Mobile is quickly becoming the primary means of people connecting with one another on the web. The desktop and laptop can’t be with you 24 hours a day, but the handheld device sure can. Internationally, the number of people utilizing mobile to access the web are even higher. For many countries, it’s their only means of access.

Mobile devices aren’t just communicating devices anymore. People are constantly downloading apps and shopping from their phones. Because of portability, the availability to get discounts, coupons and also the means to easily perform product research, handheld devices are quickly becoming the secondary outlet to retail stores when something is out of stock.

According to some data I rounded up, for all of you mobile marketers, app developers and advertisers who read this blog, the top 10 countries with the highest mobile web share traffic are:

1. Zimbabwe – 58.06%
2. Nigeria – 57.89%
3. India – 48.24%
4. Sudan – 45.32%
5. Zambia – 44.24%
6. Uzbekistan – 42.77%
7. Laos – 35.66%
8. Malawi – 35.48%
9. Brunei – 34.05%
10. Libya – 27.68%

Here are some other fun-filled did you know’s?

• 46 percent of the US population own a smartphone of some kind – Tweet This Stat
• Nearly 7 percent of US digital traffic connects from non-computer devices – Tweet This Stat
• Google dominates mobile search share at 91.7 percent with Yahoo and Bing combining for just 6.2 percent – Tweet This Stat
• Android owns 50.1 percent of the smartphone platform market share – Tweet This Stat
• Apple owns just 30.2 percent of the smartphone platform market share – Tweet This Stat
• US M-Commerce sales is projected to skyrocket from 10 billion in 2012 to 31 billion in 2016 – Tweet This Stat

Ralph Ruckman

Founder & Entrepreneur at IMGrind & Mobgrind, Revived Media (our Mobile CPA Network) and iMobitrax (our Proprietary Mobile Tracker). I dedicate myself inside our Private Internet Marketing Forums teaching Entrepreneurs how to be successful with their businesses. Connect socially with me: