The data displays the global market share (of shipments) held by leading smartphone vendors in the years from 2012 to 2017. As of 2017, the market leader in this industry was Samsung with a 21.6% share of all shipments.
Global smartphone market share - additional information
Samsung has seen its popularity steadily increase since it held just a 4.3% of the smartphone vendor market at the beginning of 2010. This has also been reflected in Samsung’s share in the overall mobile phone market which has risen from 17.5% in the fourth quarter of 2010 to 24.
