Android devices fueled 74% of Nigeria’s internet traffic on smartphones in 2025 – report

In 2025, approximately 74% of Nigeria’s internet traffic on mobile devices originated from Android devices, while iOS devices accounted for 26% of the traffic. This is according to a latest report by Cloudflare titled Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review.

As the two leading mobile device operating systems globally are Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS, the report based the tracking of global internet traffic on web requests. In the explanation of its methodology, Cloudflare explained that the trends (from web requests) were used to detect what type of device is accessing a website.

“By analysing information in the User-Agent header included with each Web request, we can calculate the distribution of traffic by client operating system throughout the year,” it said. 

At 74% usage, Nigeria is placed in 87th position of countries where Android devices drive internet usage, while it sits 119th in the iOS device category with 26% usage. 

Moving up in the ladderboard, 127 countries saw 90% of internet traffic on mobile devices driven by Android in 2025. Papua New Guinea is the highest at 97%. Sudan, Malawi, Bangladesh, and Ethiopia also registered a 95% share or more. Android was responsible for 50% or more of mobile device traffic in 175 countries/regions. The Bahamas’ 51% share placed it at the bottom of that list.

For iOS traffic share, Monaco had the highest share, at 70%. iOS drove 50% or more of mobile device traffic in a total of 30 countries/regions, including Denmark (65%), Japan (57%), and Puerto Rico (52%). Papua New Guinea has the least iOS mobile device traffic at 3.5%. 

Globally, Android devices generated 75% of mobile device traffic while iOS saw 35%, recording a 2% YoY increase. The report explained that the devices continue to generate the majority of mobile device traffic globally due to the “wide distribution of price points, form factors, and capabilities of such devices.”

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What’s driving the Android surge

The reasons behind the statistics are not far-fetched. Android smartphones continue to dominate in the global market due to their affordability and adoption in cost-sensitive locations such as Africa, India, Brazil and Eastern Europe. iPhone enjoys a significant market share in markets like the U.S., Japan, Canada, and Australia.

As of November 2025, data on Statcounter reveals that Android dominates the global smartphone market with a significant 71.94% share, while iOS has a 27.64% share. Others, such as Samsung, Linux and KalOS, held on to the remaining. In Nigeria, during the same period, Android held a share of 84.16% while iOS had 12.61%.

Further breakdown on the region reveals that Android dominates Africa at 85% of the market share, with iOS at 13%. In Latin America, it enjoys an 81.45% share in Brazil, driven by affordable devices. It also captured 68% of the Eastern European market share. 

In Asia, the devices dominate 80–95% of the Asian market, with India leading from the front with 95.16%, attributed to brands such as Xiaomi and Oppo.