JAKARTA - Reports show that the adoption rate of iOS 18 is still more than iOS 26, the newer version. Most iPhone users are still comfortable with the operating system (OS) that was released in 2024.
The comparison of OS adoption is known through data from Statcounter which was released not long ago. Overall, the number of active iOS 18 users is more than 60 percent, while iOS 26 users do not reach 17 percent. For more detailed data, here are the data for each percentage of users of the version.
Percentage of all iOS 18 users:
iOS 18.7: 33.8% iOS 18.6: 25.2% iOS 18.5: 5.6%The percentage of all iOS users is 26:
iOS 26.1: 10.6% iOS 26.2: 4.6% iOS 26.3: 1.1%This is a big note for Apple. The company needs to know what makes its users reluctant to adopt iOS 26 because if you look at the iOS 18 and iOS 17 adoption data for the same period, the number is still larger.
Each version, both iOS 18 in January 2025 and iOS 17 in January 2024, have been adopted by more than half of active iPhone users. However, if you look at the reports revealed by other data providers such as TelemetryDeck, the adoption rate is more optimistic.
They noted that users of the latest software have actually reached 60 percent. The difference in these results is due to the difference in data collection systems, where Statcounter tracks through web impressions, while TelemetryDeck monitors from via the application.
Even so, user doubts about updating the system this time still need to be considered. Many users are expected to delay updates to iOS 26 because they are afraid of the potential for battery life to decrease. In addition, some users may not like the Liquid Glass design.
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