iPads Make Up 2.1% of US Web Traffic

And that number's growing
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 5, 2011 9:17 AM CDT
iPads Make Up 2.1% of US Web Traffic
A customer checks on his new Apple Inc.'s iPad 2 tablet computer at a shop in Hong Kong Friday, April 29, 2011.   (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

If you thought the iPad was a fad, think again. Its share of web traffic has jumped 10% or more since March, giving it a full 1% of the world’s traffic, and 2.1% in the US, according to new data from NetMarketShare. Overall, June saw tablets and mobile devices hit 5% of traffic for the first time. “It’s too early to proclaim the death of the desktop, but the trend is strong and obvious,” writes Stan Schroeder of Mashable. “Tablets and smartphones are becoming an increasingly important part of our online life.” (More iPad stories.)

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