A recent article by Joe Myers published on World Economic Forum in April, 2017 revealed that Android is the most popular operating system. The article revealed that 71.5% of the mobile market operating system was controlled by Android. Overall, when desktop and mobile phone users are not segregated, Android controlled 37.93% with Windows in 2nd position with 37.91%.
So what is the magic behind Android's remarkable rise when we consider that it controlled a paltry 2.4% or less 5 years ago?
Here is what gave Android the lead according to the aforementioned article. The rising number of people using smartphones is responsible. Ownership of smartphones have surged from 1.50 billion users worldwide in 2014 to 2.32 billion in 2017 (Statistica 2017).
Another reason in my on opinion is the number of devices that run on Android. For instance, Samsung, LG, Sony, Motorola, Gionee, Tecno, Infinix, and many others run on Android operating system. Compare with say IOS which runs on IPhone only.
So on what device are you reading this article?