Two-Thirds of United Kingdom Smartphone Panelists Used Their Mobile Devices for On-the-Go Commerce in March
— U.K. leads U.S., France, and Germany for mobile commerce
— Use of mobile commerce apps in March exceeds that of Christmas shopping season
COLUMBIA, Maryland, May 2, 2013 – Mobile commerce apps are used by a greater share of U.K. smartphone panelists-66.8 percent; for more time-134.8 minutes/month; and in more sessions-54.5 a month; than the Arbitron Mobile panelists in the U.S., France, and Germany.
Mobile Commerce App Usage
United Kingdom versus U.S. and Europe
March 2013
Opt-In Panel of Persons 18+
% Panel | Minutes/Month | Sessions/Month | ||
United Kingdom | 66.8% | 134.8 | 54.5 | |
United States | 55.9% | 91.0 | 30.8 | |
Germany | 57.6% | 74.3 | 32.1 | |
France | 52.5% | 56.1 | 23.9 | |
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eBay is the leading mobile commerce app in the United Kingdom smartphone panel, used by 44 percent of panelists in March. The eBay app users spent nearly two and half hours with the app in an average of more than 50 sessions in the month.
Top 5 Mobile Commerce Apps
United Kingdom
March 2013
Opt-In Panel of Persons 18+
% Panel | Minutes/Month | Sessions/Month | ||
eBay | 43.8% | 144.1 | 52.1 | |
Amazon Mobile | 16.0% | 29.1 | 9.5 | |
Groupon | 10.5% | 15.8 | 9.0 | |
Nectar | 10.1% | 9.7 | 13.7 | |
Maximiles | 8.9% | 9.3 | 9.7 | |
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Use of mobile commerce apps in the U.K. smartphone panel doesn’t follow the typical seasonality of brick and mortar commerce, which peaks sharply in December. App use declined slightly through December and the first two months of 2013, before rebounding to a six-month peak in March.
Mobile Commerce App Usage
United Kingdom
March 2013
Opt-In Panel of Persons 18+
Oct 2012 | Nov 2012 | Dec 2012 | Jan 2013 | Feb 2013 | Mar 2013 | ||
User % | 61.6% | 60.4% | 59.6% | 59.8% | 58.9% | 66.8% | |
Minutes/Month | 124.1 | 129.0 | 98.1 | 112.0 | 125.0 | 134.8 | |
Sessions/Month | 52.4 | 52.7 | 41.8 | 45.8 | 51.5 | 54.5 | |
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About Arbitron Mobile
Arbitron Mobile Oy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arbitron Inc., uses a proprietary, on-device software meter to provide marketers, the media, content providers, app developers, and wireless access suppliers with information on how mobile consumers use apps, surf the web, engage in social media, participate in e-commerce, and employ their devices to communicate.
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Available insights into the behavior of smartphone users in the Arbitron Mobile panels are included in previous releases regarding social media use, mobile VoIP use, and mobile data consumption.
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