Opera Mini Users Close in on 40 Million

• Posted: Friday, November 27, 2009
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• Author: pradhana
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• Filed under: Opera

By Jason Ankeny

Close to 40 million subscribers used the Opera Mini mobile browser in October--an 11.3 percent month-over-month increase and a 155 percent year-over-year leap--according to Opera Software's monthly State of the Mobile Web report. Opera Mini users viewed 17.2 billion pages last month, with page views increasing 14.8 percent over September 2009 and 238 percent since October 2008. In all, Opera Mini users generated more than 263 million MB of data for operators across the globe in October, up 16 percent month-over-month. Opera data traffic is up 233 percent since October 2008.

In the U.S., Opera Mini page views are up 271.9 percent since October 2008, with user growth increasing 106.7 percent year-over-year--users now average 242 page views each. Google is the most-visited mobile website in terms of unique Opera Mini users in the U.S., followed by Facebook, Yahoo, MySpace and Wikipedia. [FierceMobileContent]

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