The number of users of Opera Mini for the year increased by 157%

The company Opera Software released the next monthly report on the mobile Internet. According to data for March, the growth of Opera Mini browser users worldwide measured double figures as the increase in requests web pages - three.

In March 2009, Opera Mini browser benefited from more than 23 million people - by 12,1% more than in February 2009 and to 157% - than in March 2008. Last March, users downloaded more than 8.6 billion pages. This is 17,4% more than in February, but the result of a one-year limitation is exceeded by 255%.

In March, using Opera Mini on the user's device has been downloaded 148 million MB of data, which is 19,3% more than a month earlier and 319% - over the previous year. Opera Mini is able to compress data at an average of 90%. If they are not subjected to compression, Opera Mini users would have to download to their mobile devices about 1.4 petabyte of information.

In doing so, Russia remains the largest user of Opera Mini. Last year, the number of users of the browser is increased by 102% and the number of downloads of web pages - by 216%. The average Russian user browsed 428 web pages per month.

For the first time in the number of visits to the site odnoklassniki.ru ahead mail.ru. Social network vkontakte.ru remains the most popular among users of Opera Mini in RuNet.

Top 10 sites Runet by the number of unique users of Opera Mini:
1.vkontakte.ru
2.odnoklassniki.ru (formerly 4 th)
3.yandex.ru
4.mail.ru (formerly 2 nd place)
5.rambler.ru
6.google.com
7.wikipedia.org (previously 9 th)
8.wapos.ru
9.my.opera.com (formerly 7 th)
10.seclub.org

Top 10 mobile phones to use Opera Mini in Russia
1.Nokia 6300
2.Nokia N73
3.Sony Ericsson K790i
4.Sony Ericsson K750i
5.Nokia 6233
6.Sony Ericsson K550i
7.Nokia N70
8.Sony Ericsson W760i
9.Nokia 5310
10.Nokia 6120c