These Awesome Maps Show Which States Like iOS And Android The Most

Throughout history, there have been great feuds that divided nations and destroyed families. You know, the Trojans and the Spartans, the French and the British, the Biggies and the 2Pacs.
Today we’re looking at the rivalry to end all rivalries: Those who love iOS, and those who love Android.
As we discovered in creating our latest Movoto Real Estate Blog maps, it isn’t a question of which operating system is more popular—mostly because there really is no question here.
It’s Apple’s iOS, hands down, across the country. No, it comes down to just which states in the U.S. love these operating systems the most.
So get settled in as we take a tour of the states where each operating system are the most loved.

How We Created These Maps

In order to create these maps, we traded our home-selling expert hats with our number-crunching hats.
We researched the number of Facebook users in each state who have Liked both iOS and Android. We then sorted the data into a neat little spreadsheet and created these most awesome of maps.
Again, while iOS basically demolished Android in every single state, that doesn’t mean there weren’t certain states that Liked iOS or Android more than other states did.
So, without further loading time, let’s take a look at each.

Apple iOS

We get it—iOS is awesome. Everybody loves it, and it should probably just go ahead and run for president.
It was more Liked than Android, according to Facebook, in every single state. But even more than that, there were some states that were absolutely crazy about iOS.
In Alaska, for example, 20.84 percent of the Facebook-using population Likes iOS (where just 8.45 percent of users Like Android).
North Dakota and New York weren’t far behind in their iOS fanaticism, with 19.03 percent and 18.58 percent of their Facebook users Liking iOS.
Interestingly, four of the five states that Like iOS the very most—Alaska, North Dakota, New York, Massachusetts, and Hawaii—are up north.
Coincidence? Let’s take a look at where Android was most Liked before we decide.

Google Android

Where iOS is most popular in northern states, Android seems to be a bigger hit in the South. In fact, the state where it is the most popular is the practically the epitome of the south: Texas.
11.14 percent of the Lone Star State’s Facebook users Like Android.
Of course, 15.91 percent of Texas users Like iOS, but this was the smallest percentage gap in the U.S. between the two operating systems.
Pretty soon, more Texans just might Like Android more than iOS.
The other states where Android was popular were Nevada, with 10.37 percent Liking the OS, Oklahoma with 9.60 percent, Georgia with 9.50 percent, and Florida with 9.47 percent.
On the other end of the spectrum, the states where Android was the least Liked were up north: Vermont, New Hampshire, and Connecticut.

There Should Be An App For That

As you can see, iOS pretty much rules the world of social media and Android is just starting to catch up—at least, it seems, in the South.
What does it all mean? Could there possibly be some sort of correlation between a state’s location and operating system preferences? Perhaps something to do with weather?
We don’t know; our Weather app doesn’t have that feature. But apparently it’s going to be raining all week in Bangkok.