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The answer to this SO question has become stale: iOS version/device statistics - where can i find? because time currency wasn't part of that question, and iOS version updates have been release since this question was asked.

Is there a web site or other publicly available source which keeps a current or frequently updated list of the percentages of iOS devices and OS versions in use, perhaps by continual monitoring of app analytics or web site logs or other means?

And what device or OS information are iOS app analytics currently allowed to report, if any? (...assuming an appropriate privacy policy and adhering to such, of course.)

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Although the answer to this question would be of more interest to programmers than users, would it be more suitable for the apple stackexchange site? – hotpaw2 Mar 12 '12 at 17:52

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This developer has posted the iOS version stats his app sees (updated weekly). Currently (as of August 13, 2012) about 73% of devices use IOS 5.X.

Update for iOS 6: Here some newer stats on iOS 6 Adoption two weeks after its release.

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It recently hit the iOS dev blogosphere that 75% of iOS devices have been upgraded to iOS 5 as of March 1 2012. The article in question has a lot of data about historical OS adoption rates, indicating in part that iOS users upgrade WAY WAY more readily than Android users do.

This is a big deal, because it indicates that there's absolutely no sense in supporting OS's more than a major version old, and decent case to be made for only supporting the current major version.

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Based on the statistics, would you say it isn't such a risk to make an app available to iOS 5+ only? – Sooper Mar 23 '12 at 14:36
That's up to you and your project stakeholders, but I certainly believe the case can be made, yeah. – Dan Ray Mar 26 '12 at 12:21

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