New Android distribution stats are out, and Android 13 is nowhere near the top

Google has shared new distribution stats, and Android 13 is not at the top. That may be the case, but Android 14 did get a lot of traction since January, as it doubled its share, basically.

Now, as many of you already know, Google no longer has a dedicated website on which it shares detailed Android distribution numbers. The only source of such info is Android Studio at this point, and it doesn’t share nearly as much information as Google used to.

Android 13 is not at the top of Android distribution stats at the moment

We are now getting quarterly updates, instead of monthly ones too. Back in January, Android 13 was available on 5% of all Android devices out there. At this point, over 12% of devices are running Android 13. So, the numbers have more than doubled in the last three months.

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This may not seem like a lot, but compared to what Android 12 did, it is. Android 12 had been adopted by only 13.3% of devices a year after its release. It looks like Android 13 will easily beat that. It almost reached such levels of adoption half a year after its release.

Many OEMs have improved their update policies. Such high numbers should be credited to Samsung and Google, but also a number of other OEMs who have improved in that regard. Ranging from OnePlus and ASUS, to OPPO and some other companies.

Comparing this to iOS numbers doesn’t make sense

This, of course, is nowhere near to what iOS adoption is. You do need to keep in mind, however, that Apple makes iOS for its own devices only, and that Android is utilized on various different devices, not just phones. There are also a ton of extremely affordable Android phones out in the wild, which don’t get many updates.

That being said, the most widespread Android version, at the moment, is Android 11. It is used on 23.5% of Android devices at the moment. Android 12 and 12L have a combined 16.5% share. So Android 13 is not even second on the list.