% of iPads are still running iOS 17. So it seems that switching to the latest update is less important for iPad users than for iPhone users.