Interesting and impressive data around Android and the Motorola Droid from two sources today: AdMob’s November “Mobile Metrics” report and Betanews.

- According to Betanews, 15% of all Android handsets are now Motorola Droids
- And, according to AdMob, the Droid represents 25% of all Android mobile requests

Most impressively – and most importantly – Android’s growth is significant. Android now represents 27% of smartphone requests – up from 20% in October, 17% in September and 13% in August. That means, since August, Android’s has more than doubled it’s market activity as defined by AdMob’s request metrics (which is based on their huge mobile footprint and is directionally accurate).

More Android tidbits from AdMob:
- Traffic from Android devices has increased dramatically over the last year, particularly with the new devices launched in the last two months. Android generated 27% of
smartphone requests in the US in November 2009, up from 20% in October 2009.
- In November 2009, 88% of Android traffic in the AdMob network was generated in the US. The UK was with second largest market with 4% of requests.
- As the number of Android devices proliferates around the world, the popular Android handsets may vary from region to region. In the US, the Motorola Droid quickly became
the number two Android handset with heavy marketing support from Verizon. In the UK, the HTC Dream, HTC Magic and HTC Hero make up 92% of Android requests.

Android Data from November 2009

Android Data from October 2009 (when I wrote, Android is about to explode)

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