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 Yesterday's story on the widespread tracking enabled through mobile ads and apps cited figures about the market shares of iPhone and Android: ~72 percent Android worldwide. But the situation is quite different in the US, where iPhones claim ~57 percent of the market. 

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/united-states-of-america

This tracks incredibly closely to a poll I did here last year, which asked people in security dayjobs to share their main phone type. 54 percent said iPhone. 4,823 participants.  

https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/110095934797227436

It's really nice when these polls end up being useful and relevant in reporting.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/the-global-surveillance-free-for-all-in-mobile-ad-data/ 
 I hear a country's IQ is proportional to their share of Android devices.