Blue or green — which side is your country on? iPhone and Android face off on an animated world map. We compare neighboring countries, rewind ten years, and reveal why a country can keep its color while the balance changes underneath. Stay to the end: this rivalry did not always have just two sides.

METRIC
We compare iOS and Android shares of mobile web page views recorded across Statcounter's network of websites. iOS represents the iPhone side. These figures are not phone sales, ownership totals, unique users or survey preferences. Original shares include other mobile operating systems; the two competitors are not rescaled to sum to 100%.

Snapshots: August 2016, August 2021 and August 2026. Data downloaded October 25, 2026. Historical snapshots show the leader on those dates, not an exact or permanent switching date. The worldwide total combines recorded page views, rather than giving every country one vote.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 The phone border
0:28 What the colors measure
0:58 North America splits
1:28 South America stays green
1:57 Europe is not one team
2:30 The Nordic surprise
3:00 A green route east
3:28 A turn in the Gulf
3:59 Africa adds green
4:28 Asia breaks the pattern
5:00 Southeast Asia divides
5:31 The Pacific and the world
6:03 Rewind ten years
6:33 The biggest reversals
7:04 A blue country can lose share
7:34 The missing third side
8:08 Which side is yours?

SOURCES AND DATA CREDIT
Statcounter Global Stats:
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide/#monthly-202608-202608-bar
Historical comparison:
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide/#monthly-201608-201608-bar
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide/#monthly-202108-202108-bar
Methodology and reuse terms:
https://gs.statcounter.com/faq
Data and adapted map visualization: CC BY-SA 3.0. Adaptations by Global Faceoff include country matching, selected dates, country colors, animation and rounded figures in narration.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Map geometry: Natural Earth, public domain. Narration and music are licensed separately.

MUSIC
Song: Syn Cole - Feel Good [NCS Release]
Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds
Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/feelgood
Watch: http://youtu.be/q1ULJ92aldE
Music repeated with crossfades, trimmed, faded and mixed under narration.

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