Adobe Digital Index Q2 2013

!e State of Mobile BenchmarkAdobe Digital Index

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Mobile’s on the moveMobile devices have changed the way consumers interact with businesses. Marketers should understand the trends, strengths, and weaknesses of both tablets and smartphones in order to present the right experience to the di"erent mobile customers.

Table of contentsMobile browsing

01 Tablet versus smartphone growth02 Tra#c share by country03 Tra#c share by industry04 Smartphone operating systems by country05 U.S. smartphone operating system growth06 Smartphone manufacturers by country07 Tablet operating systems by country

Mobile reading08 Digital magazine readership growth09 Engagement by device type

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Mobile viewing10 Video on mobile devices

Mobile social media11 Engagement on mobile devices

Mobile shopping12 Conversion by mobile device type

13 Glossary

14 Methodology

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Mobile browsing

Tablet versus smartphone growthIn just three years, tablets have overtaken smartphones in the amount of tra#c they drive.

!e "ndings:Globally, websites are ge$ing more tra#c from tablets than smartphones.Internet users view 70% more pages per visit when browsing on a tablet vs. a smartphone.

!e opportunity:While tablet and smartphone consumers are both mobile users, they behave very di"erently. Tablet users actually behave more like PC users in the way theybrowse and engage.


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Tra#c share by countryConsumers all over the world are trying tablets for the )rst time. Internet users in western countries have adopted tablets rapidly, while their counterparts in Asia prefer to browse via smartphone.

!e "ndings:Smartphone tra#c is similar between the U.S. and the U.K., but tablet tra#c is much higher in the U.K.U.K. Internet surfers are more likely to browse through both atablet and smartphone than their German and French counterparts.In Japan and China, smartphones remain the browsing device of choice.

!e opportunity:Consumers use their various mobile devices di"erently. You need to optimize your site for both the smartphone and tablet experiences. TABLET SMARTPHONE


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Tra#c share by industryConsumers’ preferences for tablets versus smartphones vary depending on the type of site they’re visiting. When shopping on retail and e-commerce sites, users prefer tablets. Telecom and media sites tend to be frequented more o*en by smartphone users.

!e "ndings:Retail websites get the most tablet tra#c followed by auto and travel & hospitality sites.Conversely, consumers prefer their smartphone when visitingboth telecom and media & entertainment sites.

!e opportunity:As tablets get smaller and smartphones get bigger you’ll need to rely less on screen size and more on other cues like connection type (Wi-Fi vs. cellular) and referral source to determine the best web experience to o"er.


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Mobile browsing

Smartphone operating system by countryAndroid and iOS are becoming more dominant around the world. Other competing platforms account for only a small percentage of the tra#c.

!e "ndings:AndroidTM and iOS account for nearly 90% of smartphonebrowsing in all six of the countries we observed.RIM and Symbian® maintain their strongest footholds inthe U.K. and China.Android share is largest in Japan.iOS is the leading operating system in the U.S., U.K., and France.

!e opportunity:As the market consolidates around iOS and Android, focusyour mobile experience on these two major players.


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Mobile browsing

U.S. smartphone operating system growthEven as sales of Android devices increase, iOS has reemerged as the operating system most o*en used for browsing in the U.S.

!e "ndings:Today, iOS accounts for 49% of smartphone browsing in the U.S.Android accounts for 45% of smartphone browsing.Over the last 12 months, RIM slid from a 5% to a 1%share of visits in the U.S., and Windows® maintained its 1% share.


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Mobile browsing

Smartphone manufacturers by countryIn )ve of the six countries we featured, Apple and Samsung devices accounted for the majority of smartphone website tra#c. Japan was the only outlier.

!e "ndings:From February 2012 to February 2013, the share of online visitsfrom Samsung devices has grown at the expense of other manufacturers who produce Android-based devices.No manufacturer besides Samsung and Apple has gained more than a 1% market share in the U.S. in the last year.In Japan, its DoCoMo, not Samsung , that accounts forsigni)cant percentage of mobile visits, closely rivaling Apple.


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Mobile browsing

Tablet operating systemsby countryWhen it comes to browsing on tablets, Apple has a commanding lead in all six of the countries we featured.

!e "ndings:iOS dominates tablet browsing with over 77% of the sharein the six countries measured, and continues to increase its share of tablet visits.In the U.S., iOS grew by nearly 10% year-over-year with therelease of the iPad 3 in March 2012, and iPad 4 and Mini in November 2012.


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Mobile reading

Digital magazinereadership growthPublishers of digital print content are enjoying steady growth in readership due in part to release of new devices and further adoption of digital magazines.

!e "ndings:From August 2012 to February 2013, there was a 200% averagegrowth in readers of digital publishing apps.


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Mobile reading

Engagement by device typeMost digital magazine consumers read with tablets. Tablet use leads to more frequent, in-depth, and longer reading sessions compared to smartphones.

!e "ndings:Seventy-)ve percent of reading sessions occur on tablets,and 23% on smartphones. When compared to smartphone readers, tablet readers:

_ Open their app twice as o*en per month_ Read three times as many pages each time they read


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Mobile viewing

Video on mobile devicesMobile video consumption is on the rise. By Q4 2012, mobile video starts—including both smartphones and tablets—have tripled year over year and currently account for over 10% of total digital video starts.

