Google enjoys a commanding lead in mobile Web search in the United States, according to Opera’s State of the Mobile Web Report. (January, 2010) Accounting for more than 9% of all page views on the mobile Web in the United States, Google’s search portal easily outpaces rivals Yahoo! and Bing, with 4.3% and 0.03% of all page views, respectively.
+ Among mobile Web users in the Middle East, Google is at the top of the rankings in 9 out of the top 10 countries. In Israel, Google is number 2 (behind Facebook).
+ Facebook is also very popular, taking the #2 spot in six of the top 10 countries, the #3 spot in three of the top 10 countries, and the #1 spot in one of the top 10 countries.
Stats about Opera Mini, Opera's Mobile Browser
+ In January 2010, 50 million people used Opera Mini, a 7.4% increase from December 2009 and up 149% compared to January 2009.
+ Opera Mini users viewed more than 23.3 billion pages in January 2010. Since December, page views have gone up 12.7%. Since January 2009, page views have increased 208%.
+ In January 2010, Opera Mini users generated over 337 million MB of data for operators worldwide. Since December, the data consumed went up by 7.0%. Data in Opera Mini is compressed by up to 90%. If this data were uncompressed, Opera Mini users would have viewed over 3.1 PB of data in January. Since January 2009, data traffic is up 176%.
+ The top 10 countries for Opera Mini usage in January 2010 were: Russia, Indonesia, India, Ukraine, China, South Africa, the United States, Nigeria, Vietnam and the United Kingdom.
+ Looking at the top 10 countries according to Opera Mini usage (in Part 2 of the report), Nigeria — in only its second month back on the list after a 3-month absence — overtook Vietnam in January.
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