Opera

Because we are in the business of making browsers, we often describe the virtues of software as part of the mobile browsing experience. There's no doubt that the capability of the browser goes a long way to determine the quality of the experience. We are able to track the results of this each month by examining how page views, usage and data transfers have grown.

But no less important is the device on which the browser runs. The quality of the screen, the form factor, the usability of the device all factor in to making a great Internet experience. So this month we decided to look at the most popular handsets around the world. Some discoveries really surprised us.

Opera Mini is popular on older models in some countries. This is a great showcase of Opera Mini's versatility, but I'm more interested in what it means on a social level. We see that accessing the Web on mobile phones is a way for people who have never been able to access the Web, or have a difficult time finding convenient or affordable access, to get the Web on their terms. Mobile Web access allows many people to explore beyond the boundaries of their world, uncover new cultures and ideas, and let them add their voices to the conversation. I think this is greatly aligned with our mission and with the founding spirit of the Web.

We also find Opera Mini has strong uptake on advanced handsets in some countries. This is also a good sign of savvier consumers and their desire for a better Web experience. I think it's also a testament to our community for their support in helping to spread the word. Thank you!

As always, please enjoy this State of the Mobile Web report. We've made some changes and continue trying to include more useful and actionable information. Please let us know how we can continue to improve this report.

Kind Regards,
Jon S. von Tetzchner
CEO, Opera Software

New features

• This month, we feature data on the most popular handsets in each country and globally that have been used to download Opera Mini in the month of June 2008.
• Continuing from our previous report in which we tracked the top 10 sites in each country (according to the number of unique users), this report will note changes to the site rankings.

Part 1: Most popular handsets - Worldwide

Within the top 10 countries using Opera Mini, Nokia phones are used the most to download Opera Mini. Six out of the top 10 phones are from Nokia, two are from Sony Ericsson, one is from BlackBerry, and one is from Samsung.

1. Nokia N70
2. Nokia N73
3. Nokia 6300
4. Sony Ericsson K750i
5. BlackBerry 8310
6. Nokia 6233
7. Nokia 6600
8. Samsung E250
9. Sony Ericsson W810i
10. Nokia 5300

Part 2: Growth

Number of Users

In the month of June, Opera Mini was used by approximately 14.5 million users, a slight (1.5%) decrease from May. However as noted above, when taking the extra day in May into account, usage actually rose 1.8%.

Pages Transcoded

Opera Mini users viewed more than 3.2 billion pages in June. In June, each person using Opera Mini viewed 223 pages on average. Since May, page views have gone up 9.4%.

Pages transcoded by Opera Mini per month

Month	Page views
January 2006	39,969,125
February 2006	70,119,707
March 2006	102,386,928
April 2006	123,915,618
May 2006	155,660,949
June 2006	183,518,205
July 2006	231,325,050
August 2006	268,738,912
September 2006	274,840,901
October 2006	336,044,711
November 2006	378,938,100
December 2006	423,503,600
January 2007	507,622,606
February 2007	540,701,179
March 2007	632,313,886
April 2007	705,063,025
May 2007	767,107,863
June 2007	788,283,659
July 2007	867,208,160
August 2007	907,690,600
September 2007	872,028,768
October 2007	1,192,916,658
November 2007	1,414,205,703
December 2007	1,558,566,188
January 2008	1,787,235,674
February 2008	1,883,751,325
March 2008	2,429,200,080
April 2008	2,491,451,387
May 2008	2,947,979,866
June 2008	3,224,286,622

Data Consumed

In June, 14.5 million Opera Mini users generated more than 46.7 million MB of data for operators worldwide. Since May, the data consumed went up by 8.4%. Data in Opera Mini is compressed up to 90%. If this data were uncompressed, Opera Mini users would have viewed over 311 million MB of data in the month of June.

Total data consumed per month (in MB)

Month	Data transfer (MB)
January 2006	587,826
February 2006	759,338
March 2006	1,072,662
April 2006	1,334,715
May 2006	1,831,441
June 2006	2,127,142
July 2006	2,614,633
August 2006	2,979,209
September 2006	2,976,858
October 2006	3,692,282
November 2006	4,124,607
December 2006	4,652,547
January 2007	5,322,457
February 2007	5,573,556
March 2007	6,529,736
April 2007	7,264,413
May 2007	8,093,274
June 2007	7,984,642
July 2007	9,729,792
August 2007	10,379,959
September 2007	9,922,367
October 2007	12,491,633
November 2007	14,732,591
December 2007	20,129,575
January 2008	23,690,372
February 2008	26,521,524
March 2008	33,096,381
April 2008	35,636,188
May 2008	43,095,243
June 2008	46,735,465

Part 2: Country snapshots for June 2008