Device Category Share 2026
Desktop vs mobile vs tablet — pageview-weighted device share measured across the BYOViral public analytics network. Refreshed daily from live traffic, not surveys or panels.
Device category share — 2026-08-17 to 2026-09-15
| # | Device category | Pageviews | Share | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desktop | 584,777 | 91.06% | |
| 2 | Mobile | 56,351 | 8.78% | |
| 3 | Tablet | 1,014 | 0.16% | |
| 4 | Ereader | 23 | 0.00% | |
| 5 | Television | 7 | 0.00% | |
| 6 | Gaming | 3 | 0.00% | |
| 7 | Emulator | 1 | 0.00% |
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Methodology
Device categories are parsed from the User-Agent string of each incoming pageview beacon at collection time — desktop, mobile, tablet, television, gaming and e-reader classes. Pageviews are aggregated daily, network-wide, across public opt-in BYOViral sites only; private sites never contribute to this dataset.
The network composition affects the mix: participating sites currently skew toward desktop-heavy content audiences, which lifts desktop well above global mobile-first benchmarks. Read this dataset alongside the Operating System Share 2026 and Browser Share 2026 reports, and see the full methodology and sample-size disclosure for exact scope.