Initial iOS 8 Adoption Rate Slower Than iOS 6 and iOS 7

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Posted September 18, 2014 at 5:42pm by iClarified

Initial iOS 8 adoption rates seem to be lagging behind both iOS 6 and iOS 7, according to various tracking sites.

Tapjoy's research which reaches over 200 million iOS users a month shows that iOS 8 adoption is significantly slower than iOS 7. After 18 hours available iOS 8 is at a 6% adoption rate, compared to iOS 7, which was at 12%. According to their data, 6.6% of iPhone owners are using iOS 8, compared to 7.6% of iPod and 3.9% of iPad owners.

A quick look at the numbers tells an interesting story. For instance, while it took approximately seven hours for iOS 7 to reach 10% adoption, which was twice as fast as it took iOS 6 to reach that level of penetration, iOS 8 stands at under 6% eighteen hours after its initial availability, while iOS 7 was at 12% after the same time period.

Mixpanel on the other hand has current usage rates at iOS 8 14.75% and iOS 7 at 81.6%.Finally, Fiksu has a graph that shows 'hours since release.' Relative to prior iOS launches, iOS 8 reached 9.48% adoption, while iOS 7 was at 19.4% and iOS 6 was at 12.42%. All these percentages are iOS adoption rates 21 hours from their initial release.

There could be a number of reasons why iOS 8 has seen slower adoption rates. iOS 7 was filled with hype by consumers as it brought an entire new look and feel for the first time to iOS. In addition, iOS 8 requires up to 6GB of free space to install the update OTA, which could cause some people to hold off on an update.

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Initial iOS 8 Adoption Rate Slower Than iOS 6 and iOS 7

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Hijglander - September 20, 2014 at 6:03am

I've actualy reverted back to 7.1.2 because iOS 8 slows my iPhone 5 down.

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gamerscul9870 - September 20, 2014 at 11:10am

Mine works perfect on my 16gb space gray 5s.

Hijglander - September 21, 2014 at 11:30pm

Lucky you. I think every iPhone below yours shouldn't update right now. I have had delays when texting and weird screen sizings in various apps when using ios8.

Peter - September 19, 2014 at 2:01am

Although there are difficulties the slow download would be the big blocker. I upgraded 1 phone at about 2:30 ET and it took 2 hours. Had another to do when I got home at 7:00 and the file download was estimated to be 7 hours. I gave up on that one for now. Comparing percentages is rather a bad comparison at this point when the absolute number has swamped the Internet.

Steve Gates - September 19, 2014 at 12:40am

Btw iClarified needs to update their app because it's annoying having the text all the way up behind the icons ( carrier, clock, battery...)

Steve Gates - September 19, 2014 at 12:37am

Been trying to update my 2nd iPhone and iPads since yesterday and it kept timing out... This sucks.

iUserAlways - September 19, 2014 at 12:06am

Many blogs telling to wait for the update bcoz of iCloud Drive, Continuty with Yosemite, some laggy issues in 4S. But I got update yesterday Apple really done iOS well. I don't feel any laggy in 4S. It will reach maximum when Yosemite released.

Potamus2000 - September 18, 2014 at 8:16pm

iOS didn't give any kind of push notifications for IOS8. Previous times it had always given a notification that an upgrade was available. I found out that the update was available from iClarified.

NoGoodNick - September 18, 2014 at 7:18pm

Several issues here: 1) Older device incompatibility, 2) awaiting JB and 3) waiting to see how well it works. For myself, I have no choice since I ordered a new phone. So I'll wait and see how I like it before I update my iPad. But chances, I'll leave it as is to maintain my jailbreak.

Gern Blansten - September 18, 2014 at 7:16pm

I imagine this will change when the 6 starts filling hands. While I do still see a lot of 4s out there (not included in IOS 8), I imagine a lot of those folks will upgrade when the supplies are more plentiful.

Javier Cruz - September 18, 2014 at 7:29pm

actually the 4s is eligible for the update. Iphone 4 is not

Gern Blansten - September 18, 2014 at 10:57pm

That is what I intended, should be read as fours, not four s. Probably should have added a hyphen or apostrophe or something.

Slim John - September 18, 2014 at 6:53pm

This is easy; the release happened on Wednesday 10am PST. Most people are at work don't have the luxury of downloading a fairly large file. The file is not 4.6 for it barely hit 1gig but requires a lot of time to install. Besides the traffic it caused, my download literally took 1.5 hour to finish on a high speed internet. Your lucky if it doesn't restart due to traffic. Wait till this weekend or next... The number will change.

Gmoney - September 18, 2014 at 6:27pm

How can you upgrade if that crap requires 4.6G of available space, who has that much space available!!! Just saying

iOS adopter - September 18, 2014 at 7:21pm

You'd try and update it through iTunes for that matter. Thank you.

Tech maniac - September 18, 2014 at 5:48pm

Well maybe its because they chose to keep it from being available for the iPhone 4, which is still one if the most used models of iPhone

gamerscul9870 - September 18, 2014 at 5:53pm

Not anymore when the 6 comes judging from surveys and how many plan to switch back to iphone..

Really!? - September 18, 2014 at 6:57pm

Did you mean the most sold on craigslist? iPhone 4 barely handles iOS 7 and considering it for 8 is crazy. Sell that Phone and get something for it.

Javier Cruz - September 18, 2014 at 7:31pm

Iphone 4 barely handled ios 7. Thats so true.. most models sold were 8GB and ios took half of it away lol no space for apps or media