iOS 13 Now Installed on 77% of iPhones Launched in the Last Four Years

[MacRumors]

iOS 13 is now installed on 77 percent of iPhones that were released in the last four years, according to updated adoption numbers that Apple shared today on its App Store support site for developers.

17 percent of iPhone owners with a device released in the last four years continue to run iOS 12, while 6 percent run an earlier version of iOS.

A total of 70 percent of all iOS devices run iOS 13, with this number taking into account older iPhones as well. 23 percent of total iPhones have iOS 12 installed, and 7 percent have an earlier version of iOS installed.

Apple is breaking down iOS 13 installation rates in a new way as of this latest update, providing details on both iOS and iPadOS.

According to the new numbers, 79 percent of all iPads introduced in the last four years are running iPadOS 13, 19 percent run iOS 12, and 2 percent use an earlier version of iOS.

When it comes to all iPads, including older models, 57 percent run iPadOS 13, 27 percent run iOS 12, and 16 percent run an earlier version of iOS, suggesting there are quite a lot of older iPads still in circulation, or people aren't updating iPads as often as iPhones.

Apple last shared updated iOS installation numbers in October, and at that time, 55 percent of all iOS devices from the last four years ran iOS 13, while 50 percent of all devices had the update. iOS 13 installation has grown quite a bit over the course of the last three months.

For comparison's sake, during early January 2019, iOS 12 was installed on 78 percent of all devices introduced in the last four years.

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[martyjmclean]

I wonder how much of that is due to iOS 12’s Auto Update?

 

[44267547]

77% is a healthy number. Not also that, but it shows you don’t necessarily need to have the’ latest‘ hardware to enjoy the latest version of iOS. Especially with most of these phones all do really the same thing, that’s what makes Apples customer base so devoted, is the longevity of the iOS support.

 

[now i see it]

yeah, this metric is almost meaningless. I'd wager that 98.5% of iPhone users are clueless about tvOS profiles and the real hazard updating brings. They get nagged incessantly until eventually clicking the OK button stops the hectoring.
iOS updates get installed basically because they're jammed down our throats

 

[DeanL]

yeah, this metric is almost meaningless. I'd wager that 98.5% of iPhone users are clueless about tvOS profiles and the real hazard updating brings. They get nagged incessantly until eventually clicking the OK button stops the hectoring.
iOS updates get installed basically because they're jammed down our throats

Which is why auto-update does everything for you.

 

[MVMNT]

Isn't "introduced in the last four years" basically all the devices it can only run on?

 

[Emanuel Rodriguez]

Isn't "introduced in the last four years" basically all the devices it can only run on?

That's probably why they're using the last four years in that stat.

 

[Juicy Box]

I think most of the iOS 13 bugs have been worked out, but it seems like the RAM management isn't as good as older iOS versions.

yeah, this metric is almost meaningless. I'd wager that 98.5% of iPhone users are clueless about tvOS profiles and the real hazard updating brings. They get nagged incessantly until eventually clicking the OK button stops the hectoring.
iOS updates get installed basically because they're jammed down our throats

I wish I could go back to tvOS 12. For my ATV4K, tvOS 13 came with a bunch of bugs and not really any good features.

 

[realtuner]

Tried to check Android versions to compare, but Google hasn't updated their webpage since May 2019.

I wonder why?

 

[2010mini]

Isn't "introduced in the last four years" basically all the devices it can only run on?

That's probably why they're using the last four years in that stat.

Nope. This runs on iPhone 6s which came out in 2014.

 

[minimo3]

Nope. This runs on iPhone 6s which came out in 2014.

iPhone 6s came out in 2015

 

[RickDEGH]

yeah, this metric is almost meaningless. I'd wager that 98.5% of iPhone users are clueless about tvOS profiles and the real hazard updating brings. They get nagged incessantly until eventually clicking the OK button stops the hectoring.
iOS updates get installed basically because they're jammed down our throats

The ‘clueless’ 98.5% who have the updates shoved down their throats do it and move on with their lives. The rest of us who are ‘discerning’ and independent eventually still do it anyway. We all get there somehow. So what the fuss?

 

[Juicy Box]

introduced in the last four years

Isn't "introduced in the last four years" basically all the devices it can only run on?

That's probably why they're using the last four years in that stat.

iOS 13 can be installed on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus which was introduced more than four years ago.

I am not sure why Apple wouldn't include the 6s in the figures, maybe to make the number appear better would be my guess.

Nope. This runs on iPhone 6s which came out in 2014.

Actually, it was introduced in the summer of 2015, but you would be correct in if you point was that it has been more than four years since the introduction of the iPhone 6s.

 

[bn-7bc]

Nope. This runs on iPhone 6s which came out in 2014.

well the wikipedia article (with citations) sayes it was released September 25 2015. so About 4 years 4 months ago , so I think most people agree it is a little over 4 years ago. Now fir the interresting question : how many premium android phones ( yea I’m limiting to level the playing field a bit) ftat are a little over 4 years old still gets updates to the latest os version. ( blame, bruducers, google , carriers or all 3) is apples updat polecy ideal, no, we might be better off with 2 release trains, one lts (securety stability updates only) and one normal ie sec, stability and features user selectable ofc

 

[Juicy Box]

According to the new numbers, 79 percent of all iPads introduced in the last four years are running iPadOS 13

Isn't "introduced in the last four years" basically all the devices it can only run on?

That's probably why they're using the last four years in that stat.

which came out in 2014.

so About 4 years 4 months ago , so I think most people agree it is a little over 4 years ago.

After a quick search, the oldest devices that can use iPadOS 13 was introduced in October of 2014, so well over the four year mark and will be six years this fall.

 

[Scottsoapbox]

It's interesting that these numbers are from devices using the app store on a single day when it used to be a month. I won't bore you with the statistics, but that will skew the numbers towards better adoption rates.

 

[kingofwale]

kudo to the 23% of people who had to click "no" every single day to auto update.

 

[supergt]

I'm part of the 23%. Happily holding on to 12.4!

 

[Tech198]

I guess popularity is good..

Anyone but me think it sux Apple had reduced the magnification/eye glass thing where to certain areas like URL's ?

eg. in password fields not only does it doesn't briefly 't show the last character anymore (perhaps this is only 'per app') but now you can't even press and hold to skim over what's already been typed, forcing you to backspace only.

It's a real pain, particularly on long texts. I think they have reduced this really to URL's only, but i could be wrong.

 

[B4U]

I'm part of the 23%. Happily holding on to 12.4!

Sadly, I don't see the Apple Watch monthly challenge anymore on 12.4. 😩
Nothing for January 2020.

 

[JosephAW]

iOS 12 is working great for multitasking. I'll wait for a new device to upgrade my iOS.

 

[mi7chy]

Nothing to gloat about since my iPad came with iPadOS 13.1.3 out of box but I disabled auto update to buy time to determine what's more stable and jailbreak option to make it less dumb.

 

[tgwaste]

s/Installed/Forced/

 

[maxjohnson2]

I only updated because I want that new Maps interface. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind staying on 12.

Seems like recently, ever odd number version Apple come out with new features and introduced a bunch of bugs, then the following even number version they work on fixing the bugs and improve stability.

 

[Appleman3546]

The auto update feature actually makes me think that this is a low number, or just a high number of people opting out of forced things when given a choice