Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report 2013: Tablet shipments surpassed desktops, laptops in just three years
Wednesday 29 May 2013
At the D11 conference today, Mary Meeker released her second installment of the Internet Trends report. The Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner discusses everything from the growth of Internet usage to mobile devices, and everything in between.
Here’s the full 117-page slide report:
Here are some notable statistics (hardly a comprehensive list):
- 500 million photos uploaded and shared daily, rising at a rate of 2x year-over-year.
- 15 pecent of global Internet traffic is mobile, growing at a rate of 1.5 per year (and likely to accelerate).
- 1.49 billion smartphone subscribers, 31 percent growth.
One slide worth highlighting is number 45:
In case there was any doubt, this chart clearly dispels it all: tablets are definitely not a fad like netbooks were.
See also – PC shipments post steepest decline ever in Q1 2013, down 13.9% year-over-year to 76.3m units
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