!e "ndings:Video starts on smartphones tripled year over year from 2011 to 2012.Tablet video consumption slightly outpaced smartphones in video starts.

!e opportunity:!e growing mobile audience provides incremental engagement and revenue opportunities for advertising. Tablet viewers, in particular, are early adopters who typically spend more money, book more trips, and consume more media content. Publishers can capitalize on this target audience with high CPMs and incremental impressions.


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Mobile social media

Engagement on mobile devicesMobile accounts for a growing share of social media engagement. Mobile consumers like the strides Facebook is making to improve the user experience on smartphones and tablets.

!e "ndings:One third of all likes on Facebook now occur via a mobile device. A*er a slight dip at the end of 2012, the mobile share of Facebook“likes” jumped 56% between December 2012 and January 2013.

!e opportunity:Mobile and social go hand in hand. Use mobile speci)c o"ers on social media channels to reinforce this natural a#nity.


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Mobile shopping

Conversion by mobile device typeWhen shopping online, consumers use tablets like a PC to compare products and make the purchase. !ey use smart phones for quick references like price checks and )nding store locations.

!e "ndings:Conversion rates on tablets are three times greater than on smartphones.Tablet conversion rates still don’t match those of PCs.

!e opportunity:Di"erences in conversion rates point to the use cases shoppers have in mind when they choose to use a tablet or a smartphone. Retailers should not treat all mobile visits the same.


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GlossaryAverage Reader Growth: Unique visitors by month divided by August 2012 unique visitors.Download Completion Rate: Download starts divided by download completes.

Consumption: Time spent divided by month.

Conversion Rate: Orders divided by visits.

Engagement (Reading): Pages divided by reading session.

Frequency (Reading): Reading sessions divided by month.

Like Share: Likes divided by total likes.

Page Views Share: Page views divided by total page views.

Video Start Share: Video starts divided by total video starts.

Video view rate: Video starts divided by visits.

Visit Share: Visits divided by total visits.


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Methodology!e data for !e State of Mobile report was pulled from:

Mobile browsing statistics were based on analysis of more than 150 billion visits to 1,500+ websites worldwide between January 2012 to February 2013.Mobile reading statistics were based on analysis of 223.5 million reading sessions to 100 digitalmagazine apps between January 2012 to February 2013.Mobile viewing statistics were based on analysis of 19.6 billion video starts on 50 media websites in 2012.Mobile shopping statistics were based on analysis of 500+ retail websites in December 2012.

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AppendixU.S. Smartphone Share of Visits by Operating System

Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13iOS 37.0% 38.5% 39.8% 40.7% 42.1% 44.1% 43.8% 44.6% 46.1% 47.3% 48.0% 48.7% 49.7%

Android 52.8% 52.2% 51.2% 50.7% 49.7% 47.8% 49.3% 48.9% 47.7% 46.9% 46.4% 45.8% 45.3%Windows 1.3% 1.3% 1.4% 1.4% 1.3% 1.4% 1.2% 1.2% 1.2% 1.1% 1.1% 1.1% 0.9%RIM OS 4.1% 3.9% 3.6% 3.3% 3.0% 2.9% 2.7% 2.5% 2.2% 2.1% 1.8% 1.6% 1.5%Linux 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%Symbian 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%Bada 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

U.S. Smartphone Share of Visits by Manufacturer

Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13Apple 37.0% 38.5% 39.8% 40.7% 42.1% 44.1% 43.8% 44.6% 46.1% 47.3% 48.0% 48.7% 49.7%

Samsung 14.9% 15.3% 15.4% 15.4% 15.8% 16.4% 17.4% 18.2% 18.7% 19.2% 20.0% 20.8% 21.1%HTC 17.3% 16.5% 15.7% 15.1% 14.0% 13.2% 12.5% 11.9% 11.0% 10.1% 9.2% 8.4% 7.8%Motorola 11.9% 12.0% 11.8% 11.8% 11.8% 10.6% 11.1% 10.7% 10.1% 9.7% 9.2% 8.7% 8.4%Nokia 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 1.1% 1.2% 1.3%DoCoMo 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%Sony Ericsson

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LG 4.5% 4.3% 4.2% 4.2% 4.1% 3.7% 4.0% 3.8% 3.7% 3.6% 3.5% 3.4% 3.7%Huawei 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8%ZTE 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6%T-Mobile 1.9% 1.7% 1.6% 1.5% 1.4% 1.2% 1.2% 1.1% 0.9% 0.8% 0.7% 0.6% 0.5%RIM 4.1% 3.9% 3.6% 3.3% 3.0% 2.9% 2.7% 2.5% 2.2% 2.1% 1.8% 1.6% 1.5%Sony 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%Xiaomi 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%SHARP 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%Other 2.4% 2.2% 2.1% 2.0% 1.9% 1.7% 1.7% 1.7% 1.8% 2.0% 2.1% 2.3% 2.1%


