Data Consumption via Opera Mini Reaches 6.3 Petabytes

Opera releases monthly data generated by its users. In November 2010, Opera reported significant increases in unique users, pages viewed, and data consumed via its Mini browser. Around 80 million people used the Opera Mini browser in November, viewing 44.6 billion pages. According to Opera, its server-side compression reduced 6.3 petabytes of data.

Year-over-year, Opera Mini’s page views grew by 103.1%. The number of unique users increased by 28.4%, with the average user viewing 422 web pages per month. Each user consumed about 10MB of data, with the average web page size being just 2KB.

In 2009, Facebook was the most visited mobile site, according to Opera. This year, Google regained the top spot globally. The top 10 websites globally, as ranked by Opera, are:

1. Google
2. Facebook
3. Vkontakte.ru
4. YouTube
5. Odnoklassniki.ru
6. Yandex.ru
7. Yahoo
8. My.opera
9. Mail.ru
10. Getjar

In the U.S., the top 10 websites are more familiar:

1. Google
2. Facebook
3. YouTube
4. Wikipedia
5. Yahoo
6. My.opera
7. Accuweather
8. ESPN.go
9. NYTimes
10. Myspace

Regarding handsets using Opera Mini, Nokia dominated globally. The top 10 handsets worldwide were:

1. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic
2. Nokia 2700c
3. Nokia 6300
4. Nokia 2690
5. Apple iPhone
6. Nokia 2330c
7. Nokia 2730c
8. Nokia N70
9. Nokia C3
10. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic

In the U.S., the handsets using Opera Mini were different:

1. Apple iPhone
2. LG VM265 Rumor2
3. BlackBerry 8520 Curve
4. BlackBerry 9700 Bold
5. LG VM510 Rumor Touch
6. BlackBerry 8330 Curve
7. Samsung SPH-M810 Instinct S30
8. BlackBerry 9630 Tour
9. BlackBerry 8530 Curve
10. BlackBerry 9000 Bold

Interestingly, no Android handsets appeared in the top 10 Opera Mini users in the U.S. This might be due to the availability of Opera Mobile on Android or the sufficiency of the stock Android browser.

“We believe people with access to information lead more social, more informed, and more empowered lives,” said Jon von Tetzchner, Co-founder of Opera Software. “Growth in mobile browsing means the Web is pushing beyond its traditional borders. If the first era of the Web was about expanding the capability and content of the Web, the second age is clearly about access. In Opera, we believe that access to the Web is a universal right."

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