Developer Economics - Visualisations

Our interactive visualisations are based on our Developer Economics 2012 report – a research capturing the views of 1,500+ developers across 7 major platforms and 83 countries. This research was conducted in Q2 2012.

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Mindshare Index
Top platforms being used by developers Sample size =
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Main goals

 Any Clear
To promote a brand
To reach as many users as possible
To make as much money as possible
To deploy within my company
To learn or have fun
To attract funding
To get more media attention

Developers' industry

Any All Clear
Software and IT services
Games industry
Telecoms handset_industry
Media
Banking/finance
Travel/Tourism
Retail industry
Education industry

Main platform

 Any Clear
Android (Google)
BlackBerry OS (RIM)
iOS (Apple)
Java ME
mobile web (HTML/ JavaScript)
Qt
Windows Phone

Mobile experience

 Any Clear
0
<1 year
1-2 years
3-5 years
6-10 years
11+ years

Web experience

 Any Clear
0
1-2 years
3-5 years
6-10 years
11+ years

Software experience

 Any Clear
0
<1 year
1-2 years
3-5 years
6-10 years
11+ years
  • The Mindshare Index is a representation of which are the most popular platforms for developers. i.e. the platforms developers use, irrespective of which single platform they consider their ‘primary’ (normalised). Please bear in mind that when filtering by the primary platform, the graph changes to present the views of each platform’s developers (i.e. the platform they consider to be their primary).
  • Developer Mindshare is at an all-time-high 76% for Android and 66% for iOS
  • In 2012, developers used on average 2.7 platforms in parallel, versus 3.2 in 2011, a clear sign of consolidation
  • Java ME, being primarily a feature-phone platform, has been shrinking in Developer Mindshare, slipping 11 percentage points, year-on-year



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