Facebook for Android has more average daily users than Facebook for the Apple iPhone
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The numbers show that when it comes to monthly viewers, the Facebook app for the Apple iPhone gets 99.1 million average users against the Android figure of 85.4 million. But the monthly stats do not have the weight that "stickiness" does. This is the number of monthly viewers that return to the site every day. With the Android figure at 68.2% versus 57.9% for the Apple iPhone, that explains why Android has the lead in daily readers of its Facebook app even though it trails iPhone viewers on a monthly basis.
Why does this matter? These numbers are important because they could play a part in determining where Facebook and other developers decide to put new features and apps first. And if more features like Timeline are written into Android apps before the iPhone gets them, that could help phone buyers make a choice about which platform to buy. As far as the competition is concerned, BlackBerry's Facebook app gets 29.9 million average daily users while Windows Phone's app reaches 360,000 people a day on average.
source: AppData via TechCrunch
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The averfage number of daily users for the Android Facebook app has overtaken the number of average daily users for the Apple iPhone version of the app | |
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20 Comments
1. tacohunter posted on 18 Dec 2011, 06:00 4 0
So much numbers. oO
Small mistake: "from their Safati browser" didn't you mean Safari browser?
2. Martine posted on 18 Dec 2011, 06:20 5 1
Android user here and I have long uninstalled facebook app even the new version sucks!!!
4. protozeloz posted on 18 Dec 2011, 06:46 0 0
Dunno I kinda like it. Its faster and better looking. Still use friend caster more
8. ghost__uwi posted on 18 Dec 2011, 09:41 2 0
I agree the FB app is annoying on android. Slow I mean its better than it was before but damn its slow and kinda retarded at times. For the iPad it works a lot smoother but then it has a tendency to crash like all the time.
I really prefer using the web browser on both platforms.
11. Phoneguy007 posted on 18 Dec 2011, 10:50 3 0
I have an android and a iphone... the app sucks on both...
3. Mozarrt posted on 18 Dec 2011, 06:32 2 0
Windows Phone doesn't even need the app, it is already fully integrated within the system.
5. protozeloz posted on 18 Dec 2011, 06:50 2 0
New FB features will not be enjoyed in there bud unless you get a OS update that enables it
12. Penny posted on 18 Dec 2011, 12:29 2 0
True. But I still haven't downloaded the FB app for WP7 because I can already do what I need to do (read the news feed, like/comment, post status updates, check in, post on people's walls, chat via messenger, etc.).
14. protozeloz posted on 18 Dec 2011, 12:49 0 0
I guess most phones are already doing what most people would like FB to do, Still think its a nice addition if something that you like comes out on a official app and you can get it right away tho. specially if the app has the pros of your built in system app.
6. nuadar1 posted on 18 Dec 2011, 07:31 0 0
It's still horrible(app and even network) and i will never use it
7. remixfa posted on 18 Dec 2011, 08:44 1 0
the app is still subpar. you would think that one of the most used apps would be a class leading app instead of junk with some duct tape on it. Dont know about iOS, but on android there are lots of alternatives plus of course the mobile,touch, and full version in the browser. I use the main app out of laziness more than anything, but i find myself having to go to the full browser far too often to get something done.
9. bbblader posted on 18 Dec 2011, 09:42 1 3
how can that be everyone ''loves'' iphone its just one product and androids are more but still iphone is ''better''
16. Lucas777 posted on 18 Dec 2011, 19:05 0 0
if u r trying to incite and android vs ios anrgument, at least make something somewhat legible…
and i dont see how this is shocking when android has double the amount of ios users to begin with.. it seems like common logic
10. DKMDROID posted on 18 Dec 2011, 10:36 2 0
Of course android would have a bigger number then iOS because if you think about it theres hundreds if not thousands of different Android handsets on the market whereas only a handful of iOS devices so in fact the numbers for android should be much greater but because of a poor facebook app people tend to use theirs browsers and come to think about it, its actually shocking to know that the numbers between iOS and android are so close even taking into account that there are so many different android devices and only and handful of iOS devices
19. MYTHiKAL posted on 19 Dec 2011, 16:29 0 0
That is actually surprising knowing that iOS has been available much longer then Android has.. In my case, I use both the Android version Facebook and FriendCaster on my SGS2 Skyrocket for my Normal Self and My other Real Self profiles.. :)
13. EMIRATES_GUY posted on 18 Dec 2011, 12:40 2 0
coz android app always doesnt work and lots of lags in it .. in every update still the same problem
15. Netolic posted on 18 Dec 2011, 17:15 0 0
so people do not use regular computers or laptops to go to facebook anymore?
20. MYTHiKAL posted on 19 Dec 2011, 16:31 0 0
Apperantly not as much,, just to convinient to do it on ur phone this days, specially when ur screen size is 4 inches or bigger.. :)
18. tedkord posted on 19 Dec 2011, 05:03 0 0
And in a followup, this just in: The Apple App store has more Apple users than Android users.
We need more phone/tech news to happen, so these blogs can print something that's newsworthy.
