For the first time since its release iOS 18 last September,
Apple revealed user adoption figures showing that
iOS 18 or another version of
iOS 18 (such as
iOS 18.2) is currently installed on 68% of all iPhones. Now, if we limit this to iPhone units introduced in the past four years,
iOS 18 Can be found during execution on 76% of these devices. By breaking down the figures, we get the following:
All active iPhone models
Current
iOS 18— 68%
2024
iOS 17— 66%
iOS 16— 23%
iOS 15 and earlier — 11%
2023
iOS 16— 72%
iOS 15 — 20 %%
iOS 14 and earlier — 8%
Devices introduced in the past four years
Current
iOS 18— 76%
iOS 17— 9%
iOS 16 and earlier — 5%
2024
iOS 17— 76%
iOS 16— 20%
iOS 15 and earlier — 4%
2023
iOS 16— 81%
iOS 15 — 15 %%
iOS 14 and earlier — 4%
So what can we do with these figures? Certainly Apple Intelligence, which was published for the first time with iOS 18.1 And strongly extended with iOS 18.2, comes into play somewhere in raw figures. However, the limited release of Apple Intelligence In terms of countries and devices, seriously restricts the influence of Apple’s IA initiative on the adoption of iOS update. Oversight Apple Intelligence For a while, the iPhone models that support iOS 17 (which dates back to the iPhone XS of 2018) are the same as those that support iOS 18.
Apple also made it easier to update for those who do not want to update to the next major version to stay on the old one and always benefit from security protection. For example, Apple released iOS 17.7 For those who did not want to update iOS 18 because they were afraid of potential bugs on the new construction ruining their iPhone and therefore wanted to stay on iOS 17. THE iOS 17.7 Update gave these users exactly what they wanted while keeping their iPhones safe.
Adoption of iPados 18
Current
Ipados 18 — 53%
Ipados 17 — 28%
iPados 16 and earlier — 19%
2024
iPados 17 — 53%
iPados 16 — 29%
iPados 15 and earlier — 18%
2023
iPados 16 — 50%
iPados 15 — 37 %%
iPados 14 and earlier — 13%
Devices introduced in the past four years
Current
Ipados 18 — 63%
Ipados 17 — 27%
iPados 16 and earlier — 10%
2024
iPados 17 — 61%
iPados 16 — 29%
iPados 15 and earlier — 10%
2023
iPados 16 — 53%
iPados 15 — 39 %%
iPados 14 and earlier — 8%
What we can see of iPados adoption rates is that not only are they more stable (note the minor difference between the adoption figures for current iPados and the figures for last year), but less owners of tablets feel obliged to update their software.
All figures are based on the devices that had transactions on the App Store on January 21, 2025.
