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The Global Mobile Report FINAL ENG WL3 PDF
The Global Mobile Report FINAL ENG WL3 PDF
Earlier in 2017, our Mobile’s Hierarchy of With the addition of new markets, this report We examine audiences that are driving ‘mobile
Needs report highlighted some key expands on those findings to provide a global only’ digital consumption, which categories are
consumer behaviours on mobile devices that snapshot of the mobile ecosystem. In The more ‘mobile first’, and the state of global app
align with the human needs established in Global Mobile Report, comScore mobile and consumption, identifying actionable sweetspots for
Maslow’s famous paper. multi-platform data to highlight publishers, advertisers and digital businesses.
demographics, content categories and brands
that are shaping the digital landscape.
100%
90%
80% 86%
40%
20%
0%
Indonesia India Mexico Brazil Argentina Malaysia Spain China USA Italy UK Canada Germany
Argentina 5,653
Brazil 4,489
USA 4,419
France 4,022
Canada 3,927
UK 3,858
Indonesia v 3,722
Malaysia 3,573
Spain 3,565
Mexico 3,542
Germany 3,248
Italy 2,854
India 2,844
China 2,510
Mobile Average Minutes per Visitor App Average Minutes per Visitor
Argentina 5,344
Brazil 4,080
USA 4,075
France 3,497
Canada 3,607
UK 3,380
Indonesia v 3,584
Malaysia 3,509
Spain 3,248
Mexico 3,355
Germany 2,891
Italy 2,557
India 2,636
China 2,508
+5 +7 +2 +1
Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile
Only Only Only Only
90%
90%
80% 86%
70% 75%
73% 73% 73% 71%
70%
60% 67% 67% 65%
62% 61% 59%
50% 57%
40%
30% 37%
32%
29%
20% 26%
22% 22%
10% 15%
12% 8% 8% 4%
0%
Indonesia India Mexico Brazil Argentina Malaysia Spain China USA Italy UK Canada Germany
80%
60%
40%
28%
25% 26% 24%
20%
0%
Bars shown in order: Brazil, Canada, China, France, India, Italy, Malaysia, Spain, UK, USA
Source: comScore MMX Multi-Platform, May 2017 | *Ages 15–24 in Brazil, China, India, Italy, Malaysia, Spain & UK © comScore, Inc. Proprietary. 12
Females are more likely to be mobile only internet users
India was the only market where male users were more likely to be mobile only
80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
SELF-ACTUALISATION | Travel
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
Entertainment
Portals
Services
Social Media
Games
Retail
Lifestyles
Health
Gambling
Telecommunications
and Development
Real Estate
Automotive
Reference
Education
Government
News/Information
Search/Navigation
Technology
Sports
Travel
Directories/Resources
Business/Finance
Business to Business
Career Services
Source: comScore MMX Multi-Platform, May 2017 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary. 18
The longer tail of categories still relies heavily on desktop
Beyond categories delivering large absolute volumes of mobile minutes, desktop share is often over 50%
100%
28% 21% 46% 19% 22% 50% 59% 40% 37% 32% 35% 40% 18% 57% 58% 42% 24% 43% 45% 69% 71% 61% 75% 92% 79%
80%
60%
40%
20%
72% 79% 54% 81% 78% 50% 41% 60% 63% 68% 65% 60% 82% 43% 42% 58% 76% 57% 55% 31% 29% 39% 25% 8% 21%
0%
Entertainment
Portals
Services
Social Media
Games
Retail
Lifestyles
Health
Technology
Sports
Gambling
Telecommunications
and Development
Real Estate
Automotive
Reference
Education
Government
Travel
News/Information
Search/Navigation
Directories/Resources
Business/Finance
Business to Business
Career Services
Source: comScore MMX Multi-Platform, May 2017 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary. 19
Cross-market averages identify ‘mobile first’ categories
Mobile takes a large share of overall digital minutes, but category nuances are important to understand
Mobile % of Total Digital Minutes (with average for all markets) Average
100%
90%
80% 78%
70%
60% 60%
59%
50% 48%
44%
40% 40%
38%
33%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Social Networking Retail News/Information Travel Apparel Banking Real Estate Portals
Bars shown in alphabetical order: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Spain, UK, USA
