Mobile ad network Millennial Media is releasing its October Mobile Mix report this morning. In October, Android led the Connected Device and Smartphone OS Mix on Millennial with 56% of the
impressions on the ad network. Android has now been the leading OS on Millennial’s platform for the past 11 months.
iOS was the second largest smartphone OS on Millennial’s platform with 28% of the impression share. RIM followed with 13% of the share. iOS led the Connected Device OS mix, thanks to the growth in the iPad, which has has been the number one tablet device on Millennial since its debut in April 2010.
Touch Screen devices grew 44% year-over-year and led the Device Input Mix in October with 69% of the impression share. In October, Wi-Fi grew 19 percent month-over-month and accounted for 35 percent of the Carrier Mix.
Apple continued its lead as the leading device manufacturer on Millennial’s platform in October, representing 24% of the Top 15 Manufacturers impression share. The iPhone maintained the number one position on the Top 20 Mobile
Phones ranking, with 13% of the impression share. Samsung grew 7% month-over-month and represented 17% of the Top 15 Manufacturers ranking in October with six phones on the Top 20 Mobile Phones list.
Android devices actually represented 14 of the Top 20 Mobile Phones in October, with a combined impression share of 24%.
Android represented 50% of the Application Platform Mix on Millennial’s network and Music & Entertainment continued to lead the Android application categories in October, ranked by impressions. There was also a 14% increase month-over-month in Productivity & Tools applications. Apple represented 40% of the Application Platform Mix, ranked by ad spend, in October.
Gaming applications moved to the number two app category for Apple, behind Music & Entertainment, but still grew 19% month-over-month. Music applications and Entertainment applications both accounted for approximately 50% of the impression share mix
In a Millennial survey during the month, 40 percent of all the network’s developers listed “Developing new apps” as their top goal for 2012—over goals such as “Maximizing revenue” or “Learning a new programming language.”