U.S. Tablet Share of Visits by Operating System

Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13iOS 68.8% 70.7% 70.4% 71.4% 72.9% 74.3% 75.8% 77.0% 78.1% 78.7% 77.6% 76.5% 77.4%

Android 27.2% 25.6% 26.3% 25.5% 24.5% 23.3% 22.1% 21.0% 20.0% 19.3% 20.4% 21.4% 21.0%Windows 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%RIM OS 1.1% 1.2% 1.1% 1.0% 1.0% 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5%Linux 1.8% 1.7% 1.5% 1.3% 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9% 0.8% 0.7% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5%Symbian 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%Bada 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

U.S. Tablet Share of Visits by Manufacturer

Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13Apple 69.5% 71.5% 72.1% 73.0% 74.5% 73.3% 77.9% 79.2% 79.8% 80.4% 79.5% 78.6% 79.5%

Amazon 9.9% 8.6% 9.8% 9.5% 9.2% 7.6% 7.3% 6.5% 5.9% 5.5% 6.2% 6.9% 6.6%Samsung 4.2% 4.3% 3.9% 3.9% 3.8% 3.1% 3.6% 3.6% 3.8% 3.8% 4.0% 4.2% 4.4%Google 0.1% 0.8% 1.1% 1.3% 1.4% 1.7% 2.0% 2.0%Acer 1.5% 1.6% 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 1.0% 1.1% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.7%RIM 1.2% 1.3% 1.1% 1.0% 1.0% 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5%Motorola 2.2% 2.1% 1.8% 1.7% 1.5% 1.1% 1.2% 1.2% 1.1% 1.1% 0.9% 0.8% 0.7%Barnes and Noble

2.0% 2.0% 2.1% 2.1% 2.0% 1.5% 1.6% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% 1.0% 1.0%

Asus 1.9% 1.9% 1.7% 1.5% 1.4% 1.5% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% 1.2% 1.1% 1.0%Toshiba 1.6% 1.5% 1.4% 1.3% 1.2% 0.9% 1.0% 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6%HP 1.7% 1.6% 1.4% 1.2% 1.1% 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 0.7% 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4%DoCoMo 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%Sony 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%Microso) 0.0% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4%DELL 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%Huawei 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Lenovo 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%LG 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

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Tablet manufacturers share of visits: February 2013

Apple Amazon Samsung Google Acer RIM Motorola Barnes & Noble Asus Toshiba HP DoCoMo Sony MS DELL Huawei Lenovo ZTE LG HTC U.S 77.8% 7.6% 4.4% 2.0% 0.7% 0.5% 0.8% 1.1% 1.0% 0.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

U.K 84.2% 3.2% 3.6% 3.1% 0.3% 1.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.4% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%Germany 81.8% 0.9% 7.2% 1.6% 1.8% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%France 77.4% 0.3% 11.2% 1.2% 2.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 2.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%Japan 78.2% 1.3% 0.7% 3.9% 0.9% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.3% 0.4% 0.0% 8.2% 2.8% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%China 81.6% 1.4% 6.8% 1.4% 0.7% 0.5% 0.5% 0.1% 1.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%

Smartphone manufacturers share of visits: February 2013

Apple Samsung HTC Motorola Nokia DoCoMo Sony Ericsson LG Huawei ZTE T-Mobile RIM Sony Xiaomi SHARP Other U.S 49.5% 21.2% 7.8% 8.4% 1.3% 0.0% 0.4% 3.7% 0.8% 0.6% 0.5% 1.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 2.1%

U.K 53.5% 24.4% 6.9% 0.6% 2.7% 0.0% 2.6% 0.9% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 4.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%Germany 44.9% 33.8% 6.7% 0.8% 1.7% 0.0% 4.7% 1.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1.9%France 51.0% 31.0% 2.8% 0.6% 1.7% 0.0% 3.9% 1.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 1.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1.8%Japan 36.3% 2.5% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 32.7% 6.7% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 5.1% 10.8%China 32.0% 22.1% 6.5% 1.5% 7.2% 0.2% 2.0% 1.5% 2.1% 0.4% 0.1% 1.1% 0.3% 1.0% 0.1% 3.5%

Smartphone OS share of visits: February 2013

iOS Android Windows RIM Linux Symbian Bada OtherU.S 49.5% 45.5% 0.9% 1.5% 0% 0.2% 0% 2.5%

U.K 53.5% 37.2% 1.4% 4.1% 0% 0.4% 0.1% 3.3%Germany 44.9% 48.9% 1.1% 0.4% 0% 0.4% 0% 4.2%France 51.0% 41.2% 1.0% 1.5% 0.0% 0.3% 1.2% 3.8%Japan 36.3% 60.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 2.7%China 32.0% 49.6% 0.9% 1.1% 0.1% 3.8% 0.3% 12.2%

Tablet OS share of visits: February 2013

iOS Android Windows RIM OS Linux Other U.S 77.8% 20.5% 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% 0.7%

U.K 84.2% 13.8% 0.0% 1.4% 0.1% 0.4%Germany 81.8% 17.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%France 77.4% 22.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%Japan 77.2% 22.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%China 81.6% 17.3% 0.0% 0.5% 0.1% 0.5%

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