Mobile Audience as % of Desktop Audience (with average for all markets) Average
500%
450%
400%
350%
300%
250%
200%
170%
153% 153%
150% 143% 133%
128% 123%
100%
50%
0%
News/Information Apparel Social Networking Travel Banking Real Estate Retail
Bars shown in alphabetical order: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Spain, UK, USA
Average Mobile Minutes Per User (with average for all markets) Average
1,600
1,400
1,200
1,000
816
800
624
600
600
483
400
200 191
129
0
Social Networking Instant Messengers Entertainment Games Retail News/Information
Bars shown in alphabetical order: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Spain, UK, USA
3,000
2,500
2,000
France Germany
1,500
Canada
UK USA
1,000
500
0
Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany India Indonesia Italy Malaysia Mexico Spain UK USA
USA
UK
Spain
Malaysia
Mexico
Indonesia
Italy
India
Germany
Banking Retail
France
China
Canada
Brazil
Argentina
100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
USA Canada UK
Source: comScore MobiLens, May 2017 (3 month average) for USA / UK, June 2017 for Canada © comScore, Inc. Proprietary. 27
Mobile shoppers show greater comfort with mobile finance
Retail purchasing is indicative of comfort, with mobile shoppers often 2x more likely to perform
finance activities
70%
10% 19%
12% 9% 11%
0% 7%
Stock Bank Credit Card e-payment Stock Bank Credit Card e-payment Stock Bank Credit Card e-payment
Trading Account Account Trading Account Account Trading Account Account
USA Canada UK
Source: comScore MobiLens, May 2017 (3 month average) for USA / UK, June 2017 for Canada © comScore, Inc. Proprietary. 28
Large international retailers share market leadership
These 6 retailers dominate the #1 spot in the Retail category across all 14 markets studied
80
60
40
20
0
USA Spain UK France Italy India Canada Germany Mexico Argentina Brazil Indonesia Malaysia China
Footnote
Source: comScore Mobile Metrix, May 2017 | India combines Amazon Mobile and Amazon India Apps. B2W is a a result of the merger
between Americanas.com and Submarino.com. © comScore, Inc. Proprietary. 29
Mobile App
Usage
35
30
25
16
20 16 9
20 17 15 13
18
15 13 12 11
16 11
11
10
17
15 14 14
12 12 13
5 10 9 9 10
8 7
6
0
Malaysia
USA
Canada
France
UK
China
Argentina
Mexico
Germany
Italy
India
Brazil
Spain
Indonesia
80%
77% 77%
53%
48% 49%
Source: comScore Mobile Metrix (Custom), U.S., Age 18+, June 2017 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary. 33
The most significant number of apps are games…
In almost every market, the category with the largest number of apps is gaming
% of Total Apps
Games News/Information Social Networking Instant Messaging Sports Entertainment Retail Other
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany India Indonesia Italy Malaysia Mexico Spain UK USA
Games News/Information Social Networking Instant Messaging Sports Entertainment Retail Other
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany India Indonesia Italy Malaysia Mexico Spain UK USA
100
80
60
40
20
0
USA Canada Argentina Mexico Brazil UK Spain France Germany Italy India Indonesia Malaysia China
WhatsApp sees its lowest reach (in an France and UK are the only EMEA WeChat dominates in China, but
active market) in North America, failing to markets where Facebook Messenger faces more international
displace Facebook Messenger has higher reach than WhatsApp competition in Malaysia
100
80
60
40
20
0
USA Canada Argentina Mexico Brazil UK Spain France Germany Italy India Indonesia Malaysia China
Share of Total News App Minutes for Top 3 Apps Number 1 Number 2 Number 3
Uber Competitor
16%
14%
Ola
12%
Didi
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
Brazil Mexico USA India Indonesia UK Malaysia Canada France Spain Italy China
Source: comScore Mobile Metrix, May 2017 | Note: Didi acquired Uber’s business in China in 2016. © comScore, Inc. Proprietary. 39
Facebook leads adoption of global social apps
Other apps are more subject to regional variation, notably in Indonesia where
Instagram eclipses even Facebook
