51% of US Households Own An Apple Product

Wait...over 50% of all US homes have at least one Apple product. Am I the only one who thinks that is totally amazing!!!

Granted, something like owning one Nano puts you in the 50%, but still...that's some market penetration! (Yes, I said penetration...leave it alone!)

I'm one of the 26% in the old fart group. And in less than two years, I have managed to acquire 4 devices.It is seductive...and fun!

About 34 in my house .....

Time Less said:

I remembered when all my electronics has to be by Sony - walkman, tv, dvd, and pc. Now, nearly everything has to be Apple.

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This happened to me. My dad swore by Sony a few years ago and even pushed for me to intern at Sony Electronics so he could get a discount on their products. These days my family has shifted toward Apple products.

Even got my mom to drop the Blackberry for an iPhone. That's when the transition was complete.


Somewhat surprised that the numbers are so high considering the price of Apple products. But, then again, we are a credit nation so...

firewood said:

I count over 20, not include airports/mice/keyboards and such, nor a couple dead powerbooks. But I'm not typical.

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Location: Silicon Valley

I guess not!

2 iPhone 4s (me and my mom)
1 iPhone 4 (sister)
2 ATV 2 (me and my dad)
1 iPad 1 (my dad)
1 iPad 3 (me)
2 MBP (me and my sister)
1 Airport extreme
1 iPod Touch (sister)
2 iPod 5th gen (dad, one for the car and one for a stereo system)
1 3rd gen nano (mom)

...so yea

in total we have purchased
4 iphone 3g/ 3gs
2 iphone 4's
2 iphone 4s's
5 ipads ( 2 original, 2 ipad2 and 1 new iPad)
one nano,
2 ipod touches
2 apple tv's
macbook
and a macbook pro

I have 6 sons under 18 so between my wife and I and the kids, they are used a lot!
It all started with getting the iPhone 3g when we got cell phones years ago, Had we known how much we would spend on apple products we would have bought stocks in it!.

Wow this made me stop and count gadgets and I currently have 13 Apple devices here at home and no I did not count keyboards and mice
And I'm actually will be adding a new gen Apple TV this weekend too.

GorgonPhone said:

there are 7 apple s devices in my home..lol

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Yep, I count 7 too..
2 iPads
2 iPhones
1 iMac
1 MBP
1 Apple TV

Nobody else is more than 3 (LG washer, dryer, refrigerator). 1 Sony TV, 1 Samsung TV, 1 Panasonic TV, 2 Xboxes, 1 Maytag stove, 1 GE microwave, 1 whirlpool dishwasher, and 1 customized Asus PC. Oh, and an HP printer. And a Linksys router and a Belkin range extender.

Christ, I could open a Radio Shack.

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franzmueller said:

About 34 in my house .....

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I think we're just counting currently active, not dead-n-gone :-D

There are 9 Apple products in my home, and about to be 10 whenever I purchase the new Apple TV.

Just 3 in my household. Wifey and I like android phones although we wouldn't give up the ipad 2 for any android tablet. (strange I know)

Does my Newton count?

What about my other Newton?

I started on the iPod mini back in 2003, then got a Macbook in 2006, never gone back since.
Along with peer recomendation is a big thing. I was at school when I got my mac. None of my friends, or infact anyone in my year either had or had used a mac. I suppose the fact that people had seen and could use them since stores etc opening, they got the experience as well as just advertising.

Edit: Oh and there are 6 in my home. Including parents things.

That's pretty legit.

However I suspect some discrepancies since I count at least 33 devices (computers, iOS devices, iPods) currently in use in my "household."

Dr. Echsel said:

I wonder how many people answered "no", but didn't realize that their kid's iPod is an Apple product . . .

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...have any evidence to back that up?

I think our family of three has 12 Apple products that are in regular use. I didn't count things like retired iPods or mice, keyboards, trackpads, etc.

I guess you could say we're fans. lol

My daughter could use an iPod touch before she was potty trained, could tie her own shoes, could eat with a fork, etc...

I can say with 100% certainty that satisfaction with one product led to the next, and to the next, so on.

KnightWRX said:

Kinda surprising. I would've thought that with the iPod's domination of the MP3 player market, the number would be quite higher.

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You'd be surprised how many people don't have mp3 players, and how many are still using old Zunes and the like.

I don't know if i can even remember them all..

2 iPad wifi/LTE (Gen 3)
1 iPhone 4
1 iPod Touch (Gen 2)
1 iPod Shuffle (current Gen)
1 iPod (Gen 2? 10GB touchwheel)
1 Mac Mini (2007)
2 Apple TV (2010?)
1 iSight Camera (firewire!)
1 Magic Mouse
1 Magic Trackpad
1 Apple Wireless Keyboard
1 G4 DP 533 tower

Various wired keyboards and mice

thats not including devices I've bought and later sold/upgraded..

a couple of iMac's that eventually died, sold 2 iPad 2's a couple of iPod touch's, iPhone 3G iPod shuffles, etc...

AriX said:

Agreed. Poll of 836 Americans? Give me a break.
Also note that in my experience, a surprising number of people think that "iPod" and "Mac" are company names, and may not immediately associate Apple with these products for some reason.

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That sample size is pretty typical for these sorts of polls.

Apple Road is a one way street!

Great products, strong support to learn how to use the products, and accessability to the products and support!

I can't wait for the iPhone 5 and the new MacBook Air to come out!

Konrad9 said:

You'd be surprised how many people don't have mp3 players, and how many are still using old Zunes and the like.

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old Zunes ? There's nothing old about Zunes and those are MP3 players.

But yes, a lot of people must not have MP3 players at all for this to even jive. Apple owns like around 75% of the MP3 player market.

Konrad9 said:

...have any evidence to back that up?

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What? No? It was mere speculation, simply because many consumers are ill informed and would consider an iPod to be just like any other MP3 player, unaware of who made it.

KnightWRX said:

old Zunes ? There's nothing old about Zunes and those are MP3 players.

But yes, a lot of people must not have MP3 players at all for this to even jive. Apple owns like around 75% of the MP3 player market.

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Your reading comprehension leaves much to be desired, since I said *or* Zunes, and I was implying actual old mp3 players, not a year or two.

Dr. Echsel said:

I wonder how many people answered "no", but didn't realize that their kid's iPod is an Apple product . . .

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I wonder how many people answered "yes" thinking their kid's mp3 player is an "I-Pod", when it actually isn't.

In my house:

Macbook Pro (2011) w/ dedicated apple keyboard
Macbook (2008)
Macbook (2010)
Airport Extreme
iMac (2007)
Mac Pro (2006)
iPod Nano 2G

Apart from Apple:

Sony Vaio VGC-RB30 (desktop)
Toshiba A100 (laptop)

Konrad9 said:

...have any evidence to back that up?

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The evidence is the post. If I wonder something, and I post about it, the evidence I wondered about it is my post. No assertion was made.