Some statistics on eBooks

From Alan Watt at Wattpad: (and note, these statistics cover the Wattpad reader application only)

Our first report covers both country and handset/manufacturer data with some fun facts attached to the end of the report. We expect to expand the report to include more axes of information in the coming months.

Here is the highlight:

• In terms of usage, Indonesia is the top country (39%), followed by US (28%) and Vietnam (9%).

• Java devices are still the most used mobile platform for reading e-books. 63% of e-book usage come from Java devices while iPhone usage grows to 33%.

• Nokia dominates the top device list with 4 of the top 6 are Nokia Series 40. iPhone claims the top spot.

• iPhone dominates US e-book usage with 78% of iPhone usage comes from North America. Nokia still dominates the rest of the world.

• Blackberry usage grew over 400% since the launch of App World. Indicates the effectiveness of an application storefront.

As you can see, although e-reading on iPhone dominates the headlines of US media in the last few months, e-reading is truly a global phenomenon and it is more than “just the iPhone”. ...

Here are some fun facts that you might find interesting too:

• Usage typically surges on weekends by 10%

• Daily usage peaks in the evening at bed time (local times).

• Blackberry users read the least per day as shown in our average daily number of sessions. Perhaps preoccupied by the influx of emails! Blackberry users have about 1.6 session per day, while iPhone users have 2.3 and Java phone users read the most with 2.6 sessions per day.