% Reach for Top 2 Major Social Networking Apps* Facebook Instagram Snapchat WeChat
Source: comScore Mobile Metrix, May 2017 | *Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, Twitter, WeChat © comScore, Inc. Proprietary. 40
Facebook Lite boosts minutes in heavily-mobile markets
Argentina, India and Indonesia are within the top 5 markets for share of mobile minutes
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
40%
% of Home Screens On Which App Appears
Facebook
Gmail
30%
Google Search
Amazon
YouTube
Google Play Store Google Maps
20% Twitter
Facebook Messenger
Instagram
Snapchat Apple App Store
10%
Uber Pandora eBay
Netflix
Source: comScore Custom Survey, U.S., Age 18+, July 2017 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary. 42
A Maturing Mobile
Marketplace
70%
65% +2
+5
60%
55%
-1
50%
+1
45%
40%
Jan 2016 May 2016 Sep 2016 Jan 2017 May 2017
51% 66%
21% 23%
36%
66%
USA Canada UK
Source: comScore MobiLens, May 2017 (3 month average) for USA / UK, June 2017 for Canada © comScore, Inc. Proprietary. 45
Only younger users are ‘net positive’ for app downloads
Over 35s are more likely to download fewer apps than a year ago, and more likely to delete at a faster rate
I download new apps more often now than I did a year ago I download new apps more often than I delete/uninstall old ones
64%
57%
30% 30%
19% 20%
Source: comScore Custom Survey, U.S., Age 18+, July 2017 © comScore, Inc. Proprietary. 46
The 2017 U.S. Mobile App Report
Download The 2017 U.S. Mobile App Report for more information
% Change in Unique Users (May 2016 – May 2017) for Selected Categories
300%
250%
200%
150%
100%
50%
0%
Fragrances/Cosmetics
Hotels/Resorts
Apparel
Retail - Food
Travel
Travel
News/Information
Banking
Entertainment
Instant Messengers
Beauty/Fashion/Style
Newspapers
Entertainment - News
Apparel
Tickets
Personal Finance
Retail - Food
Job Search
Tickets
Banking
Newspapers
Entertainment - News
Flowers/Gifts/Greetings
Beauty/Fashion/Style
Tickets
Comfort with Mobile Transactions Can Unlock Growth for Multiple Categories
Trust and user experience are traditional barriers to m-commerce, and it there is a natural link between users who make retail purchases on mobile devices, and other
transactions. Improving confidence and usability can allow transactional categories to truly benefit from an already-enlarged mobile share of time.
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The Global Mobile Report leverages several data sources unique to comScore:
§ The report is based primarily on behavioral measurement from comScore MMX Multi-Platform, which provides deduplicated reporting of
digital audiences across desktop computers, smartphones and tablets, and comScore Mobile Metrix®, which provides deduplicated
reporting of mobile web and app audiences across both smartphones and tablets. The report also includes survey-based data from
comScore MobiLens®.
§ Custom analytics data derived from the aforementioned products’ data streams is also included.
§ The report also incorporates results from a survey of 1,033 smartphone users in July 2017 to understand their habits. In some charts we
compare these results to our August 2016 and August 2015 surveys.
Important Definitions:
o Any reference to “mobile” means the combination of smartphone and tablet. When data is referring specifically to smartphones or
tablets, it will be labeled accordingly.
o All mobile data is based on Age 18+ population except where labelled otherwise. Mobile reporting in Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico,
Italy, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Malaysia is conducted via an Android smartphone panel and census-based measurement for
tagged entities. In USA, UK and Canada, this is supplemented by iOS panels.
o A “unique visitor” is a person who visits an app or digital media property at least once over the course of a month. This metric, in app
parlance, is equivalent to a “monthly active user/MAU”.
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