Historical Android version distribution according to Android Market/Play Store usage, summing up data since December 2009
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<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html">Android Developer Dashboard – Platform Distribution</a><br><br><b>Data points:</b><br><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.droid-life.com/tag/distribution/">Android Distribution Numbers</a>,
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.androidpolice.com/?s=android+distribution+numbers">Android Distribution Numbers: Archived Search</a>, 
see also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Illustration_workshop/Archive/May_2015#Updates_to_the_Android_version_history_chart" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Illustration workshop/Archive/May 2015">Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Illustration workshop/Archive/May 2015 § Updates to the Android version history chart</a> for data points between July and November 2014.  There's no data available for October 2014, as stated <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.androidpolice.com/tags/platform-distribution-numbers-october-2014/">here</a>.<br><br><b>Archived data points:</b><br></p>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/04/14/google-updates-fragmentation-statistics-70-still-stuck-with-android-1-5-and-1-6-23-secretly-cry-about-it-every-night/">December 2009</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.geekzone.co.nz/ald/7105">January 2010</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://androidandme.com/2010/04/news/and-then-there-were-3-google-updates-android-fragmentation-numbers/">April 2010</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.androidguys.com/2010/05/03/latest-platform-versions-show-15-biggest-chunk-android-pie/">3 May 2010</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://androidbloke.co.uk/2010/05/18/android-device-market-share-still-split-in-hung-parliament/">17 May 2010</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://phandroid.com/2010/06/17/android-2-1-takes-up-half-of-the-pie-in-latest-firmware-versions-chart/">June 2010</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Android-Distribution-Changes-2-1-Going-Down-2-2-Goes-Up-2.png/">September 2010</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Android-2-2-Froyo-on-33-4-Active-Android-Handsets-2.png/">October 2010</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Android-2-2-Now-on-36-2-Active-Handsets-2.png/">November 2010</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Android-2-2-Froyo-Now-on-43-4-Active-Android-Devices-2.png/">December 2010</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Android-2-2-Froyo-on-51-8-Active-Android-Devices-2.png/">January 2011</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Android-2-2-Now-on-57-6-Active-Android-Devices-2.png/">February 2011</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Android-2-2-Powers-61-3-of-Active-Android-Devices-4.png/">March 2011</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Android-2-2-on-63-9-of-Active-Android-Devices-2-3-x-on-2-5-3.png/">April 2011</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110613053144/http://www.mobilespeedia.com/2011/05/android-distribution-chart-update-may-2-2011/">May 2011</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110814091916/http://www.mobilespeedia.com/2011/06/android-distribution-chart-update-june-1-2011/#.UJJESm_A_jc">June 2011</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Gingerbread-Now-on-18-6-Active-Android-Devices-2.png/">July 2011</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.distimo.com/blog/2011_08_gingerbread-rising-android-2-3-now-on-24-3/">August 2011</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Gingerbread-on-31-3-Active-Android-Devices-Froyo-Still-King-at-51-2-2.png/">September 2011</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Gingerbread-Loaded-on-38-7-Active-Android-Devices-3.png/">October 2011</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/eyes-on-android-updates/2011/11/android-in-the-wild-gingerbread-overtakes-froyo.html">November 2011</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Over-Half-of-Active-Android-Devices-Run-Gingerbread-3.png/">December 2011</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.apps4android.org/?p=3150">January 2012</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.apps4android.org/?p=3480">February 2012</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.droid-life.com/2012/03/06/android-distribution-charts-updated-for-march-not-much-has-changed-as-expected/">March 2012</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://techbullets.blogspot.com/2012/04/android-platforms-version-distribution.html">April 2012</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.techrj.com/2012/05/android-version-distribution-report-for-april/">May 2012</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Ice-Cream-Sandwich-Now-on-7-1-Active-Android-Devices-3.jpg/">June 2012</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Ice-Cream-Sandwich-Now-on-10-9-Active-Android-Devices-2.png/">July 2012</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Ice-Cream-Sandwich-Now-on-15-9-Android-Devices-Jelly-Bean-on-0-8-3.png/">August 2012</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/general/2012/09/29/android-platform-versions-2012/">September 2012</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.droid-life.com/2012/10/02/android-distribution-charts-updated-same-gingerbread-story-just-another-month/">October 2012</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/03/05/android-platform-numbers-for-february-13-are-in-gingerbread-down-to-44-2-ics-down-to-28-6-and-jelly-bean-up-to-16-5/">March 2013</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fonearena.com/blog/66060/jelly-bean-now-on-25-of-android-devices-gingerbread-down-to-39-8.html">April 2013</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.android4fans.com/2013/05/02/android-distribution-in-may-jelly-bean-overtakes-ice-cream-sandwich-and-flies-up-to-28-4-share/">May 2013</a>