Google launched its most hyped Android version 12 last year. The update carried many changes and was well-liked by the users. However, according to the 2022 Android distribution chart, Android 12 is not the most popular OS. That title goes to Android 11.
To recall, Google used to regularly update distribution stats each month. The stats revealed which versions of Android had how much market share, allowing us to track how often a system update was rolling out. However, Google stopped updating this data because it started getting used for comparison to Apple‘s substantially higher adoption rate for new iOS versions.
Recently, Google again started updating the Android distribution chart, but this time it uploads it on Android Studio. The chart is currently updated every six months to a year, with the most recent update arriving in November and a fresh version arriving on May 9.
According to the new distribution data (via 9to5Google) for 2022, Android 11 is now the most widely spread version of Android, with approximately 28.3 percent of Android handsets running it. Android 11 is closely followed by Android 10 with 23.9% of the market share.
Third, on the stream, is Android 9 Pie with 16.2% of the market and Android 8 Oreo is next with 11.6%. You can see that with each older version, the numbers go down. This should not come as a surprise because a new Android version is released every year and most people update to the latest one.
