Apple announces that iOS 26 is used on 74% of iPhones sold in the past four years
About five months have passed since iOS 26 was officially released in September 2025, and Apple has announced that 74% of iPhones sold in the last four years are running iOS 26.
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Apple Reveals How Many iPhones Are Running iOS 26 - MacRumors
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/13/apple-shares-ios-26-adoption-stats/
Are people updating to iOS 26? Here's Apple's official data - 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/13/apple-announces-ios-26-usage-numbers-heres-how-they-compare/
iOS 26 is an operating system that was announced at WWDC25 in June 2025 and officially released in September 2025, featuring a ' Liquid Glass ' design.
'iOS 26' distribution begins, compatible iPhone list here - GIGAZINE
According to Apple, looking at the operating systems of iPhones sold on the App Store over the past four years, 74% were running iOS 26, 20% were running iOS 18, and 6% were running an earlier operating system.
When the scope is expanded to 'All iPhones,' iOS 26's share drops to 66%, iOS 18 to 24%, and earlier operating systems increase slightly to 10%.
On the other hand, for iPads sold on the App Store in the past four years, 66% ran iPadOS 26, 28% ran iPadOS 18, and 6% ran an earlier operating system.
For 'All iPads,' iPadOS 26 accounts for 57%, iPadOS 18 for 26%, and earlier operating systems for 17%.
In 2025, Apple changed its OS naming convention to use the number 'after the release year,' so iOS and iPadOS no longer have numbers from 19 to 25; instead, 26 comes after 18.
Apple may change its naming convention so that its operating systems can be identified by the year rather than the version number - GIGAZINE
The latest version of iOS 26, iOS 26.3, was released on February 12, 2026, and iOS 26.4 beta is scheduled to be released in the last week of February.
In addition, according to an OS share analysis conducted by traffic analysis company Statcounter in January 2026, there are more iOS 18 users than iOS 26 users, and more than half of users are still using iOS 